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international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday April 25, 2009 - 17:05 by pat c
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Authorities in Iran are still attempting to crush the student movement that has been organising against the theocratic state, and against imperialist warmongering and sanctions. A leading member of the Students for Freedom and Equality group, the DAB (Daneshjouyan-e Azadi Khah va Beraber Talab), Peyman Piran, is facing deportation from Norway. Members of DAB have said that Peyman’s life would be in danger if he is returned to Iran after being subjected to ill-treatment and imprisoned for anti-regime activities going back to 1999. You can help Peyman by contacting the Norwegian consulate and the Refugee Council of Norway to demand that he is permitted to stay in Norway (details below). ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression Friday April 24, 2009 - 15:51 by Dublin Basque
The Belfast Basque Solidarity Committee has stated that the arrest of Arturo Villanueva, a member of the Basque community from Nafarroa province , living in Belfast, is yet more evidence of the Spanish authorities' attack on Basque civil society and expressed their solidarity with him. Martin Schein, UN Rapporteur on Human Rights. criticises Spanish state use of anti-terrorist legislation to convict people whose actions "have noting to do with terrorism". ... read full story / add a comment 
international / history and heritage Thursday April 23, 2009 - 18:02 by TaraWatch
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TaraWatch is urging the Department of the Environment to partner with the Northern Ireland Government and submit a Transboundary Nomination for all 'Royal Irish Sites', rather than just those sites in the South, currently being proposed. ... read full story / add a comment
cavan / miscellaneous Thursday April 23, 2009 - 17:15 by Brian Reynolds
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New Group Meeting ... read full story / add a comment 
national / politics / elections Thursday April 23, 2009 - 11:59 by reform.ie
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reform.ie is a an internet-based political platform that advocates the reform of local government in Ireland and the continuing reform of the European Union with Ireland at its core. We believe that these objectives are shared by a large proportion of the Irish electorate and we aim to provide a forum for debate and to register this. We hope to enlist the support of candidates who will pledge to sponsor the reforms so urgently required if elected. We also hope to secure the commitment of candidates, both local and European, to propose and deliver the reforms so urgently required if elected. reform.ie is not linked to any existing political party or movement in Ireland or elsewhere, nor are we funded by any political or economic entity ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / politics / elections Thursday April 23, 2009 - 10:21 by Patrick Maphoso Campaign
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An Independent candidate in the local elections is calling on the political parties to change an election rule that he says creates ‘voter suppression’. ... read full story / add a comment 
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday April 22, 2009 - 21:56 by Irish Basque Solidarity Committees
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Charges against Belfast Basque highlight further ongoing repression in Basque Country. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday April 22, 2009 - 19:43 by Malachy Steenson
Malachy Steenson, the Workers Party candidate in Dublin Central said it was unbelievable that "at a time of a mounting drugs crisis that the Drugs Ministry has been dropped". ... read full story / add a comment
derry / miscellaneous Tuesday April 21, 2009 - 15:17 by Richard Walsh
The fact that a travel agent in Derry City is advertising an event which glorifies the British Crown Forces has been condemned by a spokesman for Republican Sinn Féin. ... read full story / add a comment
longford / politics / elections Monday April 20, 2009 - 22:17 by Saoirse
At a recent convention Sean Lynch was selected by Republican Sinn Féin to contest the forthcoming local elections. He will be a candidate for Longford Co Council in the Drumlish area ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Monday April 20, 2009 - 12:14 by Eugene Mc Cartan
Joint statement of the Communist Party of Ireland and Communist Party of Britain April 18th 2009 The Communist Party of Ireland and the Communist Party of Britain held a bilateral meeting in Belfast on 18 April 2009. At the top of the agenda for both parties was closer co-operation in relation to strengthening the peace process and our response to the growing and deepening crisis of state-monopoly capitalism globally. ... read full story / add a comment |
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