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As opposition to the legal aid cuts grows from diverse sections of society, now is the time to put down a marker. We need to send a strong and swift message to the Government, we need to show the widespread support for legal aid and we need to defend access to justice.
Resolution of the Conflict, 13 January 2014: This past week has given us two very different and opposing photographs between them: on the one hand the photograph that came from the Spanish state, that of the violent aggression in response to the declaration of the EPPK and the commitment expressed in Durango by former prisoners with the solution process.
Global Post, 13 January 2014: A Spanish judge remanded in custody on Monday eight suspects accused of supporting prisoners from the armed Basque separatist group ETA. High Court judge Eloy Velasco ordered the eight be held while they are investigated for the suspected crime of membership of a terrorist organisation. In a written ruling, he said he remanded them in custody due to the risk that they could flee or destroy evidence.
Ceasefire, 10 January 2014: Yesterday's verdict in the Mark Duggan case has sent shockwaves of anger and disbelief in communities across the UK. Ceasefire's Adam Elliott-Cooper argues the case epitomises the enduring nature of systematic and institutional injustices at the heart of the British political establishment.
Groundviews - Journalism for Citizens; 9 January 2014: Often when addressing the issue of enforced disappearances, the focus is on either the disappeared person, or the perpetrator. Rarely is the focus on the families that are left behind to cope with their grief and pursue justice for their disappeared family members and themselves.
The Guardian, John Pilger; 3 January 2014: Neoliberalism has failed the vast majority of India's people. But the spirit that gave the nation independence is stirring.
On 10th of December, at a public meeting held in the NUJ Headquarters, a range of speakers addressed the manifold issues arising from state surveillance. It was argued that these could not be considered in isolation from the prevailing escalation in counter-terror powers and global securitisation.
War on Want, the School of Law at SOAS and the Russell Tribunal on Palestine were honoured to host Angela Davis and Gina Dent for a discussion on Justice for Palestine and the Stop G4S campaign on 13 December 2013.
This is a translation of a handwritten press note in Marathi from 500 political prisoners in Nagpur Jail. The prisoners will be going on a one day hunger strike in Nagpur jail in support of the demand for independent statehood for Vidarbha on 09 December 2013.
By Alison Buckley and Hamma Mirwaisi, 5 December 2013: 'No friends but the mountains' is the expression commonly used by Kurds to describe their political and diplomatic plight in today's rapidly changing Middle East.
Edward Snowden revelations prompt UN investigation into surveillance - The Guardian, 2 December
Alan Rusbridger is being grilled by MPs – but he has published nothing that could be a threat to national security - By Ben Emmerson, The The Guardian, 2 December 2013
The Guardian - 2 December 2013: “They know virtually everything about us, but we know almost nothing about them” - Tim Berners-Lee, Alan Rusbridger and Jonathan Freedland on the Snowden files
Advice issued after series of incidents – including detention of David Miranda – put spotlight on schedule 7 - The Guardian, 1 December 2013
A new report details how corporations are increasingly spying on nonprofit groups they regard as potential threats. The corporate watchdog organization Essential Information found a diverse groups of nonprofits have been targeted with espionage, including environmental, antiwar, public interest, consumer safety, pesticide reform, gun control, social justice, animal rights and arms control groups. - Democracy Now, 25 November 2013