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BARRISTER Baroness Helena Kennedy told a court that a former Haverstock schoolboy was “exposed to illegality and an abuse of human rights” by the government during a legal bid to restore his British citizenship: Camden New Journal, 01 August, 2013 by TOM FOOT
Tuesday 30 July, 4.30-6.30pm. Venue: Old Bailey, EC4M 7EH (nearest tube St Pauls)
Margaret Owen is among the protesters entering a solidarity hunger strike for British Guantanamo Bay prisoner Shaker Aamer. The campaign aims to put pressure on Prime Minister David Cameron to secure Mr Aamer’s release from the illegal US prison camp.
"Killing these infidel Balochies is serving Islam," then one of them stepped forward and started shooting at me, said Nasir Dagarzai Baloch who miraculously escaped death the first time after being shot and dumped by the Pakistani army. He wasn't so lucky the second time as his killers made sure he wouldn't survive again.
Following is the story of teenage Nasir Dagarzai Baloch who was first abducted on January 23rd, 2011, along with other colleagues Rasool Baksh, Abid Saleem and Mehrab Baloch. On January 27, four days later, they were shot and dumped in Panjgoor area. Nasir Baloch miraculously survived, despite being critically injured and dumped, left for dead.
By IAN COBAIN (London, Portobello Books, 2012) - Reviewed by Saleh Mamon In Race & Class Volume 55 No 1, July 2013. This is a shameful indictment of the British state, which has long prided itself on its rule of law and fair play. Prompted by increasing revelations of the UK’s sup- port for the US rendition programme, Cobain set out to answer two questions: whether the British government had a secret torture policy; and, if so, whether the responsibility for it went right to the top.
CagePrisoners is pleased to announce the launch of a new project, Schedule 7 Stories. Schedule 7 Stories aims to educate and empower the Muslim community and others affected by Schedule 7 powers. The site outlines what your rights are if you are stopped and gives information on how to complain to the IPCC about how the power is used.
The Guardian, 22 May 2013 - The UK's support for the CIA's global rendition programme after the September 11 terrorist attacks on the US was far more substantial than has previously been recognised, according to a new research project that draws on a vast number of publicly available data and documentation.
In the mass media Somalia has become a synonym for war, disorder, terrorism and piracy. The country has been a focus for covert US-led 'counter-terror' operations. Even less well known is that many Somalis in the UK have been persecuted under 'anti-terror' powers. Moreover, MI5 has intimidated numerous individuals to act as informers on their community.
Police's arrest of witness claiming Woolwich attacker was radicalised by torture, sexual abuse and harassment was "ordered by MI5"
Terry Eagleton, The Guardian: 26 May 2013 - To deny the Woolwich attackers any shred of rationality is to come perilously close to excusing them. Why did the Woolwich killing happen? Less than a week on, the debate has swiftly moved on to the issue of "preventative measures", with Theresa May proposing new internet controls and the banning of groups preaching hate.
Edited by Aziz Choudry and Dip Kapoor - The dynamics, politics, and richness of knowledge production in social movements and social activist contexts are often overlooked. This book contends that some of the most radical critiques and understandings of dominant ideologies and power structures, and visions of social change, have emerged from those spaces.
SAT 1ST JUNE at 2pm at US EMBASSY: DEMONSTRATE! Join WISE Up at the US EMBASSY on the SATURDAY BEFORE TRIAL STARTS at this crucial demonstration of public support – a #massing4brad to take place in LONDON as the supporters in the US march on FORT MEADE.
Democracy Now - As the Senate holds its first-ever public hearing on drones and targeted killings, we turn the second part of our interview with Jeremy Scahill, author of the new book, "Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield." Scahill charts the expanding covert wars operated by the CIA and JSOC, the Joint Special Operations Command, in countries from Somalia to Pakistan.
Glenn Greenwald on security and liberty - Talking to the PBS host about civil liberties, terrorism, US foreign policy and the dangers of secrecy.
The LGC held the first demonstration anywhere about the current hunger strike at Guantánamo Bay on 17 March outside the US Embassy in London. While the US Department of Defense currently puts the number of hunger strikers at half of the 166 prisoners still held there and the mainstream media decided that it would only acknowledge the hunger strike more than 2 months after it started when military violence entered the picture on 13 April, the LGC has supported the position of the prisoners' lawyers throughout this non-violent protest, that since 6 February, almost all the prisoners have been on hunger strike