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  • Italy G8 ’brutality’ trial opens
    13 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    See footage of the violent clashes between protestors and police
    Forty-five Italian police and medical staff have gone on trial accused of brutality against protesters arrested during the G8 summit in Genoa in 2001.
    The case, which opened at a court in Genoa, was adjourned until November.
    The defendants - which include senior officers from Genoa - deny the charges, including unlawful violence.
    On Friday, in a related case, 28 officers are due appear in court over a raid at a school (…)

  • Robert Fisk in London
    13 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Sarah Meyer
    On 11 October, the reporter Robert Fisk made one of his rare appearances in London. The bookshop, Bookmarks arranged for Mr Fisk to speak to an audience of about 250 in a church hall close to Tottenham Court Road. The event marked the publication of Mr. Fisk’s new book, The Great War of Civilisation, the Conquest of the Middle East, published by Fourth Estate, London.
    Robert Fisk is an outstanding journalist. His clarity, courage and in-depth knowledge have, throughout his (…)

  • Urgent Stop Charity Mutebwa’s deportation to Uganda
    13 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    "I stopped eating because I was given a removal letter which was to take me back to Uganda it was on 16 August which was stopped by my solicitor. Today I was given another removal letter to remove me on 18 October.
    "I need you to intervene and help me. I have explained to Immigration my whole story - that I have no home, my family has died and no one to help me in Uganda and that I was tortured and raped.
    "I escaped from government detention and I am not safe if I return to Uganda. (…)

  • Vice President’s role in outing of CIA agent under examination, sources close to prosecutor say
    13 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Jason Leopold
    Cheney’s role in CIA outing not known
    Special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is trying to determine whether Vice President Dick Cheney had a role in the outing of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame-Wilson, individuals close to Fitzgerald say. Plame’s husband was a vocal critic of prewar intelligence used by President George W. Bush to build support for the Iraq war.
    The investigation into who leaked the officer’s name to reporters has now turned toward a little known (…)

  • Republican Congressman Slams Bush On Militarized Police State Preparation
    13 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Congressman Ron Paul has accused the Bush administration of attempting to set in motion a militarized police state in America by enacting gun confiscation martial law provisions in the event of an avian flu pandemic. Paul also slammed as delusional and dangerous plans to invade Iran, Syria, North Korea and China.
    Ron Paul represents the 14th Congressional district of Texas. He also serves on the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee, and the International Relations (…)

  • Abuse, Forced Labor Rampant in New Orleans Justice System
    13 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    When Robert Davis emerged from the temporary detention center in New Orleans, his eye was swollen nearly shut, his face was bruised, and he had a couple of stitches under his left eye. He told The NewStandard that police had beaten him and then charged him with public intoxication and battery, even though he had not had a drink in 25 years and had merely asked a police officer to leave him alone.
    The 64-year-old retired elementary school teacher sat sadly in a chair Sunday morning outside (…)

  • What Iraqis Really Think About The Occupation
    13 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The lack of critical media coverage at the beginning of the Iraq War is widely acknowledged. But the media’s failure to cover Iraqi voices of opposition is arguably a greater default.
    The mainstream media convey the impression that there are two categories of Iraqis—the handful of fanatical jihadist terrorists and the majority who showed their yearning to be free during January’s election. In this paradigm, our troops are seen as defending, even cultivating, a nascent democracy. Not (…)

  • Giving Democracy The Bird: Bush Asks Congress for Martial Law
    13 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Soldiers brandishing automatic weapons, a defining characteristic of life in Third World dictatorships, have become commonplace at airports, bus and train stations, government offices and highway checkpoints since 9/11. Now troops are becoming our first responders to situations, such as natural disasters and flu outbreaks, which normally fall under civilian jurisdiction.
    Everything’s gone topsy-turvy: The National Guard, charged with keeping order here at home and legally under the control (…)

  • "This is not ’streamlining’ the appeal system as the government claims. It is subverting and stackin
    12 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Appeals Clauses of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill 2005
    by bellaciao GB
    Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA) is anxious to inform affected agencies and individuals about the changes to immigration appeals in the latest immigration legislation, the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill 2005, which is currently being considered by Parliament.
    The government gave no hint of their intention to make the proposed changes. They have not explained the full (…)

  • Venezuela Warns: Bush Is the True Atomic Threat
    12 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Venezuelan authorities denied with indignation an accusation by US Rev. Pat Robertson that Venezuela is preparing a nuclear attack against the United States.
    Venezuelan Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel asserted Venezuela is willing to launch "love, affection, and appreciation" to the US people, but the true atomic bomb threatening the United States is President George W. Bush.
    Speaking at Monday’s celebration of Venezuelan Soldier’s Day, Rangel said the significance of the new (…)