suie e cendres
1/08/2010- A man who declared he didn't want any psychiatric treatment, put fire to his cell, damaging also other cells and a part of the building of the Psychiatric Institution in Grimbergen near Brusssels.
The fire caused considerable damage.
Saturday, 14 August 2010
Tukwila, WA - Bikers cause cop to crash, taunt him after wreck
socialrupture
13 August 2010 - A State Patrol trooper was pinned in his car, dazed and bleeding profusely from a neck injury after a rollover accident, but the first people who stopped by the side of the road didn't help.
Instead, two motorcyclists, who were part of a group the trooper had been chasing before he crashed, clapped and laughed at him Tuesday evening on Interstate 5 in Tukwila, the State Patrol says."Seeing a cop down was hysterical to them. They thought it was the funniest thing they ever saw," said Trooper Cliff Pratt, State Patrol spokesman.
"They didn't know whether he was going to live or die and they didn't care. That's what makes it so hard to swallow."
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The State Patrol offered this account of the incident:At about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Salyer spotted a group of about 10 motorcyclists on sports bikes racing over the interchange between southbound Interstate 405 and northbound Interstate 5 at speeds of more than 100 mph.He attempted to pull them over, but they refused to stop. Salyer narrowed in on the pack's leader, trying to get identifying information from the motorcycle. As he did, two other bikers in the group cut him off, forcing him to swerve and slam on his brakes. Salyer lost control of his patrol car on the ramp from I-5 to northbound state Highway 599, struck the guardrail and rolled several times before ending up in a ditch. As he lay pinned in his wrecked car, at least two of the motorcycle riders pulled up to within 30 feet of his car, got off their bikes and began clapping and laughing. They rode off as other motorists began pulling up to the scene.
Salyer was treated for a concussion, head and neck lacerations and bumps and bruises, the State Patrol said.
According to State Patrol spokeswoman Trooper Christina Martin, witnesses told police that there may have been as many as 60 to 70 riders in the group and that the two that taunted the trooper may have been behind his patrol car during the pursuit, she said.
13 August 2010 - A State Patrol trooper was pinned in his car, dazed and bleeding profusely from a neck injury after a rollover accident, but the first people who stopped by the side of the road didn't help.
Instead, two motorcyclists, who were part of a group the trooper had been chasing before he crashed, clapped and laughed at him Tuesday evening on Interstate 5 in Tukwila, the State Patrol says."Seeing a cop down was hysterical to them. They thought it was the funniest thing they ever saw," said Trooper Cliff Pratt, State Patrol spokesman.
"They didn't know whether he was going to live or die and they didn't care. That's what makes it so hard to swallow."
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The State Patrol offered this account of the incident:At about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Salyer spotted a group of about 10 motorcyclists on sports bikes racing over the interchange between southbound Interstate 405 and northbound Interstate 5 at speeds of more than 100 mph.He attempted to pull them over, but they refused to stop. Salyer narrowed in on the pack's leader, trying to get identifying information from the motorcycle. As he did, two other bikers in the group cut him off, forcing him to swerve and slam on his brakes. Salyer lost control of his patrol car on the ramp from I-5 to northbound state Highway 599, struck the guardrail and rolled several times before ending up in a ditch. As he lay pinned in his wrecked car, at least two of the motorcycle riders pulled up to within 30 feet of his car, got off their bikes and began clapping and laughing. They rode off as other motorists began pulling up to the scene.
Salyer was treated for a concussion, head and neck lacerations and bumps and bruises, the State Patrol said.
According to State Patrol spokeswoman Trooper Christina Martin, witnesses told police that there may have been as many as 60 to 70 riders in the group and that the two that taunted the trooper may have been behind his patrol car during the pursuit, she said.
Bristol - biggest security firm not untouchable
the evening of 11/08/10 g4s were greeted with the hate of fun loving people
No sigh no more!, g4s plaque was removed & taken away, the intercom was left from the wall by 5ft of wire at the red front door 10,portland sq , st paul's, so where were the biggest security firm when hit at home? can't protect themselves? , would you trust them with inmates or your property? , The growth of the security industry is an indication that the natives are growing restless
bristol domestic exstemist cell
Guangzhou, S. China - hundreds of residents clash with police against demolition of slum area ahead of Asian Games
Reuters
13 08 2010 – Hundreds of residents in southern China clashed with police when authorities in Guangzhou started demolishing a slum area ahead of the Asian Games in November, a newspaper reported on Saturday.
Authorities have gone to great lengths to ensure a showcase Asian Games – China and Asia’s largest sporting event after the Beijing Olympics in 2008 — giving the city a massive facelift, demolishing homes, stifling protests and tightening immigration curbs for some foreigners including a lively community of African and Middle Eastern traders.
In the latest standoff, hundreds of riot police descended on Xian village in the Tianhe district in eastern Guangzhou, demanding residents of the gritty area move out.
Hundreds of angry residents refused to move, however, throwing rocks at the police until they retaliated with tear gas. Witnesses said many were beaten, the South China Morning Post reported, with around 20 people reportedly injured.
« We’ll defend ourselves till we die, » the newspaper quoted some residents as shouting during the standoff.
« Police were beating anybody who happened to be near, » a witness was quoted as saying. « I saw this young man badly beaten. He was seriously wounded. »
Numerous protests by residents against demolition over the past year have fallen on deaf ears. « They accused local officials of colluding with developers by selling their land below the market price. They also refused to move because they were trying to fight for more compensation, » the paper reported.
13 08 2010 – Hundreds of residents in southern China clashed with police when authorities in Guangzhou started demolishing a slum area ahead of the Asian Games in November, a newspaper reported on Saturday.
Authorities have gone to great lengths to ensure a showcase Asian Games – China and Asia’s largest sporting event after the Beijing Olympics in 2008 — giving the city a massive facelift, demolishing homes, stifling protests and tightening immigration curbs for some foreigners including a lively community of African and Middle Eastern traders.
In the latest standoff, hundreds of riot police descended on Xian village in the Tianhe district in eastern Guangzhou, demanding residents of the gritty area move out.
Hundreds of angry residents refused to move, however, throwing rocks at the police until they retaliated with tear gas. Witnesses said many were beaten, the South China Morning Post reported, with around 20 people reportedly injured.
« We’ll defend ourselves till we die, » the newspaper quoted some residents as shouting during the standoff.
« Police were beating anybody who happened to be near, » a witness was quoted as saying. « I saw this young man badly beaten. He was seriously wounded. »
Numerous protests by residents against demolition over the past year have fallen on deaf ears. « They accused local officials of colluding with developers by selling their land below the market price. They also refused to move because they were trying to fight for more compensation, » the paper reported.
Thursday, 12 August 2010
Limassol, Cyprus - rocket propelled grenade and explosives disappear from army camp
cyprus mail
12 August 2010 - THE NATIONAL Guard was in the spotlight again when, after a routine check at an army camp, it was discovered that a rocket propelled grenade was missing from the depot.This would not have made the news if it had not been preceded, a few weeks earlier, by the theft of 172kg of explosives from a Limassol army camp. The loss of a single grenade would have been investigated internally by the National Guard without the police being called in and extensive publicity being given to the matter.
‘It’s not the first time army munitions were stolen’ Defence Minister says
12/08/10
DEFENCE MINISTER Costas Papacostas charged yesterday that the theft of munitions from the army was not a new phenomenon and that other administrations had swept such incidents under the carpet. Papacostas was responding to opposition criticism that the National Guard was facing a slackening off and disorganisation in light of the theft of some 170 kilos of plastic explosives from an army depot in Limassol and a missing anti-tank rocket propelled grenade from a camp near Nicosia. Police have since recovered 80 kilos of the ordnance.The chairman of the House Defence Committee, EDEK leader Yiannakis Omirou said yesterday the recent incidents suggested a slackening off of vigilance and discipline in the armed forces...
12 August 2010 - THE NATIONAL Guard was in the spotlight again when, after a routine check at an army camp, it was discovered that a rocket propelled grenade was missing from the depot.This would not have made the news if it had not been preceded, a few weeks earlier, by the theft of 172kg of explosives from a Limassol army camp. The loss of a single grenade would have been investigated internally by the National Guard without the police being called in and extensive publicity being given to the matter.
‘It’s not the first time army munitions were stolen’ Defence Minister says
12/08/10
DEFENCE MINISTER Costas Papacostas charged yesterday that the theft of munitions from the army was not a new phenomenon and that other administrations had swept such incidents under the carpet. Papacostas was responding to opposition criticism that the National Guard was facing a slackening off and disorganisation in light of the theft of some 170 kilos of plastic explosives from an army depot in Limassol and a missing anti-tank rocket propelled grenade from a camp near Nicosia. Police have since recovered 80 kilos of the ordnance.The chairman of the House Defence Committee, EDEK leader Yiannakis Omirou said yesterday the recent incidents suggested a slackening off of vigilance and discipline in the armed forces...
Atlanta, Georgia - 30,000 people in need of housing turn up at shopping centre
bbc us
12 August - Some 30,000 people lined up outside a local shopping centre in Atlanta, Georgia, on Wednesday in the hope of receiving public housing assistance.
The authorities were unprepared for the throng, which was unruly at times. Amid sweltering conditions, 62 people were hurt and 20 needed hospital care.
Only 455 rent assistance vouchers and 200 public housing spaces were on offer - while 13,000 applications were taken.
Some had lined up since Sunday for the possibility of discounted rent.
It was the first time in eight years that the housing authority in East Point, a municipality in south-west Atlanta, had accepted applications for public housing and rent subsidies, known as Section 8 vouchers.
People are desperate. They are really willing to do whatever it takes to get into housing”End Quote Associate Professor James Fraser Vanderbilt University
Authorities estimate it will be six months before any vacancies become available for the small number of successful applicants.
Most of the 16 other local housing authorities in Atlanta have closed their waiting lists. But Section 8 vouchers are portable, so people flocked from across the city for a chance to receive housing aid.
Atlanta is an economically polarized city: it has the fastest growing number of millionaires in the US but also has the third-highest proportion of people living below 50% of the poverty line.
The authorities were unprepared for the throng, which was unruly at times. Amid sweltering conditions, 62 people were hurt and 20 needed hospital care.
Only 455 rent assistance vouchers and 200 public housing spaces were on offer - while 13,000 applications were taken.
Some had lined up since Sunday for the possibility of discounted rent.
It was the first time in eight years that the housing authority in East Point, a municipality in south-west Atlanta, had accepted applications for public housing and rent subsidies, known as Section 8 vouchers.
People are desperate. They are really willing to do whatever it takes to get into housing”End Quote Associate Professor James Fraser Vanderbilt University
Authorities estimate it will be six months before any vacancies become available for the small number of successful applicants.
Most of the 16 other local housing authorities in Atlanta have closed their waiting lists. But Section 8 vouchers are portable, so people flocked from across the city for a chance to receive housing aid.
Atlanta is an economically polarized city: it has the fastest growing number of millionaires in the US but also has the third-highest proportion of people living below 50% of the poverty line.
Private security and riot police called in to psychiatric hospitals in the Republic of Ireland
Belfast Telegraph
12 August 2010 - Police in riot gear in psychiatric hospitals in the Republic of Ireland.
The revelation was made in a disturbing new report which revealed that hundreds of psychiatric nurses have been forced to retire because of growing violence, stress and staff cuts.
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The report also revealed that hospitals were forced to call in gardai in riot gear to deal with violent disturbances. However, it declined to say where [and why!]these incidents happened.
Private security firms were employed in Ennis; at St Ita's in Portrane; St Brendan's on Rathdown Road in Dublin and at Naas hospitals.
In Tallaght, an elderly patient was stabbed and there were 51 assaults on staff working in St Brendan's in the first half of the year.
Gardai in riot gear have been called to acute and secure facilities. In Ennis, one patient is guarded around the clock.
Last week, a patient set fire to a unit in Tallaght Hospital, leaving two nurses with burns and suffering from smoke inhalation, PNA general secretary Des Kavanagh said.
There has been an overall 20pc increase in suicides, up from 424 in 2008 to 527 last year, which is putting mental-health services under severe pressure.
A total of 11,966 people attended accident and emergency units because of self-harm. Some 2,500 of these had attempted self-harm previously.
12 August 2010 - Police in riot gear in psychiatric hospitals in the Republic of Ireland.
The revelation was made in a disturbing new report which revealed that hundreds of psychiatric nurses have been forced to retire because of growing violence, stress and staff cuts.
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The report also revealed that hospitals were forced to call in gardai in riot gear to deal with violent disturbances. However, it declined to say where [and why!]these incidents happened.
Private security firms were employed in Ennis; at St Ita's in Portrane; St Brendan's on Rathdown Road in Dublin and at Naas hospitals.
In Tallaght, an elderly patient was stabbed and there were 51 assaults on staff working in St Brendan's in the first half of the year.
Gardai in riot gear have been called to acute and secure facilities. In Ennis, one patient is guarded around the clock.
Last week, a patient set fire to a unit in Tallaght Hospital, leaving two nurses with burns and suffering from smoke inhalation, PNA general secretary Des Kavanagh said.
There has been an overall 20pc increase in suicides, up from 424 in 2008 to 527 last year, which is putting mental-health services under severe pressure.
A total of 11,966 people attended accident and emergency units because of self-harm. Some 2,500 of these had attempted self-harm previously.
Tuesday, 3 August 2010
Chittagong, Bangladesh - University closed after 8 days of violent clashes over rise in fees
timesofindia
August 3, 2010 - The authorities yesterday closed Chittagong University till September 16 following a series of violent clashes between agitating students and police that left over 50 students and 20 policemen injured.
Police detained around 50 students during clashes in the morning and held 200 more after raiding three male dormitories in the afternoon.
The CU syndicate in an hour-long meeting that started around 3:00pm took the decision of closing the university in the wake of the violent situation, said CU Vice Chancellor (VC) Prof Abu Yusuf.
Male students were asked to vacate their dormitories by 6:00pm yesterday and female students by 10:00am today, he said.
Earlier in the morning, over 1,500 students brought out a procession from Chittagong University Central Students’ Union (CUCSU) building around 10.00am to continue their protest for the eighth consecutive day to press home their three-point demand including cancellation of fee-hike.
As police intercepted the procession near Arts Faculty the agitating students were locked in a clash with them.
At least 15 students, including a journalist were injured as police charged batons on the demonstrating students.
The aggrieved students in different groups then went on the rampage at CUCSU building and different faculty buildings protesting the police attack.
The clash took a violent turn when police lobbed tear shells and fired rubber bullets on them near Arts Faculty around 11:00pm prompting the students to retaliate with stones and brickbats.
Police hurled tear shells and fired rubber bullets to disperse another group of agitating students near Shaheed Minar around 12:00 noon.
The law enforcers also fired rubber bullets and teargas shells inside Shamsunnahar Hall where the students took shelter as police went on a counter offensive.
Protesting the police attack, around 1,000 female students from Shamsunnahar and Pritilata Halls brought out a procession around 1:30pm. As the procession reached near Shaheed Minar, police charged batons to disperse them injuring around 50 female students.
Prosenjit, a student, claimed that at least 200 students were injured in yesterday’s series of clashes and many of them were rubber bullet-hit.
The situation came under control at about 3:00pm as the students started leaving the campus.
Officer-in-Charge Mohiuddin Selim of Hathazari Police Station said around 250 rounds of rubber bullets were fired and over 60 tear-gas canisters were lobbed to bring the situation under control.
At least 20 policemen including him and ASP of Hathazari circle Babul Akhter were injured by stones thrown at them, the OC said adding that they detained around 50 students from different spots of the campus during the clash.
Police raided Shahjalal Hall, Shah Amanat Hall and Suhrawardi Hall around 4:00pm and picked over 200 students from there, he added.
Nancy, France - 'long distance runner' runs free
cette semaine
An arrest warrant has been issued against a prisoner of Maxéville Correctional Centre, Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle), who benefited from a temporary release to participate in a foot race he never finished, according to a judicial source.
The fugitive, aged 48, had obtained a permit to attend a foot race of 10 km,last Sunday, the "Strides of Longemer" (Vosges), which he turned up to.
"But he never crossed the finishing line," said Deputy Attorney of Nancy Nativel Philip, who recalled that the prisoner had already received four permits in the past without incident.
The fugitive, a native of Besançon, was serving a sentence of 6 years imprisonment for fraud since November 2007.
An arrest warrant has been issued against a prisoner of Maxéville Correctional Centre, Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle), who benefited from a temporary release to participate in a foot race he never finished, according to a judicial source.
The fugitive, aged 48, had obtained a permit to attend a foot race of 10 km,last Sunday, the "Strides of Longemer" (Vosges), which he turned up to.
"But he never crossed the finishing line," said Deputy Attorney of Nancy Nativel Philip, who recalled that the prisoner had already received four permits in the past without incident.
The fugitive, a native of Besançon, was serving a sentence of 6 years imprisonment for fraud since November 2007.
Cusco, Peru - Strikes against Camisea exports paralyze district
LivinginPeru
The province of La Convencion, in Cusco region, remains paralyzed today due to a general protest against Camisea gas exports, regional officials said.
The protests, which began last Tuesday, have concentrated specially in Quillabamba, provincial capital of 60,000 residents, and neighboring Echarate, with a population of 30,000.
"The strike has escalated after the arrest of 17 people during the weekend in the district of Echarate" told AFP Jose Quinonez, an official of the province of La Convencion, from Quillabamba, about 1,200 km southeast of Lima.
Quillabamba and Echarate roads are blocked sticks and stones, and public transport services are not working either.
"People have gone out to the streets to protests against gas exports," said Quinones.
The Peruvian government had declared the state of emergency during 60 days in the district of Echarate, aiming to restore public after some clashes,
The state of emergency bans rallies and the right of assembly, among other issues.
Peru began to export gas to Mexico since last June amid protests of the Andean south eastern population, and during a hot national debate on the possibility that the domestic market becomes affected by these exports, since Camisea is the only gas source in Peru.
Additionally, there are complaints that the gas is exported to a lower price than the ones paid by local industry and consumers.
Neuquén, Argentina - Shots fired at police station
Liberación Total/thisisourjob
July 27, 2010 - Unknown gunmen opened fire at the 20th Precinct in the Parque Industrial neighborhood at around midnight on Thursday. The police officers on duty heard the shots and went outside, managing to glimpse a group of people making their escape some 100 meters away. Patrols immediately began in the vicinity and along the attackers’ escape route, where more shots were heard. Seven bullets hit an exterior wall of the police station, but none of the shots penetrated the cement wall or wounded anyone. Police have been unable to make any arrests.
Communiqué:
Neuquén; July 22, 2010
Today, July 22, in the early morning, the Cardenas-Fuentealba Unit paid a visit to the monkeys at the Parque Industrial police station and sprayed their shack with gunfire to wake them up, since no one was on duty at the door, surely due to the cold. We would also like to tell the members of the Bomb Squad that they will continue to receive our little packages, and that one of these days one of them will be for real and will make them pay for the crimes they commit as the system’s mercenaries.
To the eternally corrupt Cutral Có functionary José Cotter: Watch out. The people’s justice will find you sooner than later.
Burn the monkeys’ hovels
Burn the remains of the system
—Cardenas-Fuentealba Unit
—Luciano Arruga Brigade
July 27, 2010 - Unknown gunmen opened fire at the 20th Precinct in the Parque Industrial neighborhood at around midnight on Thursday. The police officers on duty heard the shots and went outside, managing to glimpse a group of people making their escape some 100 meters away. Patrols immediately began in the vicinity and along the attackers’ escape route, where more shots were heard. Seven bullets hit an exterior wall of the police station, but none of the shots penetrated the cement wall or wounded anyone. Police have been unable to make any arrests.
Communiqué:
Neuquén; July 22, 2010
Today, July 22, in the early morning, the Cardenas-Fuentealba Unit paid a visit to the monkeys at the Parque Industrial police station and sprayed their shack with gunfire to wake them up, since no one was on duty at the door, surely due to the cold. We would also like to tell the members of the Bomb Squad that they will continue to receive our little packages, and that one of these days one of them will be for real and will make them pay for the crimes they commit as the system’s mercenaries.
To the eternally corrupt Cutral Có functionary José Cotter: Watch out. The people’s justice will find you sooner than later.
Burn the monkeys’ hovels
Burn the remains of the system
—Cardenas-Fuentealba Unit
—Luciano Arruga Brigade
Buenos Aires - home made bomb damages bank in Villa Urquiza, Buenos Aires
culmine
A home made bomb exploded tonight in front of the ATM area of a bank branch in the barrio of Villa Urquiza, Buenos Aires. The explosion did not cause casualties, but did some serious damage.
The blast occurred at 1:45 in front of the branch of Banco Santander Río, on Avenida Triunvirato.
The explosion, that didn't cause any victims, destroyed the facade of the branch, the walls and an ATM.
Houthalen, Belgium - Another two car transporters set on fire
suie e cendres
27/07/2010 - HOUTHALEN - Yet another two trucks loaded with brand new cars, this time from Mazda, were put on fire during the night, parked on a parking lot next to the highway going to Holland. The two trucks and the new cars were completely destroyed. The Federation of Transport Companies fears a contamination of this kind of arson.
LIEGE - Police are speaking about a wave of burning cars, fearing a contamination in the areas. In Saint-Nicolas, five vehicles were put on fire (some luxury cars and a van of a shop). When a day later police claimed to have arrested a suspect, another two cars (a BMW and a Renault Twingo) were put on fire.
Two days later in a nearby area, another four cars were burned on different spots. The last weeks, more cars suffered arson in the region of Liège.
Around 250 to 300 vehicules are burned each year in Belgium
BRUSSELS - Federal police say every year about 250 to 300 vehicles get burned. In 2007, the number was 253; in 2008, the estimation was 245 but in 2009, the amount increased to 305. This year, already 139 vehicules suffered arson. Police fear this year will therefore be hotter than the others and say that the arson doesn't only concern cars, but also vans.
27/07/2010 - HOUTHALEN - Yet another two trucks loaded with brand new cars, this time from Mazda, were put on fire during the night, parked on a parking lot next to the highway going to Holland. The two trucks and the new cars were completely destroyed. The Federation of Transport Companies fears a contamination of this kind of arson.
LIEGE - Police are speaking about a wave of burning cars, fearing a contamination in the areas. In Saint-Nicolas, five vehicles were put on fire (some luxury cars and a van of a shop). When a day later police claimed to have arrested a suspect, another two cars (a BMW and a Renault Twingo) were put on fire.
Two days later in a nearby area, another four cars were burned on different spots. The last weeks, more cars suffered arson in the region of Liège.
Around 250 to 300 vehicules are burned each year in Belgium
BRUSSELS - Federal police say every year about 250 to 300 vehicles get burned. In 2007, the number was 253; in 2008, the estimation was 245 but in 2009, the amount increased to 305. This year, already 139 vehicules suffered arson. Police fear this year will therefore be hotter than the others and say that the arson doesn't only concern cars, but also vans.
Sunday, 1 August 2010
Rioting in Kabul after US embassy car kills four civilians
signalfire
The Afghan capital is on high alert after rioting sparked by the death of four civilians when a US embassy vehicle crashed into their car. There are fears of a repeat of the city-wide riots that struck Kabul in 2006.
Police fired shots into the air in a bid to disperse an angry mob that torched two embassy vehicles and threw stones at police and Nato soldiers who rushed to the scene near the centre of Kabul’s diplomatic quarter.
Sayed Abdul Ghafar Sayedzada, the head of Kabul’s crime investigation department, said six Afghan civilians were involved in the accident and four died. The US embassy said the vehicle had been carrying four US contractors who “co-operated immediately with local Afghan security forces after the incident”.
A western official said two embassy vehicles went to the scene to rescue the contractors but after one of the rescue cars got stuck on a central embankment everyone was forced to get into a single car.
The stranded rescue vehicle and the original car were left at the scene and torched by the rioters.
According to local news agency Pajhwok, despite efforts to cordon off the area an angry crowd of hundreds of civilians soon appeared chanting slogans against foreign troops and Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president.
Witnesses said several Afghan police were wounded after being hit by stones thrown by protesters in an area close to a US military base and a few minutes’ walk from the main gate of the US embassy.
It is one of the most serious outbreaks of public anger in the capital since 2006 when Kabul was struck by hours of rioting after a US military convoy ploughed into a group of pedestrians. Buildings run by foreign aid charities were ransacked and torched during that unrest.
Brest, France - Two policemen stoned during a control
letelegramme
August 1, 2010 08:50 - Late Friday evening, a routine police checkpoint on two young people of Brest degenerated into clashes. Around 10:50 p.m., police officers patrolling the Boulevard of Europe, nearly Pontanézen Brest, saw two young men circulating without helmets on a motorcycle. The driver of the latter then tried to get rid of a small amount of grass. In the check that followed, it also appeared that he had no permit. But it was his passenger in possession of a prohibited weapon (a telescopic baton), that gave trouble to the police.
During the control operation, he actually had time to use his cell phone to call for rescue by some of his nearby acquaintances. Suddenly the three police officers saw a dozen then about fifteen, masked and hooded individuals arrive on the scene, who violently attacked them and threw stones. Only with the arrival of reinforcements did the police manage to remove the two youths under control, the others then making off into the countryside.
During the confrontation, two policemen were injured by stones. The most severely affected had have seven stitches and was prescribed four days of ITT. His colleague, meanwhile, received a work stoppage of two days. Two police vehicles were also damaged by stone throwing. Aged 18, the driver did not participate in acts of violence that occurred on the Boulevard de l'Europe. Charged with possession of cannabis and failure to helmet and motorcycle licence, he was quickly released. However, his passenger, a juvenile aged 17 who was already the subject of proceedings for judicial review, was remanded in custody before being brought to the court, late yesterday afternoon. A judicial investigation was opened against him, including rebellion and incitement to rebellion, violence against upholders of public authority, causing injuries, damage to vehicles and possession of a prohibited weapon. Prosecutors had not decided last night to his eventual placement in custody.
August 1, 2010 08:50 - Late Friday evening, a routine police checkpoint on two young people of Brest degenerated into clashes. Around 10:50 p.m., police officers patrolling the Boulevard of Europe, nearly Pontanézen Brest, saw two young men circulating without helmets on a motorcycle. The driver of the latter then tried to get rid of a small amount of grass. In the check that followed, it also appeared that he had no permit. But it was his passenger in possession of a prohibited weapon (a telescopic baton), that gave trouble to the police.
During the control operation, he actually had time to use his cell phone to call for rescue by some of his nearby acquaintances. Suddenly the three police officers saw a dozen then about fifteen, masked and hooded individuals arrive on the scene, who violently attacked them and threw stones. Only with the arrival of reinforcements did the police manage to remove the two youths under control, the others then making off into the countryside.
During the confrontation, two policemen were injured by stones. The most severely affected had have seven stitches and was prescribed four days of ITT. His colleague, meanwhile, received a work stoppage of two days. Two police vehicles were also damaged by stone throwing. Aged 18, the driver did not participate in acts of violence that occurred on the Boulevard de l'Europe. Charged with possession of cannabis and failure to helmet and motorcycle licence, he was quickly released. However, his passenger, a juvenile aged 17 who was already the subject of proceedings for judicial review, was remanded in custody before being brought to the court, late yesterday afternoon. A judicial investigation was opened against him, including rebellion and incitement to rebellion, violence against upholders of public authority, causing injuries, damage to vehicles and possession of a prohibited weapon. Prosecutors had not decided last night to his eventual placement in custody.
Bari, Italy - revolt and escape from detention centre
repubblica
Eighteen arrests, six hospitalied, thirteen wounded. The balance of one night's guerrilla at the Identification and Expulsion Centre in the San Paolo quarter of Bari. Shortly after midnight fifty immigrants climbed on to the roof of the structure and started throwing stones against the police personnel on duty at the centre. A violent uprising organized in every detail: with bars removed from the fences, foreigners ravaged two state police cars, three housing modules and set fire to some mattresses. The guests [read prisoners], mostly North Africans, some with their faces covered, then launched themselves into space beyond the first ring of walls. Six of them were able to climb over the five metre high fence outside into the countryside and have fled the area. Six others fell to the ground resulting in several fractures to the legs and pelvis and were taken to the emergency room of General Hospital and St. Pauls, one of them is hospitalized with serious head injuries, the other five were injured but curable within 5 to 35 days.
In an attempt to quell the revolt eleven of the military regiment of San Marco and two policemen were wounded: minor injuries with prognosis ranging from 3 to 15 days.
Eighteen extra-communitarians, including thirteen Tunisians, four Moroccans and a Palestinian were taken in handcuffs to police headquarters in Bari, where they are under arrest because they are considered responsible for the crimes of destruction, looting followed by fire, resistance, violence and injury to officials.
Kashmir - the revolt spreads as six young protestors killed in two days
AFP
August 01, 2010 - ANOTHER protester has been killed in revolt-hit Indian Kashmir, bringing to six the number of young men shot dead by security forces in two days as fresh violence shakes the region.
So far, Indian security forces have been accused of killing 23 Kashmiri civilians – many of them in their teens or 20s – in less than two months.
The latest casualty, a 30-year-old man, was killed yesterday when security forces opened fire at rock-throwing protesters in northern Baramulla town, a police officer said, asking not to be named.
Earlier, a young man was killed in the neighbouring Naidkhai village when “security forces opened fire as a group of protesters tried to attack a police camp”, he said.
Several other demonstrators were injured, one of them seriously, in yesterday’s firing incident in Naidkhai village, the officer told AFP.
The latest round of police firing happened in northern Kashmir as authorities struggled to subdue protesters defying a strict curfew that was imposed on all major towns in the Kashmir valley yesterday.
In Sopore, protesters set fire to a railway station, smashing windows and breaking furniture, and hurling stones, another police officer said.
Security forces fired shots to disperse the protesters, injuring four people, the officer said, asking not to be named.
In neighbouring Kreeri town, demonstrators torched a counter-insurgency police camp and threw stones at a security patrol, prompting security forces to fire in self-defence, injuring two women and one man, he said.
“The condition of one injured woman is critical,” the officer told AFP.
In Pampore, demonstrators set ablaze two Indian Air Force vehicles but police fired tear gas and warning shots and were able to rescue the occupants, police said.
Srinagar, Indian Kashmir’s summer capital, which was also under curfew, looked deserted as troops armed with rifles and batons patrolled the streets.
Mexico - FLT/ELF sabotage in Los Dinamos forest
culmine
On the night of July 28 we made a bonfire with the property of destroyers of the earth.
Inside the forest Los Dinamos, Magdalena Contreras in the Federal District, there is a project of urban expansion. This project, still at an early stage, consists of deep wells that would take water from the river to allow the expansion of the city and anthropocentrist progress.
For this reason we in the FLT / ELF claim responsibility for the following sabotage:
- We threw stones, bricks and rubble in the pits so that the river water doesn't go through their pipelines.
- We have written claims on to building materials and resources, such as: "Stop urban sprawl," "Out civilization from the wild environment" and "Frente de Liberación de la Tierra".
- We burned 3 machines with incendiary devices, or rather two excavators and a small machine that removes debris. The first device was placed in the smaller vehicle, close to the pedals. The second bomb was placed in the cab of the second one, after breaking the window with stones. The last device was placed on the third vehicle on top of the cables.
We fled into the night without a trace. The damages consist of thousands of Mexican pesos. We want to emphasize that we did this in defense of the land that is being destroyed day by day egocentrism and authoritarianism; to every wilderness and semi-wild there will be hundreds of devehicles and properties destroyed and rendered useless. Let it be a lesson for the exploiters of the earth!
Action dedicated to the warrior for animal liberation in the United States Walter Bond, who was arrested recently for 3 fires against companies engaged in the exploitation of animals. Action dedicated also to the Leo in Italy, and to Adrian and Abraham.
Frente de Liberación de la Tierra / Earth Liberation Front
Odessa - (AU) Anarchic resistance claim burning of car belonging to 'leader of Union of Anarchists of Ukraine'
from actforfreedomnow!
At "Project 161" (anti-fascist site) came the following letter: AS takes responsibility for setting fire to a car brand Hummer leader of the Union of Anarchists of Ukraine Vadim Black. With this action we would like to express our protest against the party of rats, which are hiding behind lofty ideals of anarchism, just to make money.While our friends are being killed and thrown into jail because of their fighting, men like Vadim earn this much money. The money is watered with the blood of our comrades. Bourgeois, AU is watching you. Do we! Do it better than us! "
Anarchic resistance
Friday, 30 July 2010
6 Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli police over house demolitions
peopledaily
28/07/2010 - Six Palestinians were injured and four others were arrested during clashes with Israeli police in East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, witnesses said.
The witnesses said angry Palestinian young men threw stones at Israeli police and settlers who came to inspect a site where the municipality of Jerusalem is planning to build an entertainment place.
The Israeli police used rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas to disperse the crowds, the witnesses added.
The municipality of Jerusalem approved in June a plan to demolish 22 Arab-owned houses in Silwan to build an archeological garden in the neighborhood.
Meanwhile, Israeli troops arrested seven Palestinians in the West bank city of Hebron and led them to an unknown location, witnesses in the area told Xinhua.
The Israeli soldiers arrested the Palestinians during house search operations in the city’s neighborhoods, the witnesses added.
Israeli forces have been storming the settlement-dotted West Bank cities to arrest « wanted activists », while the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) has been complaining that such attacks hindered its forces from maintaining law and order in the territory.
Moscow, Khimki forest - demonstrators hurl smoke bombs and smash windows in protest against highway
AFP
MOSCOW — Russian demonstrators hurled smoke bombs and smashed windows in a rare violent protest against the building of a road through a forest outside Moscow, officials said Thursday.
Pictures broadcast on Russian television and the Internet showed the administration building in the town of Khimki engulfed in smoke and surrounded by broken glass after the protest by hundreds of people late on Wednesday.
Such violent protests are extremely rare in Russia, where police normally rapidly clamp down even on peaceful demonstrations that are unauthorised.
Police said an initial group of 90 people suddenly appeared outside the administration building in the early evening. Reports said the numbers then swelled to around 500.
"They shouted slogans in support of the Khimki forest. Shots were fired and glass bottles were thrown," Moscow police spokesman Yevgeny Gildeyev told the Moscow Echo radio station
He said that when police arrived at the scene the protestors had dispersed but they were now trying to arrest those behind the unrest.
"Several police units were dispatched but when they arrived on the scene they found no one," Gildeyev said. "We have information that they (the protestors) went to the station and left for Moscow."
The protestors travelled to Khimki by train after gathering at a concert in central Moscow, Kommersant newspaper reported.
A video posted on the town's municipal web site showed hundreds of protestors, some wearing masks, marching through the town centre, meeting no resistance.
The protestors scrawled slogans including "Save the Russian forest" on the municipal building and smashed several windows, but did not go inside. There were no reports of any injuries.
NTV television said that air pistols and stun guns were among the weapons employed in the protest. The Kommersant daily said that 400-500 people from "anti-fascist" and anarchist groups were involved in the action.
The authorities of the Moscow region are "outraged by such acts," a spokesman for the Moscow region governor Boris Gromov told the ITAR-TASS news agency.
Police on Wednesday evening detained nine environmental activists at the road construction site in the forest, including their leader, Yevgeniya Chirikova, the Interfax news agency reported.
Chirikova and other activists were released later in the day after paying a 700-ruble (23-dollar) fine for making a fire in the forest, Moscow Echo said.
Chirikova had teamed up with leftwing umbrella group Left Front in anti-road protests.
Ecological activists who have been protesting against the razing of the forest in recent weeks insisted they had no role in the violence which they said had been perpetrated by extremists.
"I am truly disappointed that extremists and provocateurs are more and more mixing themselves up with the true ecologists and genuine defenders of the Khimki forest," lawmaker Anton Belyakov told Moscow Echo.
The new Moscow-Saint Petersburg highway planned through the forest is aimed at relieving chronic traffic congestion in the area close to the Sheremetyevo airport.
Thursday, 29 July 2010
Warsaw - Solidarity protest against Carrefour 'red dots'
noblogs
Workers in Carrefour supermarkets around Poland are complaining about the introduction of a new element in the "organization of work": a large red circle found on the floors of markets where workers are supposed to stand to "discuss issues" with the management. Workers in one Lublin market were the first to expose that, among the reasons workers should stand on the circle is to get permission to go to the toilet.
Workers have pointed out the absurdity of the situation where they have to stand 5-10minutes waiting for a manager to show up at the red circle and give them permission to use the toilet when it is faster just to take a break. People are complaining that the procedure is totally humiliating.
Failure to stand on the red circle also has its consequences: if an employee takes a break to go to the toilet without doing so, it is considered an "unjustified absence from work", which could even be the pretext for dismissal.
A facebook group was set up to support the workers and protest against the red circle. Various organizations, including ZSP (whose members are already sabotaging the circles), have called on people to send protests to Carrefour through its website. .
www.pracownik.net.pl
On July 24, more than a dozen people went into the Carrefour carrying red dots and paraded around the supermarket. As the protest was announced, and Carrefour found out about it, they specially hired extra plainclothes security, brought in more security guards (either from other shifts or shops) and called the police. In total, at least 30 hired guards were following the protestors and harrassing them. A few French people from Carrefour management also appeared.
During the protest we heard how guards were instructed to keep an eye on and out for Carrefour workers. If any were to join us (or perhaps even talk to us), they would be fired. Of course we have been aware of such terror tactics in the shop since we know and talk to employees there regularly. It also turned out that a few employees said good words to the protesters.
People in general also expressed their support of the action. We particularly enjoyed the comment of one passerby whi said "The people asked for capitalism, they got it. They believe in God too, so let them pray to him now."
Despite the heavy security presence, the management apparently decided it would be a much worse scene if the security started to beat us and drag us out, so we just ignored what they were saying to us and carried on the protest. People from ZSP and MS took part.
Workers in Carrefour supermarkets around Poland are complaining about the introduction of a new element in the "organization of work": a large red circle found on the floors of markets where workers are supposed to stand to "discuss issues" with the management. Workers in one Lublin market were the first to expose that, among the reasons workers should stand on the circle is to get permission to go to the toilet.
Workers have pointed out the absurdity of the situation where they have to stand 5-10minutes waiting for a manager to show up at the red circle and give them permission to use the toilet when it is faster just to take a break. People are complaining that the procedure is totally humiliating.
Failure to stand on the red circle also has its consequences: if an employee takes a break to go to the toilet without doing so, it is considered an "unjustified absence from work", which could even be the pretext for dismissal.
A facebook group was set up to support the workers and protest against the red circle. Various organizations, including ZSP (whose members are already sabotaging the circles), have called on people to send protests to Carrefour through its website. .
www.pracownik.net.pl
On July 24, more than a dozen people went into the Carrefour carrying red dots and paraded around the supermarket. As the protest was announced, and Carrefour found out about it, they specially hired extra plainclothes security, brought in more security guards (either from other shifts or shops) and called the police. In total, at least 30 hired guards were following the protestors and harrassing them. A few French people from Carrefour management also appeared.
During the protest we heard how guards were instructed to keep an eye on and out for Carrefour workers. If any were to join us (or perhaps even talk to us), they would be fired. Of course we have been aware of such terror tactics in the shop since we know and talk to employees there regularly. It also turned out that a few employees said good words to the protesters.
People in general also expressed their support of the action. We particularly enjoyed the comment of one passerby whi said "The people asked for capitalism, they got it. They believe in God too, so let them pray to him now."
Despite the heavy security presence, the management apparently decided it would be a much worse scene if the security started to beat us and drag us out, so we just ignored what they were saying to us and carried on the protest. People from ZSP and MS took part.
Pisa, Italy - Classic escape from Don Bosco prison
culmine
Two Albanian prisoners manage to escape from Don Bosco prison in Pisa with the classic method of the sheet!
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
Akowonjo, Lagos - police violently attacked after shooting bus driver
sunnewsonline
July 28, 2010 - Hell was let loose yesterday at the Akowonjo area of Lagos when a police constable allegedly shot dead a commercial bus driver and wounded a vulcanizer. The policeman was instantly lynched by a mob who overpowered him. Daily Sun gathered that a commercial bus fully loaded with passengers was flagged down by a police patrol team, which was reportedly busy extorting money from bus drivers.
The bus driver allegedly indicated that he had already paid his toll and refused to stop. The constable was said to have fired at the vehicle, killing the driver instantly while other passengers including a vulcanizer suffered gunshot wounds.
Sympathisers who witnessed the incident could not hold back their anger as they went after the police team.
Members of the police patrol team were said to have taken to their heels but the mob, which was desperate to avenge the death of the driver, simply identified as Kazeem, went after the team and succeeded in apprehending the constable.
The mob descended on the policeman and beat him to a state of coma. However, his colleagues called for reinforcement and about 10 patrol vehicles stormed the scene and took away the constable.
Daily Sun reliably gathered that he gave up the ghost on the way to the hospital. However, the mob, which took over the Akowonjo area, barricaded the road, chanting songs condemning the police.
Street urchins popularly called Area Boys hijacked the protest and wreaked havoc on vehicle owners suspected to be either military or police personnel. The protesters were chanting, “Enough is enough,” “Withdraw police from our roads.”
A commercial bus driver who identified himself simply as Wasiu alleged that police extortion on Lagos roads was becoming too much. “They now collect N50 instead of N20. It is not one checkpoint; we have up to 15 checkpoints from Iyana-Iba to Akowonjo. So, you see our predicament,” he said.
July 28, 2010 - Hell was let loose yesterday at the Akowonjo area of Lagos when a police constable allegedly shot dead a commercial bus driver and wounded a vulcanizer. The policeman was instantly lynched by a mob who overpowered him. Daily Sun gathered that a commercial bus fully loaded with passengers was flagged down by a police patrol team, which was reportedly busy extorting money from bus drivers.
The bus driver allegedly indicated that he had already paid his toll and refused to stop. The constable was said to have fired at the vehicle, killing the driver instantly while other passengers including a vulcanizer suffered gunshot wounds.
Sympathisers who witnessed the incident could not hold back their anger as they went after the police team.
Members of the police patrol team were said to have taken to their heels but the mob, which was desperate to avenge the death of the driver, simply identified as Kazeem, went after the team and succeeded in apprehending the constable.
The mob descended on the policeman and beat him to a state of coma. However, his colleagues called for reinforcement and about 10 patrol vehicles stormed the scene and took away the constable.
Daily Sun reliably gathered that he gave up the ghost on the way to the hospital. However, the mob, which took over the Akowonjo area, barricaded the road, chanting songs condemning the police.
Street urchins popularly called Area Boys hijacked the protest and wreaked havoc on vehicle owners suspected to be either military or police personnel. The protesters were chanting, “Enough is enough,” “Withdraw police from our roads.”
A commercial bus driver who identified himself simply as Wasiu alleged that police extortion on Lagos roads was becoming too much. “They now collect N50 instead of N20. It is not one checkpoint; we have up to 15 checkpoints from Iyana-Iba to Akowonjo. So, you see our predicament,” he said.
Phnom Penh - Riot police with assault rifles attack 3,000 women and force them back into factory supplying Gap, Benetton, Adidas and Puma etc.
dailymail
27th July 2010 - Riot police used electric shock batons to beat women sweatshop workers when they stopped producing fashion labels for the UK and other Western nations in Cambodia today.
The image of heavily-armed police in protective clothing using their shields and batons to crush a strike by poverty-stricken women workers will do nothing to improve the tarnished image of designer label companies who run Asian sweatshops.
At least nine women were injured when more than 100 police, more than half in riot gear and armed with assault rifles, tried to force 3,000 women workers back into their factory.
Some women, who earn less than £1 a day, fell to the ground where they were attacked and stunned by police batons.
Workers in Cambodian sweatshops have risen up in recent protests against low pay and harsh working conditions, but today’s walk-out was over the suspension of a local union official.
The factory, on the outskirts of the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, is owned by a Malaysian firm and produces garments for the big names of fashion and sport – Gap, Benetton, Adidas and Puma. The factory contributes to Cambodia’s clothing, textiles and shoes exports which were valued at more than £1 billion last year.
All four clothing and sporting companies linked to the factory have come under severe criticism from investigators for the harsh conditions endured and low wages given to their Third World employees.
..It is the sportswear and garment industry that employs mostly women – and the demonstration at the Cambodian factory yesterday was evidence of that as by the hundred they poured out of the premises in support of their suspended union official.
Riot police rushed to the factory after a court order was given to them to clear the roads and force the women back to work.
The brutality the women suffered brought an end to their strike and they returned to the factory, part of an estimated 300,000 people who work in the garment manufacturing sector.
When they have saved enough of their meagre wages, they send what they can back to their impoverished rural villages, where people struggle on as little as 50 pence a day.
Brazilian Tribes Occupy Power Plant
Reuters
July 26, 2010 - BRASILIA - Brazilian native Indians on Sunday took 100 workers hostage at the construction site of a hydroelectric plant in the southern Amazon region, local media reported.
As many as 400 Indians from several different tribes occupied a power plant they say was built on an ancient burial site.
"They didn't take into account the situation of the Indians. The company used dynamite to blow up part of an archeological site," Antonio Carlos Ferreira de Aquino, a local administrator with the government's agency of indigenous affairs, Funai, told Folha.com.
Armed with bows and arrows, the Indians occupied the site at dawn on Sunday and confined the construction company's employees to their barracks.
There were no reports of injuries.
The Indians are demanding that government officials help negotiate a settlement with the construction company.
"We want to be compensated for the construction of the plant. The site is 30 kilometers (19 miles) from our reserve and has caused great cultural and social impact in our community, not to mention environmental damage," Aldeci Arara, a tribal leader, told the G1 news portal.
The Dardanelos dam on the Aripuana river, some 400 kilometers (250 miles) north of the Mato Grosso state capital Cuiaba, was due to come online in January 2011, the media reports said.
The construction company told G1.com that it has been in touch with Funai to define a community development program for the local native Indians.
The company was not immediately available for comment.
It is one of nearly a dozen hydroelectric power plants the administration of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been promoting in the Amazon region.
Earlier this year the government took bids for the construction of the $17 billion Belo Monte dam on the Xingu river. The project triggered an international outcry over potential environmental damage and impact on native Indian tribes.
Trikala, Greece - 500 prisoners on hunger strike
actforfreedom
27/07/2010 - According to "eleutherotypia" newspaper : "For a ninth day prisoners in Trikala prisons are continuing their hunger strike, they are protesting the denial of a large majority of prisoner applications for days out by the prison authorities and the bad behaviour of the prison guards.
Today, as well the number of prisoners on hunger strike rose from 200 to 500" solidarity to the all prisoners!
Tuesday, 27 July 2010
Tours, France - 17 year old prisoner escapes from old jail
cette semaine
AFP 26/07/2010 - On Saturday a 17 year old prisoner escaped from jail of Tours by removing the bars from his window and going through the main gate, said an official source. The prison management confirmed that there had been an escape Saturday morning but did not specify the conditions.
According to the union of prison guards (SPS), a majority in the house arrest of Tours, the prisoner watched the entrances and exits from his cell on the second floor overlooking the main entrance.
"Slipping between the frame and the bars of his window, the minor, of slight build, escaped from his cell in the morning and landed without difficulty between the two walls," said SPS in a statement. "He managed to pry the bars open..."
Doubtless using a safety net to cushion his fall, the prisoner then hid behind a tree near the main door and waited for the passage of a truck of the administration to take to his heels. "Slender", around 55 kilos, and "sporty", the young man had "carefully considered" his escape, the SPS added.
AFP 26/07/2010 - On Saturday a 17 year old prisoner escaped from jail of Tours by removing the bars from his window and going through the main gate, said an official source. The prison management confirmed that there had been an escape Saturday morning but did not specify the conditions.
According to the union of prison guards (SPS), a majority in the house arrest of Tours, the prisoner watched the entrances and exits from his cell on the second floor overlooking the main entrance.
"Slipping between the frame and the bars of his window, the minor, of slight build, escaped from his cell in the morning and landed without difficulty between the two walls," said SPS in a statement. "He managed to pry the bars open..."
Doubtless using a safety net to cushion his fall, the prisoner then hid behind a tree near the main door and waited for the passage of a truck of the administration to take to his heels. "Slender", around 55 kilos, and "sporty", the young man had "carefully considered" his escape, the SPS added.
Sunday, 25 July 2010
Florence, Italy - Damage and occupations. 19 anarchists charged
culmine
Source: corrierefiorentino 23/07/2010 -
A raid causing damaged to the offices of ENEL, the occupation of a municipal building, graffiti on buildings against the then commissioner for safety, Graziano Cioni. These are some of the alleged acts in Florence and 19 people of the anarchists, who were referred for trial by the court. For all, the prosecution accuses the association with aims of terrorism and subversion of democracy.
According to the indictment, since October 2005 the group has been carrying out the invasion of a number of buildings, caused theft and damage, threatened journalists, local politicians and administrators, including former city councilor security Graziano Cioni, who claimed damages. Among the accusations aggravated violence and resistance "against public officials in order to create social tension and clashes in the public streets against police." The nineteen defendants - defended by lawyers Sauro Poli and Massimo Lombardi - are aged between 23 and 55 years. "
Source: corrierefiorentino 23/07/2010 -
A raid causing damaged to the offices of ENEL, the occupation of a municipal building, graffiti on buildings against the then commissioner for safety, Graziano Cioni. These are some of the alleged acts in Florence and 19 people of the anarchists, who were referred for trial by the court. For all, the prosecution accuses the association with aims of terrorism and subversion of democracy.
According to the indictment, since October 2005 the group has been carrying out the invasion of a number of buildings, caused theft and damage, threatened journalists, local politicians and administrators, including former city councilor security Graziano Cioni, who claimed damages. Among the accusations aggravated violence and resistance "against public officials in order to create social tension and clashes in the public streets against police." The nineteen defendants - defended by lawyers Sauro Poli and Massimo Lombardi - are aged between 23 and 55 years. "
Israeli forces crush West Bank demo, injuring three
news.xinhuanet
RAMALLAH, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Three people, including a British activist, were injured Saturday afternoon when Israeli forces dispersed a demonstration in the West Bank, witnesses said.
Tens of Palestinian demonstrators were protesting against Jewish settlement in Beit Umar town to the north of Hebron city when Israeli soldiers fired tear gas and stun grenades against the protestors, the witnesses said.
The pro-Palestinian British campaigner was hit by one of the grenades, and two Palestinians, including a local journalist, fainted after inhaling tear gas, according to the witnesses.
The Palestinian demonstration takes place on weekly basis against Israeli plans to expand a Jewish settlement and a road leading to the settlement at the expense of Palestinian land.
The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) supports these rallies that are considered as part of the "peaceful resistance."
RAMALLAH, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Three people, including a British activist, were injured Saturday afternoon when Israeli forces dispersed a demonstration in the West Bank, witnesses said.
Tens of Palestinian demonstrators were protesting against Jewish settlement in Beit Umar town to the north of Hebron city when Israeli soldiers fired tear gas and stun grenades against the protestors, the witnesses said.
The pro-Palestinian British campaigner was hit by one of the grenades, and two Palestinians, including a local journalist, fainted after inhaling tear gas, according to the witnesses.
The Palestinian demonstration takes place on weekly basis against Israeli plans to expand a Jewish settlement and a road leading to the settlement at the expense of Palestinian land.
The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) supports these rallies that are considered as part of the "peaceful resistance."
Kashmir - hundreds of stone-throwing protestors break curfew
AFP
32/07/2010 - Security forces fired teargas at stone-throwing protesters in Indian Kashmir as fresh protests against Indian rule broke out Friday, police and witnesses said.
A major clash took place in the northern town of Kupwara, where hundreds of residents took to the streets in defiance of a strict curfew, prompting volleys of teargas shells and baton charges from police.
There were also sporadic clashes in Kashmir’s main city Srinagar, and the northern towns of Palhalan and Baramulla.
Earlier, security forces had sealed off neighbourhoods in Srinagar with barbed wire.
« There is no curfew but strict restrictions are in force in some sensitive parts of Srinagar, » police officer Pervez Ahmed said.
Muslim separatists had urged Kashmiris to march to a holy shrine for a protest rally, but the site was sealed off by police.
The Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley has been in turmoil since a 17-year-old student was killed on June 11 by a police tear-gas shell.
Since then, security forces have been accused of killing 16 more civilians — mostly teenagers — as they struggled to contain growing anti-India protests.
The region has been under curfew for most of the past six weeks, with a separatist-called strike adding to the disruption of normal life.
A two-decade insurgency by militants who oppose New Delhi’s rule in Indian Kashmir has claimed more than 47,000 lives, according to an official count. Human rights groups say the toll is twice as high.
Athens - Panagiota Roupa gave birth to a boy yesterday with proper care from the doctors and and without the presence of anti-terrorism cops!
from :actforfreedomnow!
25/07/2010, 17.42 - A couple of hours ago today, 25 July the hunger strike of comrades Nikos Maziotis and Kostas Gournas and the abstinence from prison food of about 90 prisoners across the country in solidarity with Nikos Maziotis to see his newborn child, all ended.
Nikos was transferred this morning to Alexandra hospital to see his partner Panagiota Roupa who gave birth to their son yesterday with PROPER CARE from their doctors and WITHOUT THE PRESENCE OF ANTI-TERRORISM COPS AT ANY STAGE.
Almost certainly the second request, to visit Pola at Korydallos women's prison, is being considered.
The mobilization succeeded. The hunger strike and abstension from prison food has ended.
Our best wishes to the baby!!
Solidarity to all the comrades!
Guelph: Royal Bank of Canada Smashed Up
anarchistnews
On the evening of July 21, 2010, the atms of an RBC in Guelph,On. were smashed up and the money slots filled with adhesive.
RBC, as many may know by now, is a financial backer with the tar sands as well as the Toronto South Detention Center, a 1,650 bed super maximum prison facility being built in Mimico, Ontario.
Fuck you RBC.
Solidarity with friends and comrades dealing with court, house arrest, police,etc.
Solidarity with Nikos Maziotis currently on hunger strike, and Panagiota Roupa imprisoned in Greece during the birth of their child.
Solidarity with the west coast for hating the cops and for showing it..
FTP!
On the evening of July 21, 2010, the atms of an RBC in Guelph,On. were smashed up and the money slots filled with adhesive.
RBC, as many may know by now, is a financial backer with the tar sands as well as the Toronto South Detention Center, a 1,650 bed super maximum prison facility being built in Mimico, Ontario.
Fuck you RBC.
Solidarity with friends and comrades dealing with court, house arrest, police,etc.
Solidarity with Nikos Maziotis currently on hunger strike, and Panagiota Roupa imprisoned in Greece during the birth of their child.
Solidarity with the west coast for hating the cops and for showing it..
FTP!
Friday, 23 July 2010
Lucca, Italy - anarchist comrade Leo Landi sentenced to 6 years
culmine
21/07/2010 - Yesterday July 20 last day of Leo's trial took place in Lucca.
The public prosecutor requested 6 years for robbery 'with the aggravation of terrorism'. The court however, excluded the aggravation but confirmed the sentence of 6 years imprisonment.
A long trial, a decision already decided, not just in the five minutes of deliberation that served the judges to decide, but for the repressive atmosphere that has characterized Tuscany for many years now and for the more general trend that sees power increasingly able to impose itself in trying to eliminate every enemy that stands more or less consciously in front of it.
It inevitably makes us angry to know that Leo will remain in jail, not surprised that they wanted to charge him with being an anarchist, to have always carried forward his ideas with pride, struggles with determination, his love of freedom in practice.
Very often we have had to speak out about and deal with repression when we would rather be devoting our energies to struggles without "chasing" the deadlines that were "imposed".
But these years have made us think much about what was and is fundamental active and concrete solidarity to comrades and companions, especially if they are imprisoned.
They, in fact, are made to pay the price of a declared war against unacceptable reality.
We support them and still prefer the attack on the enemy to the sterile whining about its ugliness. We prefer not stop powerless in the face of obstacles we encounter in our path, but to find a way to overcome them.
Freedom is not begged it is conquered!
When they hit one of us they mean all of us!
The anger is not subsiding, minds and hearts to Leo.
Anarchists of via del cuore
21/07/2010 - Yesterday July 20 last day of Leo's trial took place in Lucca.
The public prosecutor requested 6 years for robbery 'with the aggravation of terrorism'. The court however, excluded the aggravation but confirmed the sentence of 6 years imprisonment.
A long trial, a decision already decided, not just in the five minutes of deliberation that served the judges to decide, but for the repressive atmosphere that has characterized Tuscany for many years now and for the more general trend that sees power increasingly able to impose itself in trying to eliminate every enemy that stands more or less consciously in front of it.
It inevitably makes us angry to know that Leo will remain in jail, not surprised that they wanted to charge him with being an anarchist, to have always carried forward his ideas with pride, struggles with determination, his love of freedom in practice.
Very often we have had to speak out about and deal with repression when we would rather be devoting our energies to struggles without "chasing" the deadlines that were "imposed".
But these years have made us think much about what was and is fundamental active and concrete solidarity to comrades and companions, especially if they are imprisoned.
They, in fact, are made to pay the price of a declared war against unacceptable reality.
We support them and still prefer the attack on the enemy to the sterile whining about its ugliness. We prefer not stop powerless in the face of obstacles we encounter in our path, but to find a way to overcome them.
Freedom is not begged it is conquered!
When they hit one of us they mean all of us!
The anger is not subsiding, minds and hearts to Leo.
Anarchists of via del cuore
New York - Man in Darth Vader mask robs NY bank
huffington post
A man dressed as Darth Vader stormed a Long Island bank around 11:30 this morning, brandishing a gun and demanding cash from a teller.
Despite the getup, the robber yelled at the cashiers and customers, "This is not a joke!"
The Dark Lord of the Sith made off with an undisclosed amount of money from the Setauket Chase Bank branch.
This is just the latest in a string of odd robberies around New York.
On Wednesday police arrested a man for allegedly robbing a bank using a bouquet of flowers. A woman wearing a cat mask also recently held up a Manhattan shoe store, and an elderly man died in a car crash just days after attempting to rob a store, oxygen tank in tow.
Assam: 3 students killed in police firing
newkerala
Guwahati, 21/07/2010 - At least three students were killed and over 20 others injured in when then police opened firing to quell a mob, which tried to set ablaze a government office and damaged vehicles and shops, in Assam's Barpeta district on Wednesday, police said.
More than 4000 students led by All Assam Minority Students Union (AAMSU) took to the streets of Barpeta town, protesting the government proceedings of updating National Register of Citizens (NRC).
"Suddenly, the protesters became violent and attacked private vehicles, shops and tried to set ablaze the district magistrate office," a senior police official said.
''The security forces first resorted to baton charge and then opened fire in the air. But the mob refused to stop violence. Police had to open fire to disperse the mob. Three protesters were killed and over 20 others injured,'' he added.
The injured persons were admitted to Barpeta Civil Hospital.
The mob damaged at least 20 private vehicles and 28 shops, the official added.
The AASU is demanding cancelation of the process of updating NRC, which has been undertaken as a pilot project in Barpeta district. This process of updating NRC needs citizens to attach some documents as a proof of their Indian citizenship.
Birmingham, Alabama - fibre optic cables cut disabling traffic cameras
signalfire
State transportation officials believe vandalism is to blame for a cut to a fiber optic cable in downtown Birmingham that disabled its area traffic cameras and the department’s ability to remotely control local highway message boards this week.
The Alabama Department of Transportation has 77 traffic cameras and 14 overhead message boards along highways in the Birmingham area, said Tony Harris, spokesman for the department. Views from 39 of the cameras are accessible to the public through ALDOT’s website and the remainder can only be viewed by ALDOT’s traffic management center.
Message boards are used to relay to motorists messages, including traffic delays, detours, and travel times.
Links to the cameras and message boards were cut sometime Monday morning, Harris said.
The cut was located Tuesday, just before lunch, Harris said. The exact location of the cut is not being disclosed for security reasons, he said.
Transportation officials from Birmingham and Montgomery studied the cut, Harris said. “They have concluded it appears to be the work of vandals rather than some accidental cut,” he said.
The repairs, which begin today, will cost at least $10,000, Harris said. “We hope to have all the services that are linked to that fiber optic cable restored by early next week,” he said.
Ashulia, Bangladesh - Workers attack readymade garments factory, 40 injured
bdnews24.com
Savar, 22/07/2010 – Workers have vandalised a readymade garments factory at Ashulia to press for the suspension of seven officials, including its manager for bad behaviour and « the molesting of female workers ».
At least 40 people, including RAB and police personnel and garment workers, were injured in the clash that ensued at Nasa Basic Limited in Nishchintapur.
The workers were also demanding the withdrawal of the cases that had been filed against them following the period of industrial unrest that took place in Ashulia in late June in demand of a higher minimum wage.
Authorities of four factories including Nasa Basic Limited, a subsidiary of Nasa Group, and two other of its sister companies, closed their operations for the day fearing further agitation.
Additional police have been deployed in the industrial zone to keep the situation under control.
The incident on Thursday was rooted in the events of the previous day.
On Wednesday morning, workers of Nasa Basic Limited demanded the suspension of the factory manager Anwar Hossain, the production managers Siddiqur Rahman, ‘Raju’ and Shah Alam, the administration officer ‘Imran’, the manager (quality) ‘Apan’, and the quality controller in charge ‘Arif’ for bad conduct towards them and in particular towards the female workers.
Workers at Nasa Global and Nasa High-tech, two other factories in the group, expressed solidarity with these demands – and workers of all three factories suspended their work at around 4pm on Wednesday and walked out of the factories.
Ashulia police chief Shirajul Islam told bdnews24.com that at about 8am on Thursday, workers employed at Nasa Basic Limited again placed the same demands before the factory authorities. However, due to inaction on the part of the factory authorities, the workers began to vandalise the factory.
The police rushed to the factory but were unable to keep the situation under control. « At one stage, » Islam said, « the workers attacked the factory officials with iron rods and bamboo sticks leading to a violent clash between the two sides. »
He went on to say that when workers of Nasa Global Limited and Nasa High-tech heard about the clash and ran to Nasa Basic Limited to support the fighting workers.
The police said that its men were then forced to charge the workers with batons. « At least 40 people were injured in the clash between law enforcers, workers and garment officials, » Islam added.
Following the incident, workers took out a procession from the factory and proceeded to hurl brickbats at an adjacent factory, ‘Jon Ron Sweaters’. Frightened by the violent events, the three Nasa factories and ‘Jon Ron Sweaters’ closed their operations for the day.
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
Nancy, France - Two attacks on prison guards at Maxéville
Nancy-Maxéville "prison of the future"
cette semaine
July 19, 2010 - Two successive attacks on prison guards occurred at the Nancy-Maxéville prison yesterday, provoking the anger of the unions.
Three people aboard a vehicle blocked the road to the detention centre on Sunday morning, preventing a guard from going to the prison. "They got on to the guard's car and insulted him," reported Secretary General of the Federal Prison Union (UFAP). Ten minutes later, the attackers "beat up" a second guard, who was traveling by bicycle.
The detention centre Maxéville Nancy, which has 690 cells (currently occupied by about 640 prisoners) for 280 prison staff had been described as "modern, innovative and humane" by the Justice Minister, Rachida Dati, during his inauguration June 9th, 2009. Ouest France.
Rekkem, Belgium - car transporter destroyed by fire
from suie e cendres
20/07/2010 - REKKEM - In a parking spot near the border with France, a truck transporting brand new SAAB cars was put on fire. The whole truck and all the cars burned, a second truck, loaded with oil, also burned.
A few days before, another truck loaded with cars burned not far from there. Police are investigating if this was also an arson.
19.07.2010
TURNHOUT - During the night, vandals attacked 10 busses and a service car of De Lijn, the public transport company (also accomplice in the deportation of people without papars, note) with paint. They especially put paint on the front windows and the mirrors, causing serious amounts of damage and preventing the buses from being used the next morning.
17/07/2010
Roeselare - Sunday afternoon, when the commercial centre was closed, three fires were put at different spots around the commercial centre, each time putting fire to garbage containers. At one place, the fire entered the building and destroyed part of a shop, on the other spots damage was more limited.
Hamilton, Ontario: Demonstration in Solidarity with Hunger Strike at Korydallos, and against all prisons
Infoshop News
July 19th, 2010 -- A noise demonstration took place outside of the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre (Barton Jail) in downtown Hamilton, Ontario. Around 25 people marched around the prison, chanting slogans (the passion for freedom is stronger than all prisons; no prisons, no borders, fuck law and order; they might take our lives away but not our dignity, our hearts will pound against their walls until we all are free; smash the borders, fuck the state, all these walls are going to break; no justice, no peace, fuck the police; etc), shooting off fireworks, and making speeches.
This demonstration was held to continue creating a visible presence and tension against prisons and the world that needs them, as well as to take direct action in solidarity with the insurgent spirit: with everyone who chooses the dignity of struggle above the servility of obedience.
The 19th of July marked the beginning of a hunger strike in Saint Paul’s Hospital (the infirmary ward of Korydallos prison near Athens, Greece). Below is a translation of a communication about this hunger strike. Solidarity with prisoners in revolt, inside and outside the jails of this prison-world!
“On Monday, July 19th, prisoners will start refusing food with a demand to address and solve the problem of prolonged detention of people with chronic and incurable diseases, who (due to their state of health) should have their sentences reduced.
The human ''dump", as the prisoners of this institution call it themselves, is simply tragic, as we have also heard from comrade Simos Seisidis presently being held there. People with disabilities, strokes, and fatal diseases are thrown into this vile, dirty environment full of shortcomings.
The Secretary for prison policy visited some time ago, and stated that a legislative bill would resolve the matter in February or March. Naturally, he was telling lies.
The prisoners themselves, in their statement to the Minister and the media say:
‘Powerless to react differently, and anyway lacking our health, we are offering what is left of our lives to sacrifice them to your inhuman indifference, not because we hope you will change, but because we refuse to live like beasts, like waste from a system and society without humanity, ethics, or honour.
So, from Monday, July 19th, all those who are able to will abstain from food and all medication and treatment, as a last sign of dignity and self-respect...’
Our comrade Simos Seisidis will participate in this mobilization.”
Until we are all free!
Destroy all prisons!
July 19th, 2010 -- A noise demonstration took place outside of the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre (Barton Jail) in downtown Hamilton, Ontario. Around 25 people marched around the prison, chanting slogans (the passion for freedom is stronger than all prisons; no prisons, no borders, fuck law and order; they might take our lives away but not our dignity, our hearts will pound against their walls until we all are free; smash the borders, fuck the state, all these walls are going to break; no justice, no peace, fuck the police; etc), shooting off fireworks, and making speeches.
This demonstration was held to continue creating a visible presence and tension against prisons and the world that needs them, as well as to take direct action in solidarity with the insurgent spirit: with everyone who chooses the dignity of struggle above the servility of obedience.
The 19th of July marked the beginning of a hunger strike in Saint Paul’s Hospital (the infirmary ward of Korydallos prison near Athens, Greece). Below is a translation of a communication about this hunger strike. Solidarity with prisoners in revolt, inside and outside the jails of this prison-world!
“On Monday, July 19th, prisoners will start refusing food with a demand to address and solve the problem of prolonged detention of people with chronic and incurable diseases, who (due to their state of health) should have their sentences reduced.
The human ''dump", as the prisoners of this institution call it themselves, is simply tragic, as we have also heard from comrade Simos Seisidis presently being held there. People with disabilities, strokes, and fatal diseases are thrown into this vile, dirty environment full of shortcomings.
The Secretary for prison policy visited some time ago, and stated that a legislative bill would resolve the matter in February or March. Naturally, he was telling lies.
The prisoners themselves, in their statement to the Minister and the media say:
‘Powerless to react differently, and anyway lacking our health, we are offering what is left of our lives to sacrifice them to your inhuman indifference, not because we hope you will change, but because we refuse to live like beasts, like waste from a system and society without humanity, ethics, or honour.
So, from Monday, July 19th, all those who are able to will abstain from food and all medication and treatment, as a last sign of dignity and self-respect...’
Our comrade Simos Seisidis will participate in this mobilization.”
Until we are all free!
Destroy all prisons!
France, Nord Pas de Calais: sabotage deprives viewers of TV news
cette semaine
19/07/2010 - Following an act of vandalism, France 3 once again did not transmit the regional news editions on television.
Removal of sheaths of fibre optics in the region once again prevent the spread of the edition of 19/20.
...
France 3 Nord Pas de Calais, 09/07/2010 | 5:27 p.m.
An act of vandalism prevented the delivery of regional programs of France 3, Nord Pas de Calais on the analog and digital television.
"This incident, totally beyond our control, follows an act of vandalism Broadcasting of France.
A cable break between the diffusion operator and transmitters, prevented the dissemination of regional programs. Technical means have been put in placeto quickly restore the link and allow viewers to see the regional newspapers in France 3.
19/07/2010 - Following an act of vandalism, France 3 once again did not transmit the regional news editions on television.
Removal of sheaths of fibre optics in the region once again prevent the spread of the edition of 19/20.
...
France 3 Nord Pas de Calais, 09/07/2010 | 5:27 p.m.
An act of vandalism prevented the delivery of regional programs of France 3, Nord Pas de Calais on the analog and digital television.
"This incident, totally beyond our control, follows an act of vandalism Broadcasting of France.
A cable break between the diffusion operator and transmitters, prevented the dissemination of regional programs. Technical means have been put in placeto quickly restore the link and allow viewers to see the regional newspapers in France 3.
Machinery sabotaged at a coal mine near Manchester, England
UK/Northern Indymedia
21/07/2010 - Activists entered the Cutacre coal mine in the early hours of a June morning, & sabotaged 7 monster-trucks, used to transport coal around the site.
They report that metal hair-pins were cut to length, coated in superglue & inserted deep into the locks of the vehicles. Another healthy dose of glue followed for good measure.
It is not known how long the vehicles were out of action - oddly nobody hung around long enough to find out.
The site is located in the Greater Manchester area, & is operated by "lets trash the planet" UK Coal. It is on land owned by " lets sell our mums for money" Peel Holdings.
The activists say they were inspired by fine examples of sabotage at Mainshill, & hope that all over the country, people will resist the destruction, & sabotage machinery.
Nobody was arrested.
21/07/2010 - Activists entered the Cutacre coal mine in the early hours of a June morning, & sabotaged 7 monster-trucks, used to transport coal around the site.
They report that metal hair-pins were cut to length, coated in superglue & inserted deep into the locks of the vehicles. Another healthy dose of glue followed for good measure.
It is not known how long the vehicles were out of action - oddly nobody hung around long enough to find out.
The site is located in the Greater Manchester area, & is operated by "lets trash the planet" UK Coal. It is on land owned by " lets sell our mums for money" Peel Holdings.
The activists say they were inspired by fine examples of sabotage at Mainshill, & hope that all over the country, people will resist the destruction, & sabotage machinery.
Nobody was arrested.
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
Euskadi - molotov attack against estate agent
aiferricorti
July 16, 2010 - An assault committed with the launch of Molotov cocktails during the night caused significant damage at a property of Hendaye on the French Basque country, French police said.
The attack is attributed to groups operating under the slogan "Euskal Herria ez da salgai" (Euskal Herria is not for sale.)
The attack was carried out by a group of individuals around one last night. Militants first attacked real estate offices Maitena, located at 12 Avenue of the Malls, in the centre of town.
The devices caused a serious fire that forced families who occupied the upper floors of the building to leave.
Almost simultaneously, attackers torched a car in the estate, which was parked a few metres from the premises and was identified by a sticker of the company. The flames destroyed the vehicle and also struck a second car parked nearby.
Damage caused in the attack were very great, both in the offices and the car, which was destroyed.
Police have launched an investigation and taken statements from locals who may have witnessed the presence of the group of attackers.
The sources stressed that the attack was committed by a procedure identical to that used by ETA environment in the Spanish Basque Country. Maitena estate agency, established in 1985, is dedicated to the sale and rental of houses and apartments in the border town.
Athens - 60 Korydallos prisoners abstain from prison food against conditions and in solidarity with Simos Seisidis, Nikos Maziotis and Pola Roupa
UPDATE FROM KORYDALLOS HOSPITAL ST PAULS PRISON 20/7
From yesterday prisoners with chronic diseases began to abstain from prison food in protest against the continued torture of the comrade Simos Seisidis, the delays of the 'antiterrorism' for accompanying him to have an artificial leg fitted.
Also 60 prisoners of Korydallos prison are abstaining from prison food from yesterday for the above reasons and in solidarity with the demands of Nikos Maziotis and Panagiota Roupa
From yesterday prisoners with chronic diseases began to abstain from prison food in protest against the continued torture of the comrade Simos Seisidis, the delays of the 'antiterrorism' for accompanying him to have an artificial leg fitted.
Also 60 prisoners of Korydallos prison are abstaining from prison food from yesterday for the above reasons and in solidarity with the demands of Nikos Maziotis and Panagiota Roupa
Trikala, Greece - prisoners on hungerstrike from today
actforfreedomnow!
Today, Tuesday, 20 July, about 200 prisoners of Trikala prison
have begun a hunger strike after 2 weeks of abstaining from prison food. The Members of the Initiative for Prisoners' Rights have made it known that “they are going on hunger strike for three particular demands:
That applications for authorisation for days out be granted, at the moment 97% are rejected. When granted, to be done without probation, or prison social workers because although their role is to defend the prisoners, they “have passed into the enemy camp”, that of repression. And concerning the serious conditions inside the prison.
Today, Tuesday, 20 July, about 200 prisoners of Trikala prison
have begun a hunger strike after 2 weeks of abstaining from prison food. The Members of the Initiative for Prisoners' Rights have made it known that “they are going on hunger strike for three particular demands:
That applications for authorisation for days out be granted, at the moment 97% are rejected. When granted, to be done without probation, or prison social workers because although their role is to defend the prisoners, they “have passed into the enemy camp”, that of repression. And concerning the serious conditions inside the prison.
Monday, 19 July 2010
How to deal with the media
Warning sign left by the mother of 'barefoot bandit' Colton Harris-Moore
(see below)
Montreal - Night attack on federal government building
CBC News
19/07/2010 - Police have opened an investigation after a federal government building was vandalized early Monday morning in Montreal's Saint-Henri district.
Several windows were smashed on the building, located at the corner of Saint-Jacques and Rose-de-Lima Streets.
The building houses various federal government offices, including for the Department of National Defence, and the RCMP.
Police said three suspects, wearing dark clothing and with covered faces, were seen fleeing the scene at about 2:10 a.m.
No arrests have been made.
It is too soon to determine what the motive might have been, said Montreal police Const. Yannick Paradis.
"Everything has to be considered in the investigation," Paradis said. "We'll know later on if there was connection or not to link it to the G20, or even what happened in Trois-Rivières a couple weeks ago."
Members of Montreal's activist community have recently held protests to denounce the hundreds of arrests during protests against the recent G20 summit in Toronto. A number of Quebecers were among those arrested.
The incident that Paradis was referring to in Trois-Rivières was the bombing of a Canadian Forces recruitment centre on July 2.
A group calling itself Résistance Internationaliste has claimed responsibility for the bombing.
The group has previously claimed responsibility for the bombing of a Hydro-Québec tower in 2004 and the firebombing of a car belonging to an oil-industry executive in 2006. No one was injured in either incident.
The vandalism of the building in Montreal is being investigated by an integrated national security enforcement team, including members of the RCMP, local police forces and federal law enforcements agencies.
US - 'Protecting Cyberspace' - 73,000 blogs shut down
eutimes
Once again, the Obama administration has violated the Bill of Rights. Earlier this month, the feds took down a free WordPress blogging platform and disabled more than 73,000 blogs. The action was completely ignored by the corporate media. The site, Blogetery.com, was told by its hosting service that the government had issued orders to shut down the site due to a “a history of abuse” related to copyrighted material
.... “They say it’s because of copyright infringement, but is it really?… it would seem that only sites/blogs which were streaming movies and TV shows were shut down initially, but upon further perusal, it seems like the Feds just arbitrarily shut down a server with several tens of thousands of bloggers on it without due process as is usual with this administration,” writes Smash Mouth Politics. “How soon before they find some reason to shut down other servers or networks? What’s probably infuriating to the bloggers who were shut down is that they have no recourse. They have no idea why the server was shut down.
... In October, 2004, more than 20 Independent Media Center websites and other internet services were taken offline, not in response to alleged copyright infringement but for political reasons. The disappearance of the Indymedia servers was shrouded in secrecy and the ISP and government would not provide an explanation.
...It was later discovered that the ISP had shut down IndyMedia’s websites after they were contacted by the FBI. The FBI said a particular article on the website nantes.indymedia.org contained personal information and threats regarding two Swiss undercover police officers. It was later determined that the article contained neither threats nor names or address information and contained instead photographs of police agents provocateurs masquerading as anti-globalization protesters.
... In June, a Senate committee approved a dictatorial cybersecurity bill that would allow Obama to shut down the internet. The bill, known as the Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act, would grant Obama the authority to carry out emergency actions to protect critical parts of the internet, including ordering owners of critical infrastructure to implement emergency response plans, during a government declared cyber-emergency.
Once again, the Obama administration has violated the Bill of Rights. Earlier this month, the feds took down a free WordPress blogging platform and disabled more than 73,000 blogs. The action was completely ignored by the corporate media. The site, Blogetery.com, was told by its hosting service that the government had issued orders to shut down the site due to a “a history of abuse” related to copyrighted material
.... “They say it’s because of copyright infringement, but is it really?… it would seem that only sites/blogs which were streaming movies and TV shows were shut down initially, but upon further perusal, it seems like the Feds just arbitrarily shut down a server with several tens of thousands of bloggers on it without due process as is usual with this administration,” writes Smash Mouth Politics. “How soon before they find some reason to shut down other servers or networks? What’s probably infuriating to the bloggers who were shut down is that they have no recourse. They have no idea why the server was shut down.
... In October, 2004, more than 20 Independent Media Center websites and other internet services were taken offline, not in response to alleged copyright infringement but for political reasons. The disappearance of the Indymedia servers was shrouded in secrecy and the ISP and government would not provide an explanation.
...It was later discovered that the ISP had shut down IndyMedia’s websites after they were contacted by the FBI. The FBI said a particular article on the website nantes.indymedia.org contained personal information and threats regarding two Swiss undercover police officers. It was later determined that the article contained neither threats nor names or address information and contained instead photographs of police agents provocateurs masquerading as anti-globalization protesters.
... In June, a Senate committee approved a dictatorial cybersecurity bill that would allow Obama to shut down the internet. The bill, known as the Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act, would grant Obama the authority to carry out emergency actions to protect critical parts of the internet, including ordering owners of critical infrastructure to implement emergency response plans, during a government declared cyber-emergency.
Athens - Tabloid journalist shot dead at 5.20 am in front of his house
act for freedom now!/from the Greek streets
19/07/2010 - Journalist Sokratis Giolias was shot dead at 5.20 this morning, in front of his house in the area of Ilioupoli.
According to the information that has been confirmed until now, one of the assailants - the police estimates that they were two or three - rang Giolias' doorbell and told him that his car was being stolen. When Giolias arrived at the front door of his apartment building, the assailants killed him with 6 bullets at least. Police has reportedly collected more than 20 shells from the scene of the crime.
Police believe the assailants escaped the scene with a stolen car which was found burned a few hours later, not far of the area of the crime.
Giolias was 37 years old and currently working at the Proto Thema radio station. He was also linked as one of the creators of the blog "Troktiko".(a popular news blog with ties to the police and far-right groups)
According to the police, Golias was shot with weapons that have been previously used by the group “Revolutionary Sect” – and so this group is so far treated as the main suspect for the attack.
Torrelodones, Spain - Youths in pitched battle with Guardia Civil
notes from elpais
Riots tookplace two nights in a row, coinciding with the celebrations of Our Lady of Mount Caramel, turning the area into a battlefield, with containers on fire, barricades and youths throwing rocks at police (Guardia Civil) and burning tyres. The young people were angry because they had been forced to leave the fairground, the scene of the festivities. Others, however, assured yesterday that the police charge against the riot was disproportionate. The ruckus ended with four youths, two of them minors, arrested for public disorder, among other crimes. "I woke up at four in the morning. You could hear shouts, firing rubber bullets, police sirens...", "They burned all the containers of this street." The City Council withdrew most of them, but yesterday afternoon there were still a couple in front of the parish.
The Civil Guard seized brass knuckles and other prohibited weapons.
The riots began when people were told to leave at 2 in the morning. Las fiestas del Carmen are held in the fairgrounds, a space with stalls and a funfair which also is a wooded area on a hill, very popular among young people. This year, for the first time, the parties were closed.
According to the Civil Guard and the City of Torrelodones (21,800 inhabitants), young people protested when asked to leave and ended up facing the agents, who seized prohibited weapons such as nunchakus, brass knuckles and pepper spray.
The first riots occurred early Friday to Saturday. The 300 youths present (about 200according to Civil Guard) were not prepared to end the party, they began to protest. Some went further and started throwing glasses against the officers. The Civil Guard moved to the two units at the entrances had Torrelodones: Public Safety Unit (USEC) in Madrid Command Security rural groups. The officers got out of the van when they more objects were thrown. The guards fired several rubber bullets and dispersed the crowd after they torched at least two containers. Two youths of 18 and 20 years were arrested.
The early hours of Sunday was worse, according to the Guardia Civil. Problems reproduced just as music was cut at 3:00. This time the number of young was lower, but they were better organized. When the riots began, there were about 200 people. Three groups of about 30 youths dispersed in the town. At least 15 containers were burned and, according to the Civil Guard, the windows of a branch of Banco Popular were broken. The riots did not stop until 6:30.
The civil guards charged and fired rubber bullets. They arrested two minors, aged
17, residents of Torrelodones. "We anticipated that there would be riots," said a representative of the City Council. Several residents warned that the protest was called over the Internet, through social networks.
Riots tookplace two nights in a row, coinciding with the celebrations of Our Lady of Mount Caramel, turning the area into a battlefield, with containers on fire, barricades and youths throwing rocks at police (Guardia Civil) and burning tyres. The young people were angry because they had been forced to leave the fairground, the scene of the festivities. Others, however, assured yesterday that the police charge against the riot was disproportionate. The ruckus ended with four youths, two of them minors, arrested for public disorder, among other crimes. "I woke up at four in the morning. You could hear shouts, firing rubber bullets, police sirens...", "They burned all the containers of this street." The City Council withdrew most of them, but yesterday afternoon there were still a couple in front of the parish.
The Civil Guard seized brass knuckles and other prohibited weapons.
The riots began when people were told to leave at 2 in the morning. Las fiestas del Carmen are held in the fairgrounds, a space with stalls and a funfair which also is a wooded area on a hill, very popular among young people. This year, for the first time, the parties were closed.
According to the Civil Guard and the City of Torrelodones (21,800 inhabitants), young people protested when asked to leave and ended up facing the agents, who seized prohibited weapons such as nunchakus, brass knuckles and pepper spray.
The first riots occurred early Friday to Saturday. The 300 youths present (about 200according to Civil Guard) were not prepared to end the party, they began to protest. Some went further and started throwing glasses against the officers. The Civil Guard moved to the two units at the entrances had Torrelodones: Public Safety Unit (USEC) in Madrid Command Security rural groups. The officers got out of the van when they more objects were thrown. The guards fired several rubber bullets and dispersed the crowd after they torched at least two containers. Two youths of 18 and 20 years were arrested.
The early hours of Sunday was worse, according to the Guardia Civil. Problems reproduced just as music was cut at 3:00. This time the number of young was lower, but they were better organized. When the riots began, there were about 200 people. Three groups of about 30 youths dispersed in the town. At least 15 containers were burned and, according to the Civil Guard, the windows of a branch of Banco Popular were broken. The riots did not stop until 6:30.
The civil guards charged and fired rubber bullets. They arrested two minors, aged
17, residents of Torrelodones. "We anticipated that there would be riots," said a representative of the City Council. Several residents warned that the protest was called over the Internet, through social networks.
Loir-et-Cher, France - Fifty travellers attack police station and tollbooth after police chase killing
le parisien.fr
The town of Saint-Aignan, 3400 inhabitants, near Blois (Loir-et-Cher), France, was awakened Sunday morning by a face-to-face encounter between police and the community of Travellers. Angry about the death of one of them during a police chase, some fifty Travellers attacked the police station and highway toll booths of Saint-Romain, according to the prefecture of the department.
"Some were wearing masks, armed with axes and iron bars," says the mayor of Saint-Aignan, Jean-Michel Billon. They they turned on the town: "Traffic lights were destroyed with an ax, trees cut down and three cars were burned," said the mayor.
The mayor of Loir-et-Cher said that on Sunday evening about 300 military were deployed around Saint-Aignan and will ensure the security and control of the area and "oppose any resumption of violence," according to his statement.
On Friday evening, a motorist drove through a road checkpoint, according to a source close to the investigation.
The police then pursued vehicle and used their weapons at 22 hours in the town of Theseus. The lifeless body of the young driver was found about ten miles from where the shooting took place, in Saint-Romain-sur-Cher where there is a large community of travelers. An administrative and judicial inquiry has been opened, but for now, circumstances of the tragedy have not been specified.
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