Tag Archives: Repression
Fitwatch respond to state repression
Fitwatch press release concerning the shut down of fitwatch.org.uk by the Metropolitan Police NEWS RELEASE 15th November 2010 *Police shut down activist website after support of demo students* Police have shut down an activist website for openly supporting the student demonstrations at Millbank. FITwatch – a direct response to police Forward Intelligence Teams (FIT) – [...]
Beating police repression after the student occupation
The information the state doesn’t want you to see, on a site the police don’t want you to read: Fitwatch’s response to the closure of the site by police: http://www.freedompress.org.uk/news/2010/11/16/fitwatch-respond-to-state-repression/ http://www.fitwatch.org.uk/
Fitwatch site suspended by police
Supporting FITwatch against state intimidation and repression Following contact from New Scotland Yard, the Fitwatch website and domain name (www.fitwatch.org.uk) have been suspended for a minimum of twelve months for “attempting to pervert the course of justice”. The Fitwatch website has been suspended on behalf of acting detective inspector Will Hodgeson from CO11 as part [...]
Yoda’s Helpful Hints
Unfortunate it is that heeded my advice many have not! Strong are the Pigs, mind what you learn, save you it can. Through the Force many things you may see, horses, batons shields, old friends beaten to a pulp. Photographs, on Facebook put them you should not. Pictures lead to identification, identification leads to arrests, [...]
Simon Chapman and 3 other defendants to again face the Greek Courts
Statement of the London Thessaloniki Solidarity Group The solidarity group was formed in 2003 soon after the arrests at the EU summit demonstrations in Thessaloniki. The entire basis of the arrests in 2003, was and still remains, an arbitrary attack upon the demonstrations, where culpability was placed upon those that the Greek authorities sought to [...]
Repression of Chilean anarchists
State rounds up known radicals in targeted campaign of repression On Saturday 14 August fourteen Chilean anarchists and radicals were arrested after mass raids by police over allegations of involvement in terrorist activities. The state clampdown codenamed “Operation Salamander” culminated with 200 special forces troops and police raiding 17 homes, including three squatted social centres, [...]
State of Emergency Declared in Italian Prison System
Bra from Anarchist Black Cross (Brighton) examines the crisis in Italian prisons. 2009 was a particularly bad year for the Italian prison system, especially if you happened to be one of its ‘guests’ having to suffer the severe overcrowding that was exacerbated by an overall lack of funding in the system. As a result, the [...]
