UK Indymedia FeaturesUK Indymedia FeaturesArrests As International Whaling Commission Fails To Protect Whales- June 26, 2008 Fifteen people were arrested by police at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), held this year in Santiago, Chile. The protesters were supposedly trying to 'storm' the meeting but other reports state that the mere presence of people in front of the meeting's venue was seen as a 'security threat'.The IWC meets annually to regulate the whaling industry and make decisions on conservation of whale populations. So far the meeting hasn't reached any agreements and the commission...http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/06/401956.html Carmel Agrexco's Depot Shut Down in Commemoration of the Nakba- June 23, 2008 In the early hours of Saturday morning, activists occupied and shut-down the HQ and only UK freight warehouse of Carmel Agrexco - Israel's largest agricultural exporter from the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The occupation held for over 6 hours until they were forcibly removed at 12 noon.During the occupation over 10 loading trucks intended for the warehouse were sent away. British supermarkets - accounting for 60% of Carmel-Agrexco's total exports - had some of their orders affected. The...http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/06/401745.html New Nerve Magazine Examines Migration- June 21, 2008 The new edition of Nerve - Liverpool's grassroots arts and social issues magazine - is out, and this time the focus is on migration.http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/06/401636.html Coal On Hold - Derbyshire Coal Mine Site Occupied- June 18, 2008 On 18th June, climate campaigners from Leave it in the Ground occupied the UK Coals Lodge House site in Derbyshire by barricading themselves in a disused farm building and taken to the trees on the site of the open cast mine.Under the cover of darkness activists secured themselves in the Prospect Farm building, on the site which is about to be devastated by huge machines. Food and supplies have been taken in for a long term occupation and barricades have been set up preventing police form...http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/06/401445.html Campaign Victories As Hich And Amdani Are Released On Bail- June 18, 2008 By coincidence, the immigration bail hearings of two high profile Nottingham detainees took place on Monday 16th June. The hearings, conducted via video links from Dover Citadel (for Hicham Yezza) and Campsfield House in Oxfordshire (for Amdani Juma) both ended with the defendants being released while they fight their respective immigration cases.Newswire: Amdani released on bail Hicham Yezza released after 31 days in detentionPrevious Features: Nottingham Protests in Support of Detained...http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/06/401433.html Anti-Bush Visit Protest Marred by Police Violence and Snatch Arrests- June 18, 2008 On Sunday 15th of June, as George W. Bush was making his way to Downing Street for his last state visit to the UK, thousands of people were gathering in Parliament Square following a call from the Stop the War Coalition.Although the turn out to Sunday's protest was much smaller than in 2003 when Bush last visited the UK in the high of the Anti-War protest movement, by mid afternoon a crowd of around 2500 determined people were already making clear what they thought of the legacy of George...http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/06/401432.html Repression against anti-fur activists in Austria- June 17, 2008 Ten animal rights campaigners have been held since the 21th May after police raided twenty-three homes and offices in Austria charging individuals with 31 different offences related to the campaign against the the fur-promoting fashion company Kleider Bauer, but most significantly of forming a criminal organisation under Section 278a of Austrian law. One of the prisoners, Martin Balluch has been on hunger strike since the arrests against the violation of his human rights and the state attacks...http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/06/401323.html Struggle and Repression for Social Centres and Autonomous Spaces- June 16, 2008 Mill Road, a new squatted social centre in Cambridge, lost against Tescos in court last week but are confident about holding onto the place a while longer yet. They have however been experiencing violent attacks from anonymous cowards. There have been many reports of attacks on autonomous spaces recently. In Greece there have been heavy police repression and fascist arson attacks against autonomous space more. In Amsterdam, the Citex squat was attacked and illegally evicted by Police. Just a...http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/06/401278.html dodgin shiny mercs on dale st- June 15, 2008 13 bikes, 1 man on wheels & a million angry drivers...http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/06/401200.html Stop the Deportation of 'Tara Aryan'- June 15, 2008 Tara Aryan is an Iranian refugee to the UK who converted to Christianity last year. The home office is trying to deport her to Iran. If they are sucessful she could face imprisonment or death for 'abandoning Islam'.Tara has lived in Brighton for two years before being detained at Yarl's Wood Removal Centre. She was scheduled to be deported on Friday 13th June on a BMI flight from Heathrow. She was transferred to the airport but the removal was deferred after a judicial review was lodged by her..http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/06/401180.html |