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At least 30 reported killed as Indians protest oil and gas exploration in Peru

Indians protesting oil and gas exploration on their lands battled police in Peru’s remote Amazon yesterday, with authorities and Indian leaders reporting at least 30 deaths. The violence broke out before dawn as officers tried to end a road blockade ...

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Court orders activist released

INDIA’S Supreme Court Monday ordered the release of a leading human rights activist held on charges of colluding with outlawed Maoist insurgents. Judges said Binayak Sen must be released on bail from the jail in Chhattisgarh state where he has ...

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G20 protestors consider legal action

A group of G20 protestors claiming to have been the victims of overly aggressive police tactics are considering taking legal action against the Metropolitan police, reports suggest. Legal representatives for a group of climate camp demonstrators have apparently told the ...

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22 protesters arrested at Obama speech

Former Illinois U.S. Senate candidate Alan Keyes and 21 other protesters were arrested this morning when they refused to leave the Notre Dame campus during a protest of President Obama’s upcoming commencement address there, authorities said. Keyes and the others ...

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Civil Disobedience at White House

The following news advisory comes from Witness Against Torture. On April 30th, hundreds of human rights activists will gather near the White House to call on the Obama administration to support a criminal inquiry into torture under the Bush administration ...

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EDF denies hiring Greenpeace hacker spies

By Ian Grant | A private security firm hired by the state-controlled French energy firm EDF allegedly planted Trojan malware that could read and record e-mails and keystrokes of French Greenpeace officers, according to reports. According to the Financial Times, ...

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Police threatened G20 activists with Tasers

By Justin Davenport, Martin Bentham and Kiran Randhawa | SCOTLAND Yard today admitted that Territorial Support Group officers pointed Taser stun guns in a raid on protesters connected with the G20 demonstration. Two new videos show the protesters were lying ...

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Britain Sleep Walks Into a Police State as Political Dissent is Criminalised

Julie Hyland writes: “From foul deeds endless tragedy arises,” the World Socialist Web Site wrote, commenting on the state execution of innocent Brazilian worker, Jean Charles de Menezes, by plainclothes policemen on a London subway train on July 22, 2005. ...

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Labour is stifling the right to protest

The news that government officials have been passing intelligence on climate change activists to a power company serves to underline the unhealthy closeness between big business and the British government during the Labour years. What was traditionally thought to be ...

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British activist jailed in China for Olympics protest

A British man was sentenced to serve six months in a Hong Kong jail after being found guilty of causing a public nuisance. Matt Pearce, a teacher originally from Bristol but who now lives on the territory’s island, staged a ...

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