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international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday January 05, 2010 - 22:58 by KSI
On December 24th, more than 80 people related to the BDP (Peace and Democracy Party), as well as human rights defenders and members of NGO’s were arrested across Turkey ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday January 05, 2010 - 21:11 by Fintan Lane
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In the past hour, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) received the following urgent updates from the port of Al-Arish in Egypt, where the Gaza aid convoy, which includes several Irish people and three Irish vehicles, is currently surrounded by riot police. It is unclear how the situation will unfold, though the convoy was meant to travel into Gaza tomorrow, with its much-needed humanitarian aid. The first report is by text from Tyrone man John Hurson. The second report is from Kevin Ovenden, one of the chief organisers of the convoy. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Tuesday January 05, 2010 - 19:12 by Contaminated Crow
A mast, two quarries, two power plants, a sports venue and turf-cutting ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday January 05, 2010 - 12:29 by Freda H
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In the past hour 157 Viva Palestina convoy members passports were taken away at Al-Arish airport by the Egyptian authorities. The Egyptians also removed the passport's of British MP George Galloway and convoy leader Kevin Ovenden. All passports were stamped in on entry but also received an exit stamp too. The Egyptian's wanted 157 convoy members to drive tonight to Gaza and forget about the other 400 Viva Palestina volunteers that were yet to fly into Al-Arish tonight ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday January 05, 2010 - 11:15 by pat c
Here are some news updates on what has been happening in Iran. More details may be found at http://hopoi.org/ Rouzbeh Karimi a marxist activist and law graduate who wrote for the leftist magazines such as Rokhdad Magazine has been arrested along with his partner Forough Karimi who has recently been involved in defending political prisoners and is also a Marxist. They were both arrested on Friday January 1. No charges have been made yet. There is a concerted campaign on the part of the Iranian Regime to move against the Left element of the protesters. You can help: Writ to the following Iranian officials demanding that the detainees rights be protected. Demand that all death sentences be commuted and all political prisoners be released. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday January 04, 2010 - 15:29 by Paddy
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Alice Howard in a Press Release has stated that: The Viva Palestina international aid convoy is just hours away from breaking Israel’s three and a half year siege of Gaza. Despite repeated obstructions from the Egyptian government, including its refusal to allow the convoy to land in the Egyptian port of Nuweiba, convoy members hope to be in Gaza tomorrow. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media Monday January 04, 2010 - 12:34 by DCTV
You can download the schedule for January 2010 in PDF format at the link below. http://www.dctv.ie/main/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/janu...0.pdf We have also developed a special page where you can view the exact timing of what is on each day here. http://www.dctv.ie/?page_id=1349 Please allow us a day or two to get this working once we announce our schedule every month. A quick note on our scheduling: DCTV broadcasts in blocks of programming. Look at each of the blocks like a strand of festival programming in a cinema. Identify a programme you want to watch, see what time and day the block it is in plays out and watch it as it loops through out the month. See the full schedule online over here: http://www.dctv.ie/main/?p=1362 ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday January 04, 2010 - 08:36 by RSF
Ireland is just like all countries fighting for a socialist government where revolutionary organisations have to take on the state as well as outside interference and occupation. The same struggle is being waged by socialist revolutionaries in countries such as Cuba, Palestine, Venezuela, Iraq, the Basque Country and of course Turkey (to name but a few) as is being waged in Ireland. We here today share a common bond, a struggle against imperialism. James Connolly wrote that “an injury to one is an injury to all” so we must show solidarity with each other and stand together. Isolation [as the conference is so aptly named] is a powerful tool of the oppressor. We must not let the oppressor have that tool. We must wrest it back from him and use it to become stronger. Isolation can led to despair and we all know where despair leads to. This we cannot let happen. ... read full story / add a comment 
westmeath / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday January 03, 2010 - 20:46 by June K
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In Mullingar on New Year’s Eve members of the Midlands Branch of the People’s Movement, the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, the Irish Anti War Movement and independent campaigners held a candlelight vigil in solidarity with the 1300 peace activists detained in Egypt and prevented from delivering life sustaining food and medicine to the besieged people of the Gaza Strip. ... read full story / add a comment 
cork / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday January 03, 2010 - 17:29 by Kev
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On a cold but sunny Saturday (January 2nd 2010), over 30 Palestine solidarity activists attened a vigil for Gaza on Patrick's Bridge in Cork City. ... read full story / add a comment 
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday January 03, 2010 - 16:25 by Niamh M
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Last Christmas we all watched in horror the deadly Israeli attacks on Gaza in which 1,415 Palestinians were killed, including 318 children and over 5,000 injured. On average, 13 children were killed each day of the offensive. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday January 03, 2010 - 10:33 by Troops Out Movement
Frances-Mary Blake 1939 - 2009 Reseacher and Writer on the Irish Civil War. Campaigner for British Withdrawal from Ireland. Supporter of Irish Political Prisoners and their families. Activist on Human Rights & Justice generally ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Saturday January 02, 2010 - 18:34 by John Hurson
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Latest report on the Irish Humanitarian Delegation travelling to Gaza with the "Viva Palestina Convoy" ... read full story / add a comment 
Egypt, vile Egypt has enraged the people of Bil'in ... and they marched in protest on New Year's Day
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday January 02, 2010 - 17:49 by TD
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It's a small mercy that: "The Viva Palestina convoy is now steaming towards Egypt after facing down all efforts to delay or stop its mission to bring relief to the besieged people of Gaza" (Alice Howard; Viva Palestina). It's a large crime, a crime against humanity that Egypt, a client state of Israel and the US, cold-bloodedly obstructed vital humanitarian aid reaching the desperate Gazans and brutally assaulted the Gaza Freedom Marchers and prevented them from breaking the medieval siege of that suffering land. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Saturday January 02, 2010 - 00:03 by Paula Geraghty
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Many Irish people and members of the Palestinian and wider Arab communities came out on a bitter afternoon to show their support for the Palestinians still under siege. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday January 01, 2010 - 13:28 by Fintan Lane
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The following eyewitness report of yesterday's Gaza solidarity demonstration in Egypt. The author, Mary Hughes, was born in Bolton, England and immigrated to Canada, then to the United States. She is a member of the Writer's Guild in Los Angeles. She's been to the occupied West Bank six times, and this was meant to be her first to Gaza. In 2002 ,she was beaten by illegal settlers from Itamar near Yanoon, where she was helping Palestinian farmers harvest their olives and was on the first voyage to Gaza. Mary is a co-founder of the Free Gaza movement and was on board the FREE GAZA in 2008, when it was the first boat to land in Gaza in 41 years. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Friday January 01, 2010 - 09:50 by vinyl
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I set out to find what the law was in China with regard to diminished responsibility and mental illness. There is provision, but it seems not to have been followed. So much for the judical process. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday December 31, 2009 - 19:40 by Fintan Lane
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All photographs are by Michael Gallagher. Many thanks to Michael for allowing these to be posted. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday December 31, 2009 - 18:56 by Fintan Lane
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More than 100 members and supporters of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) took part in a vigil on the Ha'penny Bridge in central Dublin at 2pm today. Similar vigils were held in many other parts of the country, including Belfast, Derry, Scarrif, Mullingar and Sligo. More will be held over the weekend. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday December 31, 2009 - 16:59 by Fintan Lane
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A letter of protest (see full text below) from the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) was brought this afternoon (3.30pm) to the Egyptian embassy in Dublin. A large peaceful picket simultaneously took place outside with people holding placards demanding an end to the siege of Gaza and chanting in protest at Egypt's recent efforts to frustrate international solidarity with the Palestinian people. ... read full story / add a comment |
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