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October 22 Rally in Detroit Honors Families of Police
October 22 Rally in Detroit Honors Famil
On Friday evening, October 22, 2004, the Detroit Coalition
Against Police Brutality (DCAPB) hosted its ninth annual
commemoration of the National Day of Protest Against Police
Brutality....
Posted: Fri, Oct 29, 2004 9:49pm PDT
Mumia - Order denying stay, US Ct. of Appeals, Oct. 19
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued an Order on
Oct. 19 denying our motion for stay of the proceedings on appeal in
order to litigate newly discovered facts & issues. This means that the
case will continue to move forward federally at the appellate level
even though we have issues pending in the Pennsylvania Court of Common
Pleas...
Posted: Thu, Oct 28, 2004 11:20pm PDT
Former Guantanamo prisoners sue U.S.
SAN JUAN, PORTO RICO - Four British citizens who were released from Guantanamo Bay are suing the U.S. government for $10 million US each.
The Center for Constitutional Rights, along with a Washington law firm, filed the suit on behalf of Shafiq Rasul, 26, Asif Iqbal, 22, Rhuhel Ahmed, 22 and Jamal al-Harith, 37....
Posted: Wed, Oct 27, 2004 7:10pm PDT
Scores of Thai Muslims Killed in Police Custody
BANGKOK, October 26 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – Some 78 Muslim protestors were confirmed killed Tuesday, October26 , while in police detention, bringing the death toll from clashes that erupted in southern Thailand a day earlier to at least84 .
“After we brought people who were arrested into detention, we found that another 78 people were dead,” said Manit Suthaporn, deputy permanent secretary from the Thai justice ministry, Agence France Presse (AFP) reported.
“According to the...
Posted: Tue, Oct 26, 2004 3:01pm PDT
NYPD requests injunction against the NYC Critical Mass
If you're a New Yorker, please attend the hearing. If not, please fax letters in support. # below....
Posted: Tue, Oct 26, 2004 1:14pm PDT
CA 3-Strikes Initiative: Prop 66 -- The Keenan Story
Sam Clauder, the Political Director of the "Yes On 66" Committee and the
original author and proponent of the initiative to amend California's
three-strikes law, today revealed previously unknown facts about the
criminal case that resulted in funding the initiative and causing two
bereaved mothers to campaign against the proposition....
Posted: Tue, Oct 26, 2004 12:23am PDT
Possible FBI Involvement At Abu Ghraib (and other declassified documents)
The American Civil Liberties Union and the New York Civil Liberties Union today said that they have received from the federal government nearly 6,000 pages of documents related to the abuse of prisoners at overseas detention facilities, including almost all of the annexes to the Taguba report concerning abuses at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
The release of the documents follows a federal court order that directed the Defense Department and other government agencies to comply with the ACLU’s ...
Posted: Sat, Oct 23, 2004 11:21am PDT
College Student Killed in Boston by Police After Red Sox Win
Police killed a college student in Boston after the Red Sox won the pennant. An officer fired a "non lethal" round into a crowd and hit the young woman in the face killing her....
Posted: Fri, Oct 22, 2004 11:14am PDT
Schwarzenegger Lies About Prop. 66 - 3 Strikes Amendment Prop.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger lies about Proposition 66 when he says 'violent prisoners will get out of prison and roam the streets.'...
Posted: Fri, Oct 22, 2004 10:32am PDT
Vancouver Cannabis Clubs Under Fire, Mafia Wants Control, US and Mexican
Canada is under fire with clubs raided. The link is below....
Posted: Tue, Oct 19, 2004 12:35pm PDT
Anti-Bush protestors shot with Pepper Balls in Florida
Police Shot Protesters With Pepperballs At Bush Rally in Jacksonville, Oregon...
Posted: Tue, Oct 19, 2004 11:00am PDT
Names of people killed by police in New York/New Jersey
These are people who were killed in New York and New Jersey since September 11, 2001....
Posted: Sun, Oct 17, 2004 2:33pm PDT
Leonard Peltier for President
Leonard Peltier is the Presidential candidate of the Peace and Freedom Party in California. This article gives an overview and update of his case and his campaign for a presidential pardon....
Posted: Sun, Oct 17, 2004 11:20am PDT
AI USA Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Hearing Oral Arguments in Roper v Simmons
Today Dr. William F. Schulz, Executive Director of Amnesty International USA, released the following statement as the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Roper v. Simmons, a case that will decide if executing juvenile offenders is constitutional:...
Posted: Thu, Oct 14, 2004 12:27am PDT
Detroit: North African Man Falsely Convicted for "Terrorism" Released
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Posted: Wed, Oct 13, 2004 1:34pm PDT
A strange and bitter crop: the spectacle of torture
Do the terrible images from Abu Ghraib represent break or continuity in American tradition? Hazel Carby excavates the history of lynching in the United States and finds disturbing parallels between Mississippi's past and Iraq's present...
Posted: Tue, Oct 12, 2004 9:31pm PDT
CIA has 11 Al-Qaida suspects in Jordan facility
The Central Intelligence Agency runs a top secret interrogation facility in Jordan, where at least 11 detainees who are considered Al-Qaida's most senior cadre are being held, Haaretz has learned from international intelligence sources....
Posted: Tue, Oct 12, 2004 8:43pm PDT
No on Y Meeting Tonight
No on Y Meeting, 743 Warfield Avenue, 8:30-10pm, Tuesday, Oct. 12...
Posted: Tue, Oct 12, 2004 9:33am PDT
No on Y: Debate Today!
Former Councilmember Wilson Riles Jr., Debates Police Chief Richard Word on Measure Y, November ballot Initiative that puts funding police ahead of funding program for town hall meeting of Voter Education and Solidarity.
WHEN:
Tuesday, October 12th, 6PM- 8PM
WHERE:
Sweet Jimies Entertainment Center, 1730 San Pablo Ave....
Posted: Tue, Oct 12, 2004 8:39am PDT
U.S. Treatment of Detainees Defies Intl. Law - Group
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States is violating international law by holding prisoners in its war on terror incommunicado and in secret hiding places, Human Rights Watch said in a report to be published on Tuesday calling for an end to such practices.
The New York-based rights organization profiles 11 al Qaeda suspects being detained without concern for their rights under international law in a 46-page report....
Posted: Mon, Oct 11, 2004 9:18pm PDT