Four anti-fracking activists today received harsh sentences following a guilty verdict for public nuisance for direct action they have taken nearby Preston New Road fracking site.
BREAKING: Anti-fracking ‘lorry surfers’ receive custodial sentences
Tag: Repression
Jury finds three guilty over lorry surfing protest near Preston New Road fracking site
After a seven-day trial, three anti-fracking campaigners who took part in a lorry surfing protest near Cuadrilla’s fracking site in Preston New Road have been found guilty of public nuisance.
USA: alleged ELF and ALF fugitive, Joseph Dibee, arrested After 12 Years
Joseph Mahmoud Dibee, an alleged member of the Earth Liberation Front group “The Family,” has been arrested in Cuba and is now being held in Oregon.
Brasil: 23 people sentenced to prison for World Cup 2014 protests
The Criminal Court of Rio de Janeiro sentenced 23 people to imprisonment for partaking in protests against FIFA World Cup.
Dutch peace campaigner faces up to a month in jail following a peaceful protest at the Faslane nuclear submarine base
Dutch peace campaigner Willemien H faces up to a month in jail following a peaceful protest at the Faslane nuclear submarine base near Helensburgh on Wednesday morning.
Indonesia: local activists sentenced to prison
The 7 prisoners from Sukorharjo in Central Java province charged for involvement in the riots outside the PT.
Interview: IWOC and GG/GO on incarceration and class struggle
On the occasion of the congress of the CIT / IWC in Parma, we had the opportunity to interview two comrades, one from the US and one from Germany, regarding the prisoners’ struggles.
Greece: occupied gym in Exarchia evicted and demolished
On Tuesday morning Athens’ only squatted gym was evicted and demolished with a bulldozer.
Greece: Pola Roupa sentenced to life plus 25 years imprisonment
Pola Roupa, a member of Greek urban guerrila group Revolutionary Struggle, has been sentenced to life and 25 years imprisonment over the bomb attack on the Greek National Bank and the offices of the IMF in Athens in April 2014.
Russian anarchist prisoner receives political asylum in Lithuania
Russian anarchist Dmitry Buchenkov received political asylum in Lithuania, the brother of the activist confirmed.
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French police directed the demonstration with flash grenades and tear gas ~ from Contre Attaque ~ Saturday, 13 September, a rainy day in Nantes.
Facing down the flagshaggers
To resist normalisation, we need enduring groundwork with attacked communities—and spaces for open strategising ~ Blade Runner ~ On Saturday 13 September, between 110,000 and 150,000 turned out in response to Tommy Robinson’s call, a mobilisation framed as a defence of “free speech” but saturated with white nationalist, Islamophobic and anti-migrant rhetoric.
London arms fair disruption: A stark contrast to mass arrests for Palestine
Well-coordinated direct action catches the police off guard, showing the power of secure and strategic organising ~ Kevin Blowe ~ On 9 September, at around 7.30 in the morning, an advance bloc of about 150 protesters, their faces covered, suddenly appeared by London City Hall in east London, near to where Britain’s largest arms fair,
Anarchist prisoner released from Belarus
The regime deported 52 political prisoners in exchange for sanctions relief ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ Anarchist Nikolai (Mikola) Dziadok was among 52 political prisoners released and deported from Belarus to Lithuania on 11 September, following negotiations between dictator Alexander Lukashenko and US envoy John Colae.
