10 years ago the government criminalised squatting in residential property, taking away the ability to make use of empty property best designed for…
Tag: Repression
London: Met police apologises and pays compensation for arrest of UVW official
The Met issued a written apology and paid £3,000 in compensation to Franck Magennis, a barrister at Garden Court chambers and former head of UVW�…
Palestine Action political prisoners released from prison after one month
Nine activists from Palestine Action pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal damage and burglary, at Bristol Crown Court on 15th June 2022.
London Makhnovists call for summer of anarchy
The anarchist-squatter group that temporarily liberated a Belgravia mansion owned by Oleg Deripaska on March 14th, 2022 have released the following…
France: Anarchist political prisoner begins hunger strike
Rojava veteran Libre Flot accuses the authorities of framing him because of his participation in the war against ISIS.
Judges kill or kill judges? Whistleblower Barrett Brown convicted for banner display at Kill The Bill demo
Barrett Brown was convicted in the City Of London Magistrates on Friday 5th November of a Section 5 Public Order offence, accused of displaying wri…
Activists opposing arms fair hit with police raids
Police have conducted 6 raids on activists opposing the AOC 2021 Liverpool Arms Fair, according to direct action and solidarity group Palestine Act…
Moscow court rules to extradite Belarusian anti-fascist despite ECHR ban
The First Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction upheld the decision to expel 22-year-old anti-fascist from Brest Andrei Kazimirov to Belarus, des…
The anarchists targeted by Pegasus
On 9 May 2016, the “Day of Flowers” that commemorated the late Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev’s birthday, two anarchists celebrated the …
Belarus: Antifascist detained to serve 18 months of forced labour for a street performance
Belarussian activist, antifascist and the singer of street punk band Mister X– Igor Bancer has been sent to a work camp following a court verdict…
Squat Repression in Bristol
This is a statement from some squatters in Bristol, who had 4 squats, including 40a Space, Salvation Army mutual aid/social centres and Wonky Arrow…
Spain: antifascist rapper to serve prison sentence for ‘insulting the crown’
On Sunday 7th February, Spanish police are due to arrest rapper Pablo Hasél.
Cuba: Solidarity for the San Isidro Movement
At the end of November 2018, activists from the Artistic Movement of San Isidro met for the first time to demonstrate in the streets of Havana and …
Old and jailing: Tories have prison population problems if unrest occurs
A great number of aggressive new laws have been introduced in recent months, from £10,000 fines for organising protests (a dictator’s wet dr…
Tories are living in fear of direct action’s rise
It took nearly two years but just one action for Extinction Rebellion to make it onto the Tories’ prestigious “so dangerous they should…

