Intimidation
Immigration raids at 11 El Balazo restaurants - 63 seized
Submitted by pirate on Sat, 05/03/2008 - 19:49.(In apparent retaliation for the mass immigration rallies on May 1. SR)
Heather Knight San Francisco Chronicle May 3, 2008
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Friday stormed 11 El
Balazo restaurants around the Bay Area, arresting 63 illegal immigrants -
and drawing the outrage of immigration advocates who had marched the
previous day to call for the legalization of undocumented workers.
The raids began at 10:30 Friday morning in San Francisco, San Ramon,
Lafayette, Concord, Pleasanton and Danville and involved 62 people from
Mexico and one from Guatemala. read more »
Venezuela: Peasants Murdered
Submitted by pirate on Sat, 05/03/2008 - 19:37.From: EL NUEVO TOPO <giltapia@igc.org>
May 3, 2008 10:51 Two peasants were murdered on or about April 25, according to the Frente Campesino Ezequiel Zamora. (FNCEZ)
The FNCEZ states: "A group of criminals who hide behind police uniformssilenced the lives of two noted peasants, Fabricio Duglas Ivan Perez Heredia and his brother Engel Alexander Hernesto Perez Heredia. Their bodies were found in the zone of Pavia. Witnesses confirmed that the companeros were transported in a police car shortly before their bodies were found. read more »
China sentences 30 for alleged involvement in Tibet riots
Submitted by pirate on Tue, 04/29/2008 - 14:02.
By TINI TRAN, Associated Press April 29, 2008
BEIJING - A Chinese court on Tuesday sentenced 30 people, including six monks, to jail terms ranging from three years to life in prison for their alleged roles in deadly riots in the Tibetan capital last month, state media reported.
The Intermediate People's Court of Lhasa announced the sentences at an open session, state media reported. The trial was the first since the mid-March riots. read more »
Pentagon records detail prisoner abuse by US military
Submitted by pirate on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 04:59.By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press April 16, 2008
WASHINGTON - Military interrogators assaulted Afghan detainees in 2003, using investigation methods they learned during self-defense training, Pentagon documents released Wednesday show. read more »
Feds to collect DNA from every person they arrest
Submitted by pirate on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 04:52.
By EILEEN SULLIVAN, Associated Press Wed Apr 16, 2008
WASHINGTON - The government plans to begin collecting DNA samples from anyone arrested by a federal law enforcement agency — a move intended to prevent violent crime but which also is raising concerns about the privacy of innocent people. read more »
AP photographer freed by US military after 2 years
Submitted by pirate on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 18:23.
By ROBERT H. REID, Associated Press April 16, 2008
BAGHDAD - Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein embraced sobbing relatives and thanked colleagues after being released Wednesday from more than two years in U.S. read more »
Two young women journalists working for indigenous community radio station in Oaxaca ambushed and shot
Submitted by pirate on Thu, 04/10/2008 - 04:12.Mexico 9 April 2008 Reporters without Borders Reporters Without Borders is deeply shocked by the fatal shooting on 7 April in Putla de Guerrero, in the southern state of Oaxaca, of Teresa Bautista Flores, 24, and Felicitas Martínez, 20, two women journalists working for La Voz que Rompe el Silencio (“The Voice that Breaks the Silence”), a community radio station serving the Trique indigenous community. read more »
Deganawidah-Quetzalcoatl UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND ELDERS ARRESTED EARLY THIS MORNING
Submitted by pirate on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 08:10.
Monday March 31, 2008 PGA North America
Davis, CA- Student Leaders at Deganawidah-Quetzalcoatl are preparing a demonstration at 5:30 pm tonight in front of the Yolo County Detention Facility after a series of arrests that took place today on D-Q University campus early this morning around 9:30 am. Seventeen Youth and Elders were arrested, most without being given the option of leaving. The Board of Trustees, accompanied by the Yolo County Sheriff’s Department have attempted to remove all the students from campus and brought in a locksmith to replace all the locks. read more »
Five accused of arsons in Michigan
Submitted by pirate on Tue, 03/11/2008 - 22:01. Urgent ELP! Bulletin (11th of March 2008)
News is coming in of a number of raids/arrests involving American environmentalists.
The raids appear to be linked to an arson at Michigan State University in 1999 and another arson at a logging site in 2000. Both arsons where claimed at the time by the Earth Liberation Front.
Well known American Earth First! activist, Frank Ambrose, (who has been wrongfully accused of ELF actions in the past) told ELP he has been charged on three counts of arson and conspiracy to commit arson. Other people listed in the indictment include Marie Mason, Aren Berthwick, Stephanie Sultz, and an "un-named participant known to the grand jury." read more »
Israeli strikes kill 54 in Gaza
Submitted by pirate on Sat, 03/01/2008 - 10:46.
By IBRAHIM BARZAK, Associated Press March 1, 2008
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israeli troops turned heavy firepower on rocket squads bombarding southern Israel Saturday, killing 54 Palestinians in the deadliest day in Gaza since the current round of fighting erupted in 2000.
Two Israeli soldiers were killed and seven were wounded in the clashes, the military said. read more »
