Global/International

Australians in London demand the immediate release of WikiLeaks founder

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 13/12/2010 - 7:42pm

RESS RELEASE: DATE December 13th. 2010

On Monday 13th December at 4.30 pm, concerned Australian academics, artists, activists and expats will deliver a letter of demands to the Australian High Commissioner calling for the Embassy to be proactive in securing the immediate release from custody of fellow Australian citizen and founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange. The letter has been signed by celebrated journalist John Pilger, Australian born human rights activist
Peter Tatchell and a growing number of Bristish based stralians

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Wikileaks

Mon. D13 *6pm - Australians in London to demand release of Assange and challenge Australian government complicity @ Australian embassy

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 12/12/2010 - 12:38pm

6pm MONDAY DEC 13th. *Australian Embassy London *"Australians Demanding the Release of Julian Assange"

PLEASE FORWARD THIS EMAIL AND POST ON THE INTERNET OR FACEBOOK ETC.

If you can attend, RSVP your intention to attend on Monday
by phone/txt Ciaron at 079 392 905 76
this will help us organise the event

* If you know any Australians based in or around London, consider forwarding this email to them!

More information Ph./ Text Ciaron O'Reilly 079 392 905 76
From outside UK +44 79 392 905 76
Landline 0208 348 8212
Outside UK + 44 208 348 8212

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Free Julian Assange! Hands Off WikiLeaks!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 12/12/2010 - 2:07am

The Internationalist  
December 2010 

Sinister Attack on WikiLeaks to Cover Up Imperialist Crimes

Free Julian Assange! Drop All Charges!

Julian Assange, presenting WikiLeaks' release of files on Afghanistan war in London, July 26.

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U.S. Imperialism
freedom of speech
Wikileaks
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Internationalist Group
League for the Fourth International
Trotskyist
Marxist
Assange
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persecution
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The Internationalist

Human Rights Day rallies support Assange and Wikileaks

Submitted by takver on Sat, 11/12/2010 - 9:48pm

Hundreds of people took to the streets around Australia for Human Rights Day and to protest the persecution of Wikileaks editor Julian Assange and the attempts at suppression of the Wikileaks website.

Rally reports: Sydney rally, photos | Melbourne rally | Brisbane rally | Perth Rally photos 1, 2 | Adelaide | Hobart |
Youtube videos: Brisbane 1, Brisbane 2 | Melbourne: Robbie Thorpe, Indigenous Activist, Rally, Rap news | Sydney - Keith Dodd, Lee Rhiannon

More rallies are scheduled around the world in December and January. Activists in Australia have setup the www.rally4wikileaks.com website to mobilise global support of wikileaks or visit the Justice for Assange site. You can do your own report on the leaked cables by checking one of the thousand (and growing) wikileak mirrors and do a report for Operation Leakspin.

Statement - The Australian and Melbourne Indymedia Collective stand in solidarity with Wikileaks and its spokesperson Julian Assange and condemn their unprecedented persecution. Donate to Indymedia

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human rights
free speech
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Riot Police Seize the University of Puerto Rico

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 10/12/2010 - 3:03pm

After midnight on Thursday, December 9, 2010 the Puerto Rican police force, including SWAT forces broke into the Rio Piedras campus of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), as well as other campuses. In multiple police cars, jeeps, and passenger vans, various branches of the police force, including the SWAT team in full riot gear entered the campus, after being prohibited from doing so for over 31 years.

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The Shortwave Report 12/10/10 Listen globally!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 10/12/2010 - 12:51pm

Dear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (December 10) is up at the website
http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml in both broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quickdownload or streaming form (4.9MB) (28:59)
(NEW! If you have access to Audioport.org there is a higher quality version posted up there {26.7MB} http://www.audioport.org/index.php?op=producer-info&uid=904&nav=&)

This week's show features stories from China Radio International, Radio Netherlands, Radio Deutsche-Welle, Radio Havana Cuba, and the Voice of Russia.

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China Radio International
Radio Netherlands
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