Animal Rights Activists protest against sadistic horse slaughter in Mexico’s San Bernabe

As a part of a global campaign on Tuesday 20 May 2008, members of Bunny Huggers will be taking to the streets in Edinburgh, to protest the extreme brutality used in slaughtering horses in Mexico, and in particular the Market of San Bernabe.

The second dawn raid in less than a week happened on the 12th of May. Bridget and her daughter Osaivbie O'Koro are the first 'legacy' case refusal family detained, a family which has been living in Scotland since 2004. They were taken to Yarlswood, instead of Dungavel as Dungavel is set to close. Removal directions are for 10am on Friday 16th May. We have only three days to arrange legal representation to try and stop the flight. This family needs your help, please take urgent action now! Instructions for helping are listed at the end of the article.

A peaceful demonstration is planned to assert our right to freely protest without fear. It will be held at 12pm on the 18th of May at Parliament Square, as a response to the campaign of harassment and intimidation which Lothian and Borders Police is directing at peaceful protesters in Edinburgh. Such repression violates human rights and, if it continues, it will stifle popular participation in civil society. The demonstration is also in solidarity with the dozens of working class people who are oppressed by the Edinburgh 'justice' system every day.

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Just weeks after UK press coverage on citizen outrage over the continuation of firing Depleted Uranium at the Dundrennan military firing range in Scotland and the increased radioactive contamination of the environment there...

This is a translation/repost of an article found on Imc Germany, which reports that the community activist, Jan Matshobe, has been arrested by police on Tuesday, 29th of April, during a demonstration against water privatisation in Sebokeng, a township ca. 60km south of Johannesburg.

First the police released the activist, but he got then rearrested in the evening. Thursday monring he was found dead in a field.

 Patra Sindane, Coalition against Water Privatisation said, that as long as an investigation would not prove the contrary, the police is responsible for the death of the comrade. The police has no scruples in using live ammunition against the  protests either. A death caused by the police in prison only means a further logical step of the same tactics used by the police already against the protests in Sebokeng."

Update: The 4 have been released; read comments for details.

Four Indymedia activists have been arrested in Ecuador. Charges have not been laid and they are currently denied access to their lawyer. Below is a translation of a press release describing the events (from Spanish).

MAY 2ND: Students from the University of St Andrews have been camping in tents to promote a demonstration in which around 150 students from the University of St. Andrews gathered to protest the closure of Fife Park, one of the University's two budget halls.