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A full blown Coup in Iran?	Dismay and sadness around the world as stories about a huge turnout and the greatest challenge to the status quo for years turn to reports of fraud. Iran’s protesters are being beaten in the streets, and communications have been blocked.
A stand for WikiLeaks is a stand for freedom of information on the internet.	GreenNet suppports the following statement demanding respect for Internet Freedom in the case of WikiLeaks: The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is deeply concerned about recent attempts by governments to limit access to online content recently published by whistleblower website WikiLeaks.
Amnesty International data indicates CIA rendition flights used British airfields.	Amnesty International today published the details of CIA flights that used United Kingdom airfields to refuel just hours after transferring detainees to countries where they risked torture.
Asylum-seekers to be asked: will you leave for £3,000?	Asylum-seekers and illegal immigrants are to be offered a £3,000 bounty to leave Britain voluntarily. The National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns (NCADC) feel this offer is misguided and dangerous.
Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation	To communicate the work of the Foundation in furthering the cause of peace and nuclear disarmament, and to assist in the pursuit of freedom and justice, through the defence of Civil and Human Rights.
Blog for Burma	Join the online international outcry at the inhumanity of the Burmese Junta.
Bloggers beware!	IFEX logoMore bloggers than ever face arrest for exposing human rights abuses
Call for laws to end web firms' complicity with Chinese censors.	Human Rights Watch has a 149pp report on how China keeps control of free thought on the net, including with co-operation from Microsoft, Skype, and search engines. Parliament's Foreign Affairs committee also denounced such collaboration as 'morally unacceptable', and HRW suggests ways of bringing pressure to bear. The report itself is also likely to be censored - read our mirror of it here.
Campaigners win key ruling on termination of BAE-Saudi corruption inquiry	The High Court has granted permission for Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) and The Corner House to bring a full judicial review hearing against the UK Government's decision to cut short an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) into alleged corruption by environmentally friendly BAE Systems in recent arms deals with Saudi Arabia. Lord Justice Moses agreed that the issue "cries out for a public hearing" in everyone's interests. The hearing is scheduled for Jan or Feb 2008.
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