23/07/2010   UKBA accused of intimidating campaigners

Anne McLaughlin MSP has formally complained to the UKBA over their “threatening behaviour” against campaigners opposing the deportation of Florence Mhango and her 10 year old daughter Precious to Malawi. They have become a much loved part of the community in Glasgow since Florence left her violent husband 7 years ago.

 12/07/2010   County Mayo Activists oppose Shell's raw gas pipeline

Mass opposition is ramping up against Shell’s €100m tunnel linking an offshore pipeline with a gas refinery, avoiding land where local activists were jailed 5 years ago. Shell is planning up to 80 boreholes to survey the Sruth Fhada Chonn estuary, part of the Broadhaven Bay Special Area of Conservation. The operation will disturb Atlantic salmon, otters & birds found on the intertidal areas.

 05/07/2010   Internet rights defenders take a stance in Pakistan

Defenders of internet freedom in PakistanDefenders of internet freedom in PakistanInternet rights activists Bytes For All have obtained a confidential policy document revealing new government guidelines designed to filter any internet content the government considers “objectionable”. These draft powers will “cripple Pakistani citizens’ access to information and freedom of expression.”