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Second arrest in Canterbury double death case - Kent

Police have arrested a second man in connection with the deaths of two young men in Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom. 1st February 2012

by graham mitchell in United Kingdom on 01/02/2012

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PASBAN Protest Rally in Favor of Dr Afia Siddiqui - Pakistan

Activists of PASBAN hold banners and portraits of Dr Aafia Siddiqi during a protest against US and Pakistani officials at Hyderabad Press Club....

by rajput yasir in Pakistan on 29/01/2012

Politics

Annual march against death in custody

Supporters of the United Families and Friends Campaign organised a silent procession followed by a noisy protest at Downing Street, demanding a...

by Behzad in United Kingdom on 29/10/2011

BREAKING NEWS

01/02/2012 - Second arrest in Canterbury double death case - Kent - United Kingdom - Police have arrested a second man in...
29/01/2012 - PASBAN Protest Rally in Favor of Dr Afia Siddiqui - Pakistan - Pakistan - Activists of PASBAN hold banners and...
29/10/2011 - Annual march against death in custody - United Kingdom - Supporters of the United Families and...
29/10/2011 - Protesters demand a public inquiry into police custody death - United Kingdom - Relatives, friends and supporters of...
28/08/2011 - Rangers in Karachi launch search operation due to widespread killings - Pakistan - A search operation held by the Rangers...
16/04/2011 - Marchers demand answers over Smiley Culture's death in police custody - United Kingdom - Several hundred protesters marched to...
16/04/2011 - March through London in support for justice for Smiley Culture. - United Kingdom - Hundreds marched from the Southbank...
31/03/2011 - Nine years In jail for Dr. Afia Siddqui - Karachi - Pakistan - The Dr. Afia Movement staged a...
18/09/2010 - Joint Protest Rally in Favor of Dr Afia Siddiqui. - Pakistan - Joint Protest rally of Jamat e Islami...
13/05/2010 - Protest by mothers of prisoners who died in custody, Madrid - Spain - Mothers, relatives, and friends of...

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Aafia Movement's protest against US Justice system in Karachi
A demo held by Aafia Movement, with speakers commemorating two years of Aafia’s conviction. Karachi, Pakistan. 3rd February 2012
Second arrest in Canterbury double death case - Kent
Police have arrested a second man in connection with the deaths of two young men in Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom. 1st February 2012
Family of hospitalised driver in Saudi Arabia demand his release
Father Syed Jamal lies under custody in a hospital at Saudia Arabia, after car accident and resulting unpaid hospital bill. His family have no money to pay the bill or extradition and s...
PASBAN Protest Rally in Favor of Dr Afia Siddiqui - Pakistan
Activists of PASBAN hold banners and portraits of Dr Aafia Siddiqi during a protest against US and Pakistani officials at Hyderabad Press Club. Hyderabad, Pakistan. 29th January 2012
Activists arrested over Article 370 at Jammu and Kashmir House
10 activists were held protesting against the article 370 of the Indian Constitution, which gives the State of Jammu and Kashmir special status in politics. India. 25th January 2012
The last of the Franco repressed
Reprisals and retaliation we live. The last fighters and fighters who were prisoners in the jails of dictatorship.
Barbara Tucker returns to Parliament Square after Police Custody
Barbara Tucker returned to Parliament Square after being held in police custody. In court she established her legal right to protest and continues to campaign for peace in memory of leg...
Neo-Nazi march prevented in Dresden
Several thousand people prevented a march of neo-nazis in Dresden. Many People blocked the Route peaceful, some protested violent. Dresden, Germany. 13th February 2010
Refused bail, Ghulam Azam lands in jail
The war crimes tribunal ordered Jamaat-e-Islami linchpin Ghulam Azam, the most high-profile war crimes suspect in Bangladesh, into the Dhaka Central Jail, refusing him bail. Dhaka, Bang...
Ghulam Azam is hospitalised after he loses bail appeal over war crimes
Jamaat-e-Islami linchpin Ghulam Azam was admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University hospital hours after the he was refused bail and sent to the Dhaka Central Jail, regardi...
Occupy Phoenix holds vigil for Ernest Atencio - Phoenix
Occupy Phoenix held a vigil for Ernest “Marty” Atencio. Atencio died while in custody of the Maricopa Sheriff’s department. He had been placed in a holding cell after being tasered an...
Marty Atencio Laid to rest after death in sheriff's custody - Phoenix
Ernest "Marty" Atencio, who was repeatedly tased by sheriff department officers, was buried today in Phoenix. Atencio's family was overcome with grief as the 44-year-old...
Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons hold silent protest
The Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons in Indian Kashmir. The group seeks information on people who have disappeared while in the custody of the government. Srinagar, India.2...
Relatives of disappeared youths stage a silent protest - Srinagar
The Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons protest against the state seeking the whereabouts of thousands of people who have allegedly disappeared in custody since a separatist r...
Bordo Poniente landfill Closes - Mexico City
The Mexican government began the closure and replacement of the capital’s Bordo Poniente landfill, located on Highway Penon-Texcoco, meeting one of the major goals outlined in the Gre...
Bradley Manning supporters hold vigil at US Embassy - London
As part of a 10-country coordinated rally in support of American whistleblowing soldier Bradley Manning, activists held a vigil putside the US embassy in Grosvenor Square demanding he b...
Michael Lyons and Veterans for Peace UK hold vigil for Bradley Manning
Michael Lyons and others from Veterans for Peace UK gathered at the U.S. Embassy in London to demand the immediate release of Bradley Manning and recognition that exposing war crimes is...
Congolese Protest Outside Downing Street
Members of the Congolese community protested outside Downing Street over what some alleged were fraudulent election results in the D.R. Congo, while others called for an end to violence...
Congolese Protest Outside Downing Street
Members of the Congolese community protested outside Downing Street over what some alleged were fraudulent election results in the D.R. Congo, while others called for an end to violence...
Congolese demonstration ends in Violence and Arrests - London
Several people were hospitalised and police made 139 arrests as Congolese demonstrators gathered outside Downing Street for a third evening to highlight alleged ongoing atrocities under...