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Wednesday 6 December 2006 :: 18:30 – 19:30 Lecture Theatre, Belgrave Centre, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University “Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly.” Distinguished Academic Lawyer, Professor Sir … Continue reading →

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William Bradley Roland, also known as Brad Will, 36, a documentary filmmaker and reporter for Indymedia New York in Mexico, Bolivia and Brazil, died today of a gunshot to the chest when pro-government attackers opened fire on a barricade in … Continue reading →

We have run this story on Indymedia and beyond: http://indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire On Saturday 18th March photographer and serial Indymedia contributor Alan Lodge – or Tash – was arrested after taking photos of armed police in public. Tash denied the charge of … Continue reading →

06/03/2006 – Operation Hartley targets would-be ravers in the south west Wiltshire Police is again participating in a south west regional operation and is warning people not to try and set up illegal raves. The south west is considered to … Continue reading →

Reader will know of some my adventures with the police, when covering events as a photographer. Have just finished nearly 18months work, in getting talks going between the police and the NUJ. This has resulted in a set of guidelines … Continue reading →

I have uploaded a slide show – video up to Google Video for the first time. Please check it out [click here] ….. This is of course, in addition to many others, available for view on http://tash.dns2go.com A selection from … Continue reading →

http://www.ifj.org/default.asp?Index=3434&Language=EN The European Federation of Journalists today warned that proposals from the European Commission to bring the role of journalists into its anti-terrorism strategies are reinforcing concerns of news people that politicians want to manipulate media content. In a letter … Continue reading →

Hi-tech equipment could misidentify one in 1,000 people, say experts By Marie Woolf, Francis Elliott and Sophie Goodchild The Indpeendent on Sunday, 16 October 2005 http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article320003.ece One in 1,000 people could be inaccurately identified by the hi-tech scans being planned … Continue reading →

Fury over ‘attack on liberties’ as Newcastle pioneers a tracking scheme that could catch on Lorna Martin Sunday October 16, 2005 The Observer http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1593204,00.html A network of hi-tech cameras capable of tracking the movements of every car could become a … Continue reading →

British Journal of Photography 5 October 2005 http://db.riskwaters.com/public/showPage.html?page=299338 Walter Wolfgang wasn’t the only Labour Party conference visitor to make an unexpected exit last week. Diane Smyth tells why photographers staged their own walkout Accredited photographers at last week’s Labour Party … Continue reading →

Occupy, Resist, Create! Squatting :: Some Current Advice http://indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2005/08/320446.html Cambridge :: Squatted Social Centre http://indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/cambridge/2005/08/320307.html Birmingham :: Nursery Social Centre http://indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/birmingham/2005/09/324646.html Sheffield :: Matilda http://wiki.sheffieldsocialforum.org.uk/MATILDA Nottingham :: New Squatting Project http://indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2005/08/321108.html http://indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2005/08/321569.html http://indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2005/08/321800.html *********** and, on ecology EcoWorks: Straw Bale … Continue reading →

Privacy groups want the law changed to stop Google using, or divulging to outside agencies, the vast amount of personal data it has access to. By Conal Walsh Sunday October 2, 2005 The Observer http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,1582719,00.html Google took a further step … Continue reading →

Google not only gathers vast amounts of personal data, it aspires to global domination – and that’s creepy, writes John Naughton Sunday October 2, 2005 The Observer http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,1582721,00.html A few months ago Bill Gates let slip an interesting thought about … Continue reading →

David Mery Thursday September 22, 2005 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/attackonlondon/story/0,16132,1575532,00.html A London underground station was evacuated and part of a main east-west line closed in a security alert on Thursday, three weeks after suicide bombers killed 52 people on the transport … Continue reading →

A handbook that offers advice to bloggers who want to protect themselves from recrimination and censors has been released by Reporters Without Borders. The media watchdog said it gives people who want to set up a blog tips on how … Continue reading →

NUJ The Freelance Sept05: More Indymedia woes http://www.londonfreelance.org/fl/0509imc.html?i=flindex&d=2005_09 NUJ The Freelance Aug 05: More Indymedia seizures http://www.londonfreelance.org/fl/0508imc.html NUJ The Freelance Aug 05: Public Order at the G8 http://www.londonfreelance.org/fl/0508g8-2.html?i=flindex&d=2005_08 NUJ condemns police raid to grab BBC tapes after G8 http://www.nuj.org.uk/inner.php?docid=1075 He’s … Continue reading →

Protest groups clashed with police during the summit Police investigating disorder at the time of the G8 summit have used a court order to seize TV footage from BBC Scotland and Scottish Television. It is understood they also have a … Continue reading →

STEVE DOWNES 03 September 2005 10:09 Home Secretary Charles Clarke last night tried to breathe new life into his bid to introduce national identity cards and declared: “Big Brother society is already here and my job is to control it.” … Continue reading →