[noborders-brum] 'Evil, The status of, wage abuse, poverty, society, politicians' - 29 Apr 07 - 50 items (approx)
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Sent 30 Apr 07 - 50 items (approx)
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[01] Lead items
[02] UK
[03] Jobs
[04] World
[05] Europe
[06] Events
[07] Guidelines for reporting HIV
[08] UNHCR Statistical Online Population Database
[09] Proposals for Migrant Domestic Workers, May Campaign
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[10] How to cancel or change your subscription to Frank's List
[01] Lead items:
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'Evil, The status of, wage abuse, poverty, society, politicians'
'The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil'
...prisons of concrete and steel mirror the social prisons we create and
enforce through poverty, racism, sexism and other forms of social
injustice.
£18.99
http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/catalog/book.htm?command=Search&db=main.txt&eqisbndata=1844135772
Link:
Stanford prison experiment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment
Torture as second nature
Philip Zimbardo's The Lucifer Effect is a formidable and chilling study
of the atrocities that were perpetrated at Abu Ghraib
http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/politicsphilosophyandsociety/0,,2067795,00.html
Liberty welcomes SIAC decision not to return Libyans to face possible
torture
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/news-and-events/1-press-releases/2007/siac-libya.shtml
Britain becoming a Big Brother society, says data watchdog
Britain is in danger of "committing slow social suicide"
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2494230.ece
Link:
The Information Commissioner's Office
http://www.ico.gov.uk/
Surveillance inquiry - JCWI response to the HAC
http://www.jcwi.org.uk/news/surveillance.html
NO2ID
Latest newsletter
No. 70, 26th Apr 2007
http://www.no2id.net/news/newsletters/newsletter.php?issue=70
Report: 'The status of social care – a review 2007'
Care services in some parts of the country are heavily dependent on
migrant workers.
(PDF)
http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&dID=138908&Rendition=Web
Your chance to tell politicians: it's we who are watching you
Throughout history, people like Charles James Fox have fought for our
liberty.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2068009,00.html
Deluge of complaints on minimum wage abuse
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article1719252.ece
TUC supports formal investigation into migrant worker underclass
http://www.tuc.org.uk/newsroom/tuc-13225-f0.cfm
We're not making poverty history
http://www.guardian.co.uk/debt/Story/0,,2065493,00.html
In 2005, G8 pledged $50bn for Africa. Now the reality
http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2065026,00.html
[02] UK
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29 Apr 07
DVD offers advice for young asylum seekers
http://www.stv.tv/content/news/main/display.html?id=opencms:/archive/news/20070122/Advice_for_young_asylum_seekers
Immigration figures 'are false'
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,2068152,00.html
Genocide in Darfur ignored
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6604743.stm
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Global Darfu Day: Women search for wood, men search for victims
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2494246.ece
28 Apr 07
Freedom
A popular family of asylum seekers is today back on Teesside after
winning a last-minute reprieve against deportation.
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/news/tm_headline=freedom%26method=full%26objectid=18980711%26siteid=109975-name_page.html
Immigrant violence claims rejected
http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/news?articleid=2839385
Two Libyan suspects will be freed after judge blocks deportation
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1717583.ece
Link:
Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC)
http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/cms/1646.htm
'We must work closely with the community'
The Border and Immigration Agency aims to provide a 'strong and
accountable immigration service'...
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/topstories/display.var.1362392.0.we_must_work_closely_with_the_community.php
Blair sanctions threat on Darfur
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2491823.ece
Why Ségo and Sarko have transfixed the British left
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2067599,00.html
Silenced rivals attack 'sinister' Sarkozy
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2491776.ece
This culture of leaks shows contempt for the electorate
...for the sake of a headline, why should we accept erosion of civil
liberties?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2067440,00.html
BBC wins right to keep Middle East report secret
...in first appeal to go to high court over terms of the Freedom of
Information Act.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,2067542,00.html
Afghan fury over UK troops nod to poppy growers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,,2067410,00.html
27 Apr 07
Immigration Snub No Joke For British Doctor
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=69241
Making moves of support for the new Scots
http://www.theherald.co.uk/politics/news/display.var.1359141.0.0.php
Early Day Motion: Strangers into Citizens Campaign
http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=33150&SESSION=885
[03] Jobs
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UNHCR: Careers and Recruitment
Information on UNHCR career opportunities.
http://www.unhcr.org/admin/3ba1bdcb7.html
[04] World
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Inside Africa's Guantánamo
The only way the US can prop up its client regime in Somalia is through
lawlessness and slaughter.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2067438,00.html
World rallies for Darfur action
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6604555.stm
Korea’s runaway children are freed
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article1719949.ece
Gulf of Aden: More drowned by smugglers, others die of asphyxia and
dehydration
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/media?page=home&id=462ddf222
Worldwide: New report shows world executions down, but 'disturbing
revival' amongst minority of countries
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17344
Estonia removes Soviet monument amid riots
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2491778.ece
Russia: Hawkish Putin condemns 'meddling' West
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2488813.ece
Serbia urges UN to reject Kosovo independence plan
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2488815.ece
Sri Lanka rebels in new air raid
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6604645.stm
Sudan: Scorched
...investigates the origins and contradictions of what is likely to be
seen as the first climate change war
http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,2065975,00.html
Turkey faces military crisis
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2067955,00.html
[05] Europe
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Hunger strike of undocumented migrants in Belgium !!
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/04/368662.html
EU refuses to lift boycott of Palestinian government
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,2067407,00.html
[06] Events
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Trades Union For Refugees : May Day March & Rally 7th May
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/newszine81/TUFR7thMayDemo.htm
NCADC North West News & Events Listing
http://www.frankslist.info/northwest.txt
Saturday May 5th 2007
MayDay March Nottingham
The Nottingham Refugee Campaign Group is again organizing a MayDay march
and rally on Saturday May 5th 2007 at the Brewhouse Yard gardens, near
the castle, Nottingham forming up to march at 12.30.
http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=899
+ World music festival
http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=899
Link:
Nottingham Refugee Campaign Group
http://www.nottsrefugeeforum.org.uk/nrcg.htm
Saturday 5th May 2007 - 5pm to 8pm
Congo Support Project public meeting -
How the UK Immigration & Asylum
System Works
Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street,
Manchester, M2
Flyer: (PDF)
http://www.frankslist.info/congosupport.pdf
Ring the alarm in London, 2 June
Your voice against poverty
http://www.yourvoiceagainstpoverty.org.uk/
[07] Guidelines for reporting HIV
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In response to growing concerns about inaccurate and stigmatising
coverage of HIV in the UK media, the National AIDS Trust and the
National Union of Journalists (NUJ) have launched 'Guidelines for
reporting HIV'. This practical guide gives people working in the media
up-to-date information on HIV and useful sources of further information
to help ensure accurate and non-stigmatising reporting.
http://www.nat.org.uk/page/4784
[08] UNHCR Statistical Online Population Database
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Population Database
http://www.unhcr.org/statistics/populationdatabase
[09] Proposals for Migrant Domestic Workers, May Campaign
Actions!
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Kalayaan continues to oppose the government’s proposals for Migrant
Domestic Workers, which, if implemented will have a devastating effect
on some of the most vulnerable migrant workers in the UK. Outline of the
proposals and Kalayaan’s response
(PDF)
http://www.kalayaan.org.uk/documents/Kalayaan%20Campaign%20statement%20with%20supporters.pdf
Briefing on the proposals & implications
(PDF)
http://www.kalayaan.org.uk/documents/Microsoft%20Word%20-%20Kalayaan%20Campaign%20Briefing%20April%202007.pdf
Campaign Actions! Come and support migrant domestic workers’ rights at
the following two events:
May day rally. Tuesday 1st May 2007. Meet at 12.00 at the T&G building,
Transport House, 128 Theobalds Road, Holborn.
Walk to Trafalgar Square for speeches
National day of Action and Celebration. Bank Holiday Monday 7th May
2007. Meet in Westminster Cathedral Piazza (Victoria Street, outside the
Cathedral) from 11am. Walk to Trafalgar square for speeches from 12.30.
Kalayaan
http://www.kalayaan.org.uk/
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