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RIP Earth Day: Who are we fooling with this Earth Day stuff anyway? Oh, right, the kids. 
Friends,
We wanted to send this excellent new article around that discusses Jeff's case. It appears in the latest edition of the Hartford Advocate.
Also, please don't forget to check out the resources we now have available for organizing an event for the Weekend of Resistance Against the Green Scare. Please help us spread the word about this important event!
http://www.freefreenow.org/june2006.htm
Thank you for all your support!
-Friends of Jeff Free Luers...
Posted: Thu, Apr 20, 2006 6:43pm PDT
Class Action for Chicago Anti-war lawsuit After more than 10,000 anti-war protestors marched on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago on March 20, 2003, police detained and arrested hundreds of demonstrators and bystanders. A lawsuit brought on behalf of over 800 people who were unlawfully held that night has recently been granted class action status....
Posted: Thu, Apr 20, 2006 3:06pm PDT
Nepal: Children Among Victims of Police Attacks on Protestors (Kathmandu, April 20, 2006) – In the Nepali government’s crackdown on the current wave of demonstrations, police have brutally beaten and shot children, Human Rights Watch said today....
Posted: Thu, Apr 20, 2006 9:43am PDT
Doctors and Lethal Injection "Appropriate Medical Care" and the Paradox of Sanitized Execution...
Posted: Thu, Apr 20, 2006 8:56am PDT
Amnesty International: The Death Penalty in 2005 In 2005
* at least 2,148 people were executed in 22 countries
* 94% of them were killed in China,, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the USA
* An additional 5,186 people were sentenced to death...
Posted: Thu, Apr 20, 2006 7:55am PDT
Protesters killed as Nepal police shoot at crowd Nepalese police opened fire today as thousands of protesters marched toward the capital Kathmandu in defiance of a government-imposed curfew, killing at least three people and wounding dozens more....
Posted: Thu, Apr 20, 2006 7:49am PDT
Four Years on, US Names Guantanamo Detainees WASHINGTON, April20 , 2006 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – Almost four years after detaining them in the remote, high-security notorious detention camp, the Pentagon released the names and nationalities of558 Guantanamo detainees....
Posted: Thu, Apr 20, 2006 7:44am PDT
Chinese Media Gauge Impact of Hu Jintao Visit on Imprisoned Journalist The case of journalist Zhao Yan, a researcher for the New York Times imprisoned in China, may not be on the agenda during talks between President Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao, according to U.S.-based Chinese media. Eugenia Chien is a writer and media monitor for New America Media....
Posted: Wed, Apr 19, 2006 6:01pm PDT
'Shoot-to-kill' curfew in Nepal An 18-hour curfew has come into force in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, ahead of a major demonstration planned by the opposition....
Posted: Wed, Apr 19, 2006 5:56pm PDT
Le Cercle and Bohemian Grove Re:Fwd: Another way to help (on the way to the Bohemian Grove slave...
Posted: Wed, Apr 19, 2006 12:30pm PDT
Yahoo accused of helping jail China Internet writer BEIJING (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc may have helped Chinese police to identify an Internet writer who was subsequently jailed for four years for subversion in the third such case, an advocacy group for journalists said on Wednesday....
Posted: Wed, Apr 19, 2006 7:06am PDT
U.N. torture panel presses U.S. on detainees GENEVA, April 18 (Reuters) -The United Nations committee against torture has demanded that the United States provide more information about its treatment of prisoners at home and foreign terrorism suspects held in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay....
Posted: Wed, Apr 19, 2006 6:54am PDT
Nepal: Heads of three human rights organisations call for targeted sanctions Joint press release by Amnesty International, International Commission of Jurists, and Human Rights Watch...
Posted: Wed, Apr 19, 2006 6:34am PDT
New York City: random searches for public school students In a further erosion of democratic rights in New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that after April 24, School Safety Agents and police officers will perform random searches with metal detectors of students attending the city’s middle and high schools. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said the searches might affect as many as 10 schools a day, noting that the Police Department already had the necessary material and personnel. The president of the United Federation of Teachers, Ran...
Posted: Wed, Apr 19, 2006 6:32am PDT
Three shot dead in Nepal protests Security forces have shot dead at least three anti-monarchy protesters in eastern Nepal, bringing to nine the number killed in recent rallies....
Posted: Wed, Apr 19, 2006 6:22am PDT
Where have all the Mexicans Gone? When a Mexican goes on trial in San Jose, apparently there aren't any Mexicans available for the jury pool - where have all the Mexicans gone? Please come to the Superior Courthouse in San Jose at 190 West Hedding Street, Dept. 51, 4th floor - to support Martin Rodriquez in his stand for justice for himself....
Posted: Wed, Apr 19, 2006 1:01am PDT
Important updates on April Events for MUMIA Updated speakers lists and logistical info for all of the Mumia events in
Oakland, SF, Philadelphia, New York and Saint-Denis, France...
Posted: Tue, Apr 18, 2006 11:18pm PDT
Common Ground Collective co-founder Scott Crow has recently come under investigation by th Common Ground Collective co-founder Scott Crow has recently come under investigation by the FBI as well as the ATF. At around 8:00 am on Wednesday, April 5th, two FBI agents, one of whom identified himself as Evan Ray, came knocking on his door in Austin, TX, asking many questions....
Posted: Tue, Apr 18, 2006 8:29am PDT
Outrage in Milwaukee Over All-White Jury's Acquittal of Police Charged in Vicious Beating Communities in Milwaukee are continuing to voice outrage over an all-white jury's decision to acquit three white police officers charged with brutally beating an African-American man. We go to Milwaukee to speak with the victim's aunt and his attorney about the stunning verdict....
Posted: Tue, Apr 18, 2006 8:18am PDT
Lawsuit details AT&T cooperation in illegal government spying on Americans A lawsuit underway in a US district court in San Francisco charges telecommunications giant AT&T with violating the privacy of its customers by handing over massive amounts of data to the government. The class action lawsuit, filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation on behalf of AT&T customers, is based on documents provided by a former AT&T employee that detail the company’s participation in the National Security Agency (NSA) warrantless spying program that was first revealed late last ye...
Posted: Tue, Apr 18, 2006 8:09am PDT
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