Asia-Pacific

Articles from external newswires filtered for the keywords: Olympic, Vancouver, Beijing. more

from email, via libcom, 14 August 2008: In November 2006, people took to the streets of Melbourne to confront the G20, a meeting of the world's most powerful finance ministers whose policies perpetrate suffering and violence in countless communities around the world every day. Since that protest, Victorian and Federal police have carried out a vast operation of surveillance and arrests, raiding houses at dawn and slapping protestors with ludicrous charges and repressive bail conditions. This is a campaign of intimidation and part of an attempt to criminalise protest. The legal process for those charged after the G20 protests moves slowly on. There have been a few developments this month. more

from email, 10 August 2008: There are many things to say; we cannot express all that is in our hearts in this letter. But for now we can say one thing: thank you for coming to Japan and working hard with us while staying there. The fact that you came means a lot to us. The event has developed a totally new dimension that announces the burgeoning of a planetary movement -- despite difficulties, shortcomings, and failures ­ thanks to your coming and fighting with us as part of one and the same event of the anti-G8 protest 2008. more

from GiIn, 23 April 2008: Within their security divisions, each prefectural level police department and the Tokyo police maintain Kidotai, special riot units. These units were formed after riots at the Imperial Palace in 1952, to respond quickly and effectively to large public disturbances. They are also used in crowd control during festival periods, at times of natural disaster, and to reinforce regular police when necessary. Full-time riot police can also be augmented by regular police trained in riot duties. Currently, there are 10,000 in the whole riot force. more

from email, 15 April 2008: TEN protesters have been convicted but spared jail time for their part in the violent G20 riots, for behaviour described as "defiant" and "aggressive". Magistrate Sarah Dawes today told the court they had shown a callous disregard for the wellbeing of police. Melbourne Magistrates Court heard police were outnumbered and attacked by demonstrators trying to get to delegates at the Group of 20 nations summit at Melbourne's Grand Hyatt Hotel in November, 2006. more

from emial, posted 27 March 2008: Giving in to mounting political pressure from prominent human rights activists on the island of Sakhalin, in Moscow, Berlin, New York and Tokyo, the Russian Foreign ministry has finally ended the combined Russian-Japanese deportation arrest of the left anti-G8 activist Martin Krämer on 23rd of March at 2:00 GMT. more

from email, 27 March 2008: In November 2006, people took to the streets of Melbourne to confront the G20, a meeting of the world’s most powerful finance ministers whose policies perpetrate suffering and violence in countless communities around the world every day. Since that protest, Victorian and Federal police have carried out a vast operation of surveillance and arrests, raiding houses at dawn and slapping protestors with ludicrous charges and repressive bail conditions.  more

from imc-uk, 27 March 2008: The final confirmed route for the London leg of the torch relay is as below. Protests are expected all along the route. 2000 cops will be 'policing' the route all day. more

from japan-imc, 19 March 2008: An overview of the relationship between leftists and NGOs. Since the beginning of this year, NGOs, Leftists, trade unions, green political parties etc. have organized several events and networks concerning the G8 meeting. The position of these networks and organizations range widely from those opposing the G8 (mainly the Leftists) to those offering opinions and alternative ways of the G8 (mainly NGOs). more

from email, 21 February 2008: Resisting Free Trade, Militarism and Fighting for Real Solutions to Climate Change +++ We will begin preparations to challenge the G8 Summit beginning March. We invite all of you to come to Japan and join in our international preparatory meeting from March 7-11, 2008, Tokyo. more

from imc-scotland, 21 February 2008: An interview done over e-mail by Indymedia Scotland gives more information about the state of the Japanese G8 mobilization. Another more in-depth audio interview will be done after at the actual presentation itself and posted on Indymedia Scotland +++ EDINBURGH: Monday February 25th @ Forest Cafe. 2 Bristo Place, Edinburgh. 7pm more

from email, 21 February 2008: Latest information on preparatory meetings in Japan in March 2008 +++ Action schedule +++ info for foreigners, immigration +++ convergence centres +++ indymedia spaces +++ contacts for groups +++ mailing lists.  more

from email, 17 March 2008: A symposium was held last weekend at Hokkaido University to highlight the contributions of citizens media to summit reporting and the role of media centers. The event was organized by the G8 Shimin Media Center Pre-Establishment Working Group with cooperation from Hokkaido U faculty and the G8 Media Network and had been announced on the second page of the Hokkaido Shinbun, the major local newspaper.  more

from sydney-imc, 5 February 2008: Using unnecessary force and intimidation, police arrested peaceful protesters at the end of the rally at the APEC summit in Sydney in September 2007. While filming these police actions, Melbourne-based independent filmmaker Marcela Olea was arrested and her gear destroyed. She now faces two charges of assaulting police and one charge of resisting arrest. more

from email, updated 10 March 2008: List of the ongoing No! G8 Action Japan infotour dates for presentation on the mobilisation against the G8 summit in Japan in 2008: 13 Mar. Nijmegen (Netherlands), 13 Mar. (Greece), 14 Mar. Amsterdam (Netherlands), 14 Mar. (Greece), 15 Mar. Antwerp (Belgium), 15.Mar. (Greece), 16 Mar. Liege (Belgium), 16 Mar. (Greece), 18 Mar. Koln (Germany), 18 Mar. Ljubljana (Slovenia), 19 Mar. Freiburg (Germany), 19 Mar. Vicenza (Italy), 21 Mar. Bern (Switzerland), Reithalle, Neubrückstrasse, 21 Mar. Bologna (Italy)... + provisional US dates. more

Articles from external newswires on the G8 summit due to be held in Japan in 2008.

Keywords: G8, Hokkaido, Toya, Sapporo, Heiligendamm. more

from email, 9 January 2008: News from NO! G8 Action Japan regarding the negative campaign towards the anti-G8 movement, which is being labeled as extremists/terrorists by the police and mass media in Japan.

The city of Sapporo has decided not to allow rallies and events during the 2008 G8 summit. Also, Japan's defence ministry is considering the possibility of deploying Patriot-3 missiles around the summit venue.  more

from email, 26 December 2007: "The Japanese government has jumped on the bandwagon of the so-called the "Fight against Terrorism", implementing excessive security against the anti-G8 movement... The police statements and mass-media reports in Japan are as worse as we thought it would be, or maybe even worse than we ever expected it to be, provoking repugnance towards the anti-G8 movement..." more

from g20 solidarity, 17 December 2007: In a time of International repression against activists all over the globe, we are calling out for letters of support and solidarity for anarchists arrested and facing severe repression after the G20 economic forum protests of November 2006 in Melbourne, Australia. more

from ainfos, 11 December 2007: "Even as many of us constantly engage in struggles to enact our revolutionary politics and ideas in collectives, as individuals, at work and at play, there is often an underlying sense of isolation from broader anarchist activity from which to draw knowledge and inspiration ... We believe a Federation that collectives (and individuals) over the wide distances of this region can align with would begin to solve these problems..." more

from email, 7 December 2007: "July 5th 2008 shall be the day of mass rally and demo in Sapporo. We propose to make it the international day of action, calling a simultaneous protest in different cities of the world. During the three days of the Summit we are planning mass direct action at sites near Lake Toya. People are trying to approach the site as close as possible to send their voices..." more

4 December 2007: Evidence that the investigation into the "Urewera 16", originally arrested in NZ on terrorism charges, had been under investigation since a 2004 hack on the National Paty's web site.

"On the 12th and 13th of March 2004 the New Zealand National Party website was the subject of attacks, or ‘hacks’, via the internet... The offender(s) uploaded images and text to the website which were predominantly anti the National Party [among other things “Neo Capitalist, Multinational, Racist, Trash” next to a picture with a circled A on a black background]..." more

08 Nov 2007: The Solicitor-General, David Collins, announced at 4pm Thursday that he would not be granting permission to the Police to lay charges under the Terrorism Supression Act for any of the 12 people they had applied for. The last three remaining prisoners will be bailed and released very soon. more