Babar Ahmad, the British IT worker from south London threatened with being sent to the US to face trumped up terrorism charges, started his High Court appeal against his extradition on Tuesday of this week.
The start of Tommy Sheridan’s court case against the News of the World has seen the Scottish tabloids full of lurid headlines.
David Bradley, 41, turned himself in to police last Sunday, 12 hours after killing his aunt and uncle Peter and Jospehine Purcell and their two sons. All four victims were killed at point blank range with an automatic pistol.
Campaigners will march from Marble Arch in London to the US embassy this Saturday to demand the closure of Guantanamo Bay and the return of the remaining British detainees there to this country.
The government has resorted to threats and bullying in an effort to halt a claim for compensation for lost pensions.
Campaigners were celebrating last week when Sakchai Makao (left) won the right to stay in the Shetland Islands. Sakchai, pictured with his former head teacher Joe Irvine, was threatened with deportation to Thailand. Over 9,000 people signed a petition to support Sakchai.
Yvonne Ridley is the political editor of the Islam Channel, the only English language Islamic focused satellite channel in Europe. She explained to Socialist Worker why the Islam Channel will be supporting the demonstration:
Having failed to stop the release of former ambassador Craig Murray’s book on the use of intelligence gained by torture, and on Western complicity with the Uzbek dictatorship, the government is now trying to take Murray to court over his publication of supporting documents.
CWU union leaders were set to issue formal notice of a national strike ballot this week, although last minute talks with management were happening as Socialist Worker went to press.
Postal workers in Carterton and Witney in Oxfordshire were on unofficial strike this week against management bullying.
Firefighters in the FBU union in Herts have voted by 58 percent to 42 percent to put their strike action on hold and accept the latest employer proposals as a basis for formal negotiations to end their long running dispute over cuts.
Steven Jago and Barbara Tucker were arrested for holding a banner outside Downing Street last Sunday. A new law bans protests near parliament
