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Plain clothes police officers have 'requested' that Brian Haw remove placards depicting deformed babies in Afghanistan from public view. Indymedia are keeping a visual record of events in Parliament Square.

CIA officials have confirmed "that between 30 and 50 people have been transported by extraordinary rendition", but this would have needed the active complicity of European governments. Statewatch have launched a new "Observatory" on the enquiries taking place into "rendition" and the use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners.

Green Facts has published a popularised version of the Millennium Assessment Report on Biodiversity.

Coinciding is their publication of a report, The climate of poverty: facts fears and hope: Climate change is now threatening development goals for billions of the world’s poorest people – with a clear danger that recent gains in reducing poverty will be thrown into reverse in coming decades.

The campaign to declare 18 May International Anti-Eviction Day is part of a series of campaigns and activities organized by Zimbabwe's social movements and organizations to mark the first anniversary of Operation Murambatsvina ( Drive out the Filth) which was initiated by the ZANU PF regime on 18 May 2005.

Gary McKinnon, the 'NASA hacker', remains hopeful that he can avoid extradition to the US. The final decision on whether he will be extradited will be made by the home secretary and his supporters will 'fight on'.

The Home Office appeal against Brian’s right to remain in the Square has been successful, so peace activist Brian Haw may have to end his five-year vigil outside Parliament. But all is not lost… there is some negotiation taking place over the conditions the police wish to impose on Brian’s protest. Indymedia report as the situation unfolds.

Renewed demands for a full public inquiry into the July 7 London bombings are expected after two official reports fail to identify intelligence blunders or a clear link with British foreign policy. Read the comments of Milan Rai of Justice not Vengeance.

As the court hears the case of two senior judges dismissed after criticising last year's presidential election as fraudulent, thousands of riot police are being deployed on the streets to crush the protests. The judges, Hesham Bastawisi and Mahmoud Mekki, are prominent in the campaign for electoral and judicial reform.

as part of the Egyptian government's clamp down on dissent. Over 100 free speech activists are now being held by authorities according to Human Rights Watch.