16/11/10_PRESS RELEASE:

London NoBorders condemns suppression of free speech by Metropolitan Police

The website fitwatch.org.uk, the website of civil rights initiative
"Fitwatch"[1], has been shut down on behalf of the London Metropolitan
Police. "Fitwatch" aims to report police surveillance of public protest,
especially as done by the Forward Intelligence Team (FIT).

In a request send to JustHost.com, the US-based provider of the
website,the police stated that the website is "committing offences of
attempting to pervert the Course of Justice under Common Law." However,
without exactly specifying what part of material on the website the
Metropolitan Police has a problem with, the police requested the provider
"to de-host this website for a minimum period of 12 months." It appears
that JustHost.com has followed up on this request, although it remains
unclear in how far any common UK law can be "perverted" in the US. Such an
extensive request, to shut down a whole website for at least a year
without a court decision, seems unprecedented.

Today, Friday 12th November, 150 people marched from the Angolan Embassy near Baker Street to the Home Office near Parliament Square to demand justice for Jimmy Mubenga, the 46 year old Angolan killed during a deportation from Heathrow exactly one month ago.

Reports from the demo: | 1 | 2 | 3 |

Benefit for Calais Migrant Solidarity @ south London venue (call on the day 07962 483750 for details). From 5pm (free entry): * Workshops: Coming to Calais / Refugees and migrants in the UK and migrating to Europe * Film * Food by donation. From 9pm til late:(£5 suggested donation) * 52 Commercial Road (London) * Soundfilm (Belgium) * Spanner (Bristol) * Wildkatz * DJs from D