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Getting Away With Murder: My Memories of the Death of Ian Tomlinson
Sat 31 Jul 2010 03:04 pm filed by Keith Harris - International
Twitter users facing 11-year jail terms for criticising banking system
Mon 12 Jul 2010 03:30 pm filed by Keith Harris -
Times is a changing
Fri 2 Jul 2010 08:12 pm filed by Keith Harris - International
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Getting Away With Murder: My Memories of the Death of Ian Tomlinson

Sat 31 Jul 2010 03:04 pm filed by Keith Harris - International

The following article is reproduced from various locations on the web, where it carries a notice requesting that people republish it as widely as possible. It was originally published on www.wessexblog.com but has subsequently been removed. I am currently attempting to contact the author to confirm it is okay to reproduce the article here. This is an account of what I witnessed the night Ian Tomlinson died on the G20 demonstrations, and my account of the investigation since then. I believe it sheds some light on; The initial response of the police to Mr Tomlinson when he was dying; The nature of the symptoms Mr Tomlinson displayed; An insider's view of the IPCC investigation and some of its flaws.

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Twitter users facing 11-year jail terms for criticising banking system

Mon 12 Jul 2010 03:30 pm filed by Keith Harris -

Reporters Without Borders is calling for the immediate release of two Venezuelan users of the social-networking service Twitter, a 41-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman, who were arrested on 8 July for criticising the Venezuelan banking system. They are facing the possibility of nine to 11 years in prison under a 2001 banking law on charges of "disseminating false rumours"�to "destabilise the banking system". Full story

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Times is a changing

Fri 2 Jul 2010 08:12 pm filed by Keith Harris - International

As from this week, the UK-based Times Newspapers has started charging for access to its websites. No news can be accessed on any of the Murdoch-owned news websites unless a fee is paid for access.

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