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France: first suicide in new youth prison

jef costello — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:34:45 +0000

The youth was being held in an établissement pénitentiaire pour mineurs (EPM penitentiary establishment for minors.) in Meyzieu. This EPM was the first in the country and since its opening it has been plagued with problems. The prison authorities kept the news from other inmates until Monday "to avoid an explosion". So far five of the planned seven EPMs have been opened.

Ba Jin obituary - The Guardian

catch — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:31:16 +0000

Ba Jin:Chinese writer who made the journey from anarchism to Mao and back again

Atlanta families protest against police killings

zobag — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:00:00 +0000

All 11 victims were shot dead, five times more than the usual number of annual killings by police. The families are demanding explainations from the police about the circumstances of the deaths, as they have never been told what actually happened to their relatives.

Iffat Muhammad says she has never known why police shot and killed her brother, Ab-raheem Muhammad in August this year.

1982: The death of Neil Roberts

libcom — Tue, 23 May 2006 13:57:05 +0000

A short account of a little known political death in New Zealand. In 1982, an anarchist punk rocker attempted to blow up the Wanganui police computer. He blew himself up in the process

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Paul Avrich obituary - The Guardian

libcom — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:26:13 +0000

Obituary of Russian-American anarchist historian Paul Avrich by Stuart Christie from The Guardian, Monday April 10, 2006

1980s - The Death of Hirohito

libcom — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:26:28 +0000

The Roots of Subservience

Kan Takayuki takes a long hard look at the historical and cultural factors underlying the public reaction to the illness, death and funeral of Hirohito Tenno.

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