The majority of people swissinfo spoke to in the streets of Bern on election day said they had voted in favour of a ban on the building of any new minarets. Only two of the supporters of the initiative agreed to be taped. (Julie Hunt, swissinfo.ch 29.11.2009)
The campaign to stop the building of any new minarets in Switzerland has been spearheaded by Ulrich Schlüer from the rightwing Swiss People's Party. He argues that minarets symbolise a political-religious claim to power.(Julie Hunt, swissinfo.ch 06.10.2009)
Twerrorism - When anarchists tweet, the state twembles
Quebec provincial police admitted Thursday that three of their officers disguised themselves as demonstrators during the protest at the North American leaders summit in Montebello, Que. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/08/23/police-montebello.html?ref=rss "Police said the three were told to monitor protesters who were not peacefully demonstrating to prevent any violent incidents, but they were called out as undercover agents when they refused to throw objects." To which I say "Bullshit". They were caugh
From the videographer: Saturday September 26 2009: Three undercover officers attempt to infiltrate a March Against Police Brutality at the University of Pittsburgh, but fail miserably due to their horrendous disguise attempts. During the march, one of them breaks a photographer's camera. This is just one example of a larger pattern of attempts to silence the media during the G20 protests.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2009/sep/25/sonic-cannon-g20-pittsburgh G20 protesters blasted by sonic cannon US police spark outrage by using wartime acoustic weapon to disperse G20 protesters in Pittsburgh Only a few hundreds protesters took to the streets of Pittsburgh to mark the opening day of the G20 summit of world leaders, but the police were taking no chances. Sonic weapons or long-range acoustic devices have been used by the US military overseas, notably against Somali pirates and Iraqi