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UZBEK GOV'T USE BRUTAL TACTICS TO GLOSS OVER ANDIZHAN MASSACRE
28 September 2005

Human Rights Watch has documented a massive and intensive campaign of intimidation across Uzbekistan, designed to gloss over the government's massacre of pro-democracy demonstrators in Andizhan, in May of this year... government forces have been harassing witnesses and using violence against (perhaps random) citizens...

FRENCH COMMANDOS RECLAIM HIJACKED VESSEL
28 September 2005

French commandos have stormed and retaken a ferry hijacked by striking union workers. The vessel, which carries cargo and passengers, was hijacked in Marseilles and taken to the port of Bastia, in Corsica. The hijackers were reportedly protesting the privatization of a beleaguered state-run ferry operation...

CHINA PLANS "SMOKELESS WAR" AGAINST PRESS, DISSIDENTS
26 September 2005

In a high-level Communist party meeting, China's president Hu Jintao has reportedly called for an intensive crackdown on media liberties. While China's government has sought to project an image of a more market-oriented, open system, it continues to forbid basic press freedoms and still persecutes journalists at an alarming rate...

MENEZES' FAMILY CALL FOR IMMEDIATE HALT TO UK 'SHOOT TO KILL' POLICY
17 August 2005

Leaked IPCC documents suggest early reports about the shooting of Brazilian immigrant Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell Underground Station in London on 22 July of this year, were littered with untruths. Perhaps most importantly, the central claim that he had worn a bulky, winter-type coat in summer, thus raising suspicions he might be concealing a suicide bomb vest, appears to be erroneous; in fact, he wore denim jacket...

CHILE AMENDS PINOCHET-DRAFTED CONSTITUTION
17 August 2005

Chile's President Ricardo Lagos proclaimed the event marked "a day of national joy and unity", adding that Chile would now be "a full member of the democratic" community of nations. The new constitution will come into force on 17 September, the eve of Chile's national independence day... [Mobile Archive]

The Daily Intercept

28 September: Pres. Bush urges US to drive less, consume less gasoline, asks gov't employees to be more efficient, carpool or use public transport, as nation faces production shortages after two Gulf coast hurricanes... De Menezes family in UK seeking justice for victim of 22 July London police shooting... NYT details apparent cronyism in contracting Katrina cleanup, rebuilding... IAF attacks on sites in Gaza continue, intensify, said to target militants; Hamas is reported to have offered ceasefire if attacks halt... Two Japanese scientists present photos of 1st live giant squid captured on film, animal measured approx. 25 feet... PFC Lynndie England sentenced to 3 years in prison for detainee abuse in Iraq... Residents reportedly returning to New Orleans, one month after Hurricane Katrina struck... [Archive]