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2005-06-28 | ||||||||
Direct from the fever swamps of Britian Have just been informed that police visited the home address of a member of the Bristol Indymedia Collective (BIM) late this afternoon (approx 5.30pm) armed with a search warrant. They seized from the property the persons personal computer, as well as the Bristol Indymedia server. The member of the collective has also been taken into custody, although his partner was told this was just for a 'chat' and he'd be home soon!?
This poster is also trying to contact the rest of the BIM collective to discuss/find out what action can be taken to defend Indymedia.
Friend of BIM More "friends" chime in: Please I hope people have thought seriously about decentralising IMC UK so there is no chance it can be taken out during the G8 protests! It is a vital resource and those bastards will probably be trying to think up a way to disable it... Also, I hope Scotland's imc server is safe! Anony The initial post is correct, and was posted onto UK IMC as BIM was down. Indeed it seems BIM is now being redirected direct to UK IMC - which is sensible. Regards the arrested BIM collective member, am informed the person has eventually turned up at...Trinity Rd (Bristol) police station! Due to be released 'tonight', charges, if any, unknown. It is correct that BIM's server was home made/built, and was located in a BIM collective person's home, although that person (the arrested one) had not actually built it. The struggle continues... Friend of BIM In the run-up to G8, Bristol Indymedia (BIM) has had itâs server seized by police. Recent press-releases released by the BIM collective are reproduced below. The person responsible for the latest repression against Indymedia is a Bristol-based part-time film-maker, and well-known local trouble-causer and liar, Mark âZaskarâ Watson. Watson recently edited a film for CIRCA, the âClown Armyâ, and runs his own website at www.zaskarfilms.com He is also well-known for hounding activists and filming them without their permission. While actually working as a nurse, Watson claims to be a journalist and NUJ member, something which is actually untrue, and if he possesses a press card as he claims, it is a forgery. Perhaps more importantly Watson is a former member of BIM, and since being thrown out of the BIM collective, for what he characterises on Urban 75 as sexism, he has waged a malicious campaign against BIM and his former colleagues, which has now reached rock-bottom. The following is a rather incoherent post, which recently appeared on BIM: stopping them in their tracks?
It should be clear to anyone reading this that Mark âZaskarâ Watson is a self-confessed police-informer, and a malicious individual, responsible for closing down Bristol Indymedia at a particularly crucial time, and for subjecting Indymedia vounteers to police harassment and action. As such, he has no place in our movement, and should at the very least be ostracised. Beware of the tout âZaskarâ. ---------- Whatever the legal case, the cops have now gone ahead and seized the server. This differs from the recent instance when UK Indymedia's servers were seized from their 'host' Rackspace, as BIM have their own stand-alone server. This poster sincerely hopes they have some mirror servers to back it up! This poster is also trying to contact the rest of the BIM collective to discuss/find out what action can be taken to defend Indymedia. As the G8 summit approaches, threats to our freedom of expression, and action, appear to be increasing rapidly." Red N Black I would have expected this story to be picked up by the corporate media. That it is not reported suggests that a DA-notice has been applied to it. I suggest that people lay off Zaskar. It is unrealistic to assume that Bristol Indymedia was not regularly monitored by the police. Wouldn't they have seized the server regardless of whether Z contacted them? MnK. Don't let the bastards get you down. Bristol resident
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Posted by:Steve |
#5 Ima like Carry Back. Purdy good in the rain. |
Posted by: Shipman 2005-06-28 17:58 |
#4 Tout? Who's he like in the 5th race at Belmont? |
Posted by: mojo 2005-06-28 15:27 |
#3 Indymedia, worthless TRANZI drivel. All of them deserve an ass kicking. I hope the Peelers spread steel wool shavings over the MoBo before they return it. |
Posted by: Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-06-28 15:27 |
#2 Apostasy will be punished severely. |
Posted by: Seafarious 2005-06-28 15:19 |
#1 I can see why he turned, being is expelled from the collective is worse than death. |
Posted by: Shipman 2005-06-28 15:15 |