Showing posts with label London. Show all posts
Showing posts with label London. Show all posts

Tuesday, 25 November 2008

Sydney terrorist-attacks linked to London bomb plot?

Parody:

The masked terrorists cells who have committed violent Jihad bombings across Sydney who have blown up three ATMs early this morning, exploding machines in Clovelly, Chester Hill and Guildford have now been linked to another explosives-packed car found outside a nightclub near Piccadilly Circus in London on June 29, 2007.

This mornings three ATM terrorist attacks across Sydney causing explosions make it seven robberies or attempted robberies using gas cylinders in the last week.

Detectives from Strike Force 'You Look Silly’ are now investigating a spate of ATM terrorist attacks and explosions using gas cylinders across Sydney since July.

Now sources say an ATM card found at the seen of the Clovelly terrorist attack this morning has been linked to the same bank account of one of the bombers in a terrorist cell in London.

On June 29, 2007 police defused a bomb consisting of 200 liters of fuel, gas cylinders and nails found in an abandoned car in Haymarket, central London. A second car packed with gas and nails was later found to have been parked just a few hundred yards from the first, before it was towed away by traffic wardens in the early hours of Friday, June 29, 7007 for violating parking restrictions. Police say those two vehicles were also clearly linked.

The first terrorist cell in Sydney this morning hit an ATM at the Bendigo Bank on Clovelly Road at Clovelly in the city's eastern suburbs.

About 1.45am four of the terrorists exploded the street-front ATM at the intersection of Mount Street using gas cylinders, sending glass and debris flying as far as the other side of the road.

The ATM and front of the bank were destroyed. In the explosion, the terrorist thieves' dark grey Audi getaway car parked out the front of the bank was also damaged, forcing them to abandon it.

Police established a perimeter around the bank and told nearby neighbours to evacuate their homes until the gas cylinders in the boot of the car are deemed safe.

Police closed Clovelly Road as well as several surrounding streets and conducted Polair and dog squad searches throughout the early hours of this morning.

About the same time another terrorist cell of three masked men exploded an ATM at a bank on Waldron Street at Chester Hill in Sydney's west.

Police said the ATM and front section of the bank was significantly damaged and the area has been cordoned off while officers investigate.

The three terrorists, also using an Audi, but this time silver, as a getaway car, then managed to escape police.

The third terrorist attack in the space of half an hour happened about 2.15am, with cell this time targeting an ATM at the front of a physiotherapist shop on Guildford Road at Guildford in Sydney north west.

Guilford Road between Cross Street and Station Street have been cordoned off.

London has a long history of bomb attacks and alerts during decades of violence mounted by terrorists. Lone attackers also have previously targeted the city's gay and immigrant communities.

We're currently facing the most serious and sustained threat to our security from international terrorism.

If you see anything suspicious call the 24-hour National Security Hotline on 1800 666 and remember every piece of information helps.

Related:

Terrorist attacks - Cells strike Sydney’s ATM’s
Masked terrorists cells have committed violent Jihad bombings and have blown up three ATMs across Sydney early this morning, exploding machines in Clovelly, Chester Hill and Guildford.

There's never been a terrorist attack in Australia
Just yesterday an ATM was blown out of a wall though. Hole in wall' gang blow out ATM The damage caused when thieves blew away the brick wall of a North Ryde shopping centre to steal an ATM.

Friday, 28 March 2008

ICOPA XII: Creating a Scandal: Final Call for Papers


Creating a scandal – prison abolition and the policy agenda 23, 24 & 25 July 2008, Kings College, London

Announcement and final call for papers

The Howard League for Penal Reform is organising and hosting the above international conference to develop the case for the abolition of prison and to rethink penal policy. The conference will discuss and hear about the impact of the penal system on our communities and provide suggestions for new and alternative approaches. It will look at custody and community interventions as alternatives to imprisonment; prisons and the politics of poverty; the role of the media and public opinion; and the role of privatisation and capitalism in penal policy today.

The Howard League for Penal Reform invites you to present a paper at this three day conference to be held at Kings College, London. We are looking for contributions from all sections of the criminal justice system especially academics and practitioners. Papers should be based on current or recent research and good practice.

This well established conference will give you an opportunity for career development, presentation of academic research to your peers and allows you to publicise good practice offered by your service.

Conference themes
Authors are invited to submit abstracts on any subject within penal abolition. The following themes are a guide and will be used to structure conference sessions:
· Creating a scandal - prison abolition and the policy agenda
· Prison and the politics of poverty
· The role of privatisation and capitalism in penal policy
· Penal abolition, the media and the public
· Deaths in custody
· Community interventions as alternatives to imprisonment
· Violence and the state
· Racism, crime and justice
· Gender, crime and justice
· Youth crime and youth justice
· Constructive approaches to crime

The closing date for the applications is 11 April 2008.

ICOPA XII
The conference will host international speakers dealing with the ancillary, fiscal and human costs of crime and punishment in the 21st century and will look at other possibilities and approaches outside of a failing crime control agenda. The conference will be aimed at an international audience of practitioners, policy makers, penal reformers, NGOs, academics and concerned individuals. We want the conference to be forward looking, challenging and positive and offer suggestions for the future.

Previous ICOPA conferences have taken place in 1983 Toronto Canada; 1985 Amsterdam Netherlands; 1987 Montreal Canada; 1989 Poland; 1991 Indiana USA; 1993 Costa Rica; 1995 Spain; 1997 Auckland NZ; 2000 Toronto Canada; 2002 Lagos Nigeria; and 2006 Tasmania Australia.

Guidelines for those wishing to submit papers

Breakout sessions
Papers will be presented at breakout sessions for around 70-100 people and will run for 1 hour 30 minutes. They are intended to be discursive and critical sessions on a particular theme.

What happens after submitting?
If accepted, you will receive further details concerning the conference and any other information required. If rejected, the decision of the committee on the acceptance of a paper is final and The Howard League for Penal Reform is unable to enter into correspondence on the subject.

Publication of papers
Short synopsis of the papers will be available to the conference participants. Full versions of the papers of no more than 3,000 words will be considered for publication on our website and conference report following the conference.

Guidelines for language
Authors should seek to avoid terminology, which may be offensive to minority ethnic groups. Likewise neither male nor female pronouns, whether used consistently or alternately, should stand alone to refer to persons of both sexes; the preferred form where both sexes are named or implied is ‘he or she’, ‘his or hers’ etc.

References
The references should be listed alphabetically by author’s surname (in lower case). This should be followed by author’s initial(s) (not full forename(s)) and then by the year of publication in parentheses.

Conference fees
All conference participants, whether presenting a paper or not, are expected to pay conference fees. The Howard League for Penal Reform is a registered charity which receives no statutory funding.

Your session
It is imperative that you keep to the time allotted. Each presenter will have approximately 40 minutes, with 20 minutes for presentations and 20 minutes for open discussion.

How to apply
If you are interested in presenting a paper please download a form from the website at:www.icopa12london.org.uk

Alternatively we can email or post a Word document file on request. Requests for forms and submissions should be sent to:

Hannah McFaull, ICOPA XII Conference
The Howard League for Penal Reform, 1 Ardleigh Road, London N1 4HS
Tel: 020 7249 7373
Fax: 020 7249 7788

Email: Hannah.McFaull@howardleague.org
The closing date for applications is 11 April 2008.

Tuesday, 22 January 2008

ICOPA XII will be in London in July 2008


The Howard League for Penal Reform is organising and hosting the international conference to develop the case for the abolition of prison and to rethink penal policy.

ICOPA XII - Creating a scandal: prison abolition and the policy agenda will be taking place on 23, 24 & 25 July 2008, at Kings College London.

A short version of the 63 minute documentary of ICOPA XI is now on YouTube. Or connect from our home page at Justice Action



The documentary addresses penal abolition as a concept and issues surrounding that policy. It presents the 11th International Conference on Penal Abolition held in Tasmania, Australia over the 9-11th February 2006.

The full video is now available on DVD either as NTSC or PAL costing Aust$30 including postage anywhere. There is a secure order form on the website home page or you can send a cheque.

It features: Patmalar Ambikapathy, Kat Armstrong, Greg Barns, Jean Claude Bernheim, David Brown, Anthony Bull, Vicki Chartrand, Brett Collins, Jim Consedine, Rodney Crosswell, Caroline Dean, Vickie Douglas, Marc Forget, Ian Fraser, Bob Gaucher, Giselle Hanna,Terry Hicks, Debra Hocking, Louk Hulsman, Ray Jackson, Debbie Kilroy, Rosaleen Macaulay, Gwynn MacCarrick, Pat Magill, Joane Martel, Melissa Munn, Brenda Murphy, Kilty O'Gorman, Ernest Ogbozor, Debra Parkes, Kim Pate, Peg Putt, Viviane Saleh-Hanna, Phil Scraton, Charandev Singh, Somebody's Daughter Theatre, Jean Stewart, Kevin Tomkins, Hal Pepinsky, Mike Tamplin, Ailsa Watkinson, Chris Wever, and Donna Williamson.

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