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Palestine Action prisoner Hoxha ends hunger strike at 58 days
Teuta Hoxha, the Palestine Action prisoner from Croydon, has ended her hunger strike after 58 days. The decision to pause the hunger strike was taken on Monday, with Hoxha’s physical condition weakened so significantly that, according to supporters, she is … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon West, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged Bobby Sands, Croydon West, David White, Good Law Project, Greta Thunberg, HMP Peterborough, IRA hunger strike, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Lord James Timpson, Lord Timpson, Palestine Action, Palestine hunger strikers, Sarah Jones MP, Teuta Hoxha
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Sister of Croydon hunger striker Hoxha says she fears worst
The family of a Palestine Action prisoner on day 45 of a hunger strike in protest at her extra-judicial punishment say that 29-year-old Teuta Hoxha could die in prison if the government does not intervene urgently. Last week, an appeal … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon West, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged Bobby Sands, Croydon West, Good Law Project, Greta Thunberg, HMP Peterborough, IRA hunger strike, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Lord James Timpson, Lord Timpson, Palestine Action, Palestine hunger strikers, Sarah Jones MP, Teuta Hoxha, Your Party
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Air pollution is a real killer, but council has caved in to cars
In his latest exclusive column for this website, ANDREW FISHER says that Croydon has capitulated to the Tories and a local MP over its traffic-reduction measures “Think globally, act locally” was one of the first slogans used by Friends of … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, Muhammad Ali, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Andrew Fisher, CHNs, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon Healthy Neighbourhoods, Croydon North, Greta Thunberg, Labour, London, Low Traffic Neighbourhood, LTNs, Sadiq Khan, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE, Tory
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Down and out in Glasgow and Paris: climate talks end in failure
London’s Mayor joins critics of COP26’s final pact: ‘This agreement simply doesn’t meet the scale of the challenge’ It was late yesterday afternoon, with the COP26 UN climate talks in Glasgow already 24 hours into overtime, when Frans Timmermans, the … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan
Tagged COP26, Greta Thunberg, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, United Nations
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Protestors meet Greta Thunberg and bring XR closer to home
At least two local residents were arrested in the past week as part of the Extinction Rebellion demonstrations across central London, which saw members of a group from Sutton meet Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager who has captured the attention … Continue reading
