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Jailed
NUJ member needs your help
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| NUJ
member Amardeep Bassey, the investigations editor of
the Trinity Mirror-owned Birmingham Sunday Mercury,
has been in jail in Pakistan for 12 days. He was arrested
on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border for a minor breach
of passport regulations.
Amardeep
was born in Wolverhampton but his family
are Indian and he has been questioned about spying
for the Indian government.
I have met Amardeep. I can vouch for the fact that
he is a genuine journalist who was on a genuine assignment.
He needs
our help. Please send the model letters below. One
to the Pakistan High Commission in London, and the
other to an advisor to the President. The addresses
are on the letters. You can email the embassy on pareplondon@supanet.com
or fax 0207 664 9225. You can fax the President's
man on 0092 5192 71682. Please do it today and ask
colleagues to join in.
Miles
Barter
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22/05/02
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Dubious
moves in support of Cuba
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| The Scottish
Cuba Solidarity Campaign announces the return of Club
Cubana. Described by the promoters as "Salsa with
a little twist of everything the world has to offer...
and an atmosphere unmatched by any other club,"
all profits go to the SCSC. Club Cubana is held at the
Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street,
Glasgow from 10 pm to 3 am on the first Friday of every
month up to and including September 2002. Tickets are
£4.00.
Our
sources advise us that even a late plea from former
US President, Jimmy Carter, could not persuade President
Bush to attend until Cuha has held free and fair elections.
The NUJ is affiliated to the Cuba Solidarity Campaign.
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21/05/02
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Industrial
action ballot at Independent
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| Members
at The Independent and the Independent on Sunday are
to vote on industrial action following management failure
to deliver a pay rise. Meanwhile, up to 90% of staff
at The Telegraph are reported to be ready to demand
union recognition. |
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story |
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21/05/02
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Photography
Competitions
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Thanks
to Dave Rennie at Dundee Branch for passing these
on.
For
more UK photographic competitions, please visit: http://link.2000net.com/?a=awards
Sponsor:
Novartis Award: Visions of Science 1st Prize: £1,000
Deadline: 31 May 2002 Contact Details: http://www.visions-of-science.co.uk
Sponsor:
CPU Award: Commonwealth Photographic Awards 2002-2003
1st Prize: £2,000 Deadline: 1 June 2002 Contact
Details: 020 7583 5550
Sponsor:
Realviz Award: See Beyond (Panoramic images) 1st Prize:
holiday / computer Deadline: 30 June 2002 Contact
Details: http://www.realviz.com/contest
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17/05/02
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Dundee
branch online
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| The Dundee
branch is the latest in the NUJ to go online. Members
can view the new site and contact the branch via www.imagineering.co.uk/nujdundee |
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26/04/02
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| Is
it that time already? |
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| It seems
as if it was only yesterday that the Eastbourne Eight
returned from their championing of the Glasgow branch
at ADM 2002. However, things move on apace in a dynamic
union like the NUJ and thoughts are already turning
to the next delegates meeting in Llandudno, 3 - 6 April
2003.
So hear
ye, shakers and movers of the NUJ, for the crucial
dates have now been published. Latecomers will not
be admitted.
Annual
Delegates Meeting - Llandudno, 3 - 6 April 2003.
Close
of motions and nominations - 4 November 2002
Close of amendments and delegate registration -
20 January 2003
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11/04/02
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| Meetings
move back to Thursdays |
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was decided, at the April branch meeting, that meetings
should be moved to Thursdays.
Meetings
had been held on Tuesday evenings on a trial basis
to try to attract more members. However, it was generally
agreed that this had not been achieved and a number
of active members found Tuesdays inconvenient.
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10/04/02
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| AGM
makes VC - OK? |
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| James
Doherty has been appointed Vice Chair of the Glasgow
branch. There were no other changes to the committee
at the Annual General Meeting, but Ann Coltart was formally
confirmed as the branch Equality Officer. A full list
of committee members is available on the contacts
page. |
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10/04/02
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| National
site launched |
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| The
national NUJ website has now been given life and can
be found at the link at the top of this page. The new
site has a wealth of valuable information as well as
a members' forum in which to air your views. See, also,
the training site at www.nujtraining.org.uk. |
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