REPORT ON IHRA CONFERENCE, MARCH 2005
WILTON PARK CONFERENCE REPORT, MARCH 2005
LATIN SOUNDS
FREEDOM TO DANCE
The European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies herewith condemns the police razzia against the Czech tek event (a free techno party) held in the Tachov region, Czech Republic on 30 July and calls upon all European citizens to raise their voice against the criminalisation of dance events in general.
FREEDOM FOR ANDRE FÜRST
A group of Czech experts in drug prevention and therapy have taken the initiative for the following letter supporting Andre Furst, asking all European drug policy experts to sign it.
MEP ASKS QUESTION ABOUT MARC EMERY
WRITTEN QUESTION by Giusto Catania (GUE/NGL) to the European Council Subject: The Marc Emery case
FREEDOM FOR MARC EMERY AND ANDRE FÜRST
DRUG POLICY ACTIVISTS THREATENED WITH LEGAL SANCTIONS FREEDOM FOR MARC EMERY AND ANDRE FÜRST – STOP THE DRUG WAR MACHINE
REPORT FROM THE CND MEETING IN VIENNA, MARCH 2005
From 7 to 11 March, the yearly Meeting of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs took place in Vienna. ENCOD Steering Committee Members Andria Efthimiou-Mordaunt and Peter Sarosi were in Vienna and sent a daily report on the things they saw and heard.
UN DOES NOT SUPPORT HARM REDUCTION
Following pressure from the US government, Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna has written a fax in which he assures that UNODC will continue to be opposed to the concept of harm reduction.