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Oxford University's shameful links to cluster bombs

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Posted on Sunday October 23, 2011 5:00 pm

                                                                                                       

Despite Britain being  a signatory to the Cluster Munitions Convention, a global treaty signed by more than 100 nations which bans the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of cluster bombs, it was revealed this week that Oxford University has invested £630,000 in Lockheed Martin, one of three US arms manufacturers still involved in the cluster-bomb trade. 

EU ANIMAL TESTING LAW ACTION ALERT

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Posted on Tuesday August 23, 2011 6:35 pm

                                                                      

The UK Government is currently holding a crucial consultation exercise on how it will ‘transpose’ the new EU Directive on animal experiments into UK national laws. This ends on 5 September and will set the scene for animal experiments for a generation.

                                                                  

The Shocking News - 3.7 Million Animal Experiments Carried Out in 2010

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Posted on Friday July 15, 2011 6:44 pm

                                                           

The latest animal experiments statistics from the Home Office for 2010 show an increase of 3% (over 150,000) in animal experiments since 2009 – the equivalent of 10,205 experiments beginning every day. This increase is despite a Government pledge to reduce the number of animals used in experiments.

                                                                                                                              

Horrific Law Change

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Posted on Thursday June 23, 2011 4:28 pm

                                                                           

Changes to European law that are due to be enforced by 2013 could lead to ex pets being used in experiments, worse welfare and conditions inside laboratories, a dramatic rise in the number of cats, dogs and horses used in experiments and inhumane methods being employed to kill those animals.

New Parkinson's Brain Bank Offers Hope

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Posted on Thursday June 23, 2011 4:25 pm

                                                                                         

There are, it seems, at least some researchers at Oxford University who are involved in relevant and cutting edge research, academics whose work does not involve tormenting animals and that offers genuine hope to sufferers of Parkinson’s disease.

                                                                                                                            

No Celebration for the Animals

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Christmas Day Demo

Posted on Friday December 30, 2011 6:38 pm

                                                                                         

Christmas is no holiday or celebration for those animals held inside Oxford University’s laboratories, it is just another day of imprisonment and suffering.

 

November Demos Roundup

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Posted on Monday November 28, 2011 6:53 pm

                                                                                                              

Despite the chilly weather SPEAK supporters have been out on numerous demos this November protesting against Oxford University’s ongoing use and abuse of animals within its laboratories. This month saw some interesting comments...

Barry Horne Memorial Demo

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Saturday 5 November 2011

Posted on Monday November 07, 2011 11:15 pm

                                                                                                          

SPEAK supporters held a protest and information stall outside the Sheldonion Theatre in Oxford to remember Barry Horne on the 10th anniversary of his death. Barry died from complications from the hunger strikes he went on in prison, which were to highlight the Government’s complicity in vivisection and the way it blatantly went back on it’s pre-election promises.

                                                                                      

The Students Return

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Demo Reports - 13 & 14 October 2011

Posted on Saturday October 15, 2011 9:57 pm

                                                                                                      

This week was the start of the new academic year for those studying at Oxford University, and a chance for SPEAK supporters to  remind the students, both old and new, that animals are being brutalised just metres from where they walk.

Three days of demos...

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22 - 24 September 2011

Posted on Sunday September 25, 2011 11:24 pm

                                                                                                  

SPEAK supporters were out on the streets of Oxford for three days in a row as the usual Thursday demo outside the lab was followed by two days of degree ceremony demos at the Sheldonion Theatre.

                                  

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