More Police Brutality and Renewed Ban
1. A convoy of 35 bicyclists was brutally attacked by riot cops near Rostock today. About 6 police vans followed them. When they left Rostock on the B 105 (the street to Camp Reddelich) the police cars switched on their lights.
The bikers stopped to let drive by the cars. But the cops began to beat them from their driving vans, tried to catch them and threw them from their bikes. They pepper sprayed them from less than one meter into their faces.
2. French Activists denied first aid. A car driven by french activists was involved in an accident on the highway at Rostock-West. The car of the french driver was hit by the car of a woman fallen asleep while driving.
Riot cops deployed from the demo in Rostock - arrived and began to threaten the injured french activists. They called them "dirty G 8 opponenents" and did not give them any first help or medical treatment.
They were brought to hospitals by some vans of the red cross. In one hospital the doctor did not give medical treatment. He said it is because "there´s no social insurance security card". He also stated the injuries were from the riots in Rostock - and not from an accident. A woman was begging him for at least some pain-stopping medicine but the doctor refused.
Finally they got first aid in the Camp Reddelich where they arrived by taxi.
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Renewed ban on Heiligendamm march: protesters angry
Berlin (dpa) – A renewed German ban on protests within seven kilometres of next week’s G8 (Group of Eight) summit at Heiligendamm brought anger Friday from protesters who had hoped to converge on the venue.
“This is a rebuff to the peaceful protests at the G8 and a black day for freedom of assembly,” said lawyer Carsten Gericke, who had represented demonstrators in a lawsuit against the ban.
An administrative tribunal had upheld Thursday evening a ban on unauthorized marches up to a fence of welded steel mesh erected at a two-kilometre radius around the luxury Kempinski beach hotel.
During their convergence march on June 7, the marchers must stay about seven kilometres away on German federal highway 105, judges in the city of Greifswald ruled.
A tribunal spokesman, Eckhard Corsmeyer, said Friday the ruling reflected the venue geography: marching would block the country lanes down to the beach and obstruct fire and police trucks and ambulances if disaster hit.
Gericke said he was studying if there were grounds to appeal urgently to Germany’s federal constitutional court.
Leftists and groups critical of globalization have already been upset by police scrutiny of their movement, heavy policing at pre-G8 marches and this week by Berlin’s refusal to let 20 leftists attend the June 6-8 summit as reporters.
A Federal Press Office spokesman said 4,700 applications for media accreditation were received and 20 denied after vetting by federal police. He did not say why they were seen as security risks.
German journalists’ unions protested, saying the rejections created the impression that critical reporting was unwelcome.
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STOP G8
! YA BASTA! Despite police repression and political propaganda, the summit will face one of the biggest mobilisations ever to shut down the G8.
IMPORTANT
Legal Team Telephone Number
The telephone number of Legal Team during the G8 summit: 0049 - (0)3820 - 4768111
For any legal help during the summit you can contact this number. The lawyers will be informed of your case. Please publicise the number.
Contact Points: The Convergence-Centers in Berlin, Hamburg and Rostock
Latest infos, local maps, legal hints and similar things will be available
To enlarge image, click
here.Protest Line UpFriday 1st June:Temporary re-settlement of the "Bombodrom" - Area
(
Call and infos |
Dissent!)
Saturday 2nd June:
International Demonstration in Rostock (
Call) ::
Stop the nazi demonstration in Schwerin (
Infos) ::
6pm:
Move Against G8 ConcertSunday 3rd June:Action Day on Agriculture (
Dissent!)
Monday 4th June:Action Day on Flight & Migration Morning: Decentralized activities in and around Rostock
1pm: Demonstration to the center of Rostock,
5pm: Concert at the place of the final gathering of the demonstration,
7.30pm: Panel discussion
In general: Activities at refugee camps, deportation authorities, etc.
(
g8-migration.net.tf |
no-racism.net |
No Lager |
Dissent!)
Tuesday 5th June:Action Day against militarism and war
Blockade of the airport Rostock-Laage (Attention: Most likely this will be changed to June 6th, when the state representatives arrive)
(
Call |
Freie Heide)
Wednesday 6th June:
Mass blockades against the G8 Summit (
Call |
Block G8)
Thursday 7th June:Demonstration from Nienhagen, Kühlungsborn, Bad Doberan, Kröpelin
Get There
There are many
buses from several german cities and from Belgium, Austria, and the Netherlands going to Rostock.
(Overview of ALB) Furthermore Attac has organized three
special trains to Rostock. They start in Salzburg (AUT), Basel (CH) and in Bonn (GER).
There are Convergence-Centers in
Berlin and
Hamburg, where you can try to organize your journey to Rostock, moreover people are planning to make car parades to Rostock, Schwerin or Heiligendamm to be more protected against repression.
The
local train operator announced to offer a special Ticket for the time around the summit. It can be used for the public transportation system (2nd to 9th of june, 15 Euros). Tickets can be bought in the ticket selling counters, in regional busses and trains.
Accommodation
The
Camp Working Group is trying to organize accommodation for those who come to protest around Heiligendamm. The actual situation is that there will be three camps, one in
Rostock, one in
Reddelich, and one in
Wichmannsdorf. The camp in Rostock is closer to the activities of the first days, the others are closer to the place where the summit takes place.
Map of camps around Heiligendamm (camping-07.de)The camps have serious financial problems! Please support them with
donations if you can.
Donate
The protests against the g8-summit really cost a lot of money and all sectors rely on donations. For this purpose are numerous possibilities and can be found on the single sites of the sectors. The
Camp and the Independent Media Centre badly need donations.
This will be updated frequently whenever updates are received. STOP G8!
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Raids in Germany for G8 = Aimless?
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Raids against G8 opponents: "Operation Aimless" by Federal Supreme Court prosecutors triggers even more mobilization capacity for G8 protests. Press release by the persons concerned
Yesterday, a nationwide search of left projects and individuals was taking place in Germany. The Federal Supreme Court prosecutor Monika Harms used these searches to criminalize and split the broad resistance against the G8. The raids proved to be a total failure.
The intended intimidation of the left scene and the entire G8 protest movement did not succeed. Yesterday evening, more than 10,000 people in several German and European cities took to the streets to express spontaneously their solidarity. The wave of repression has triggered an even larger mobilization against the G8 summit that will take place from 6-8 of June in Northern Germany.
Comparison of the different raids in 40 places reveals an uncoordinated and aimless operation on the part of the investigation authorities. Some examples: at least two of the accused persons have not been searched at all. Others have been searched carefully, while some just superficially. Some persons have been subjected to lengthy identification procedures and have been forced to make a DNA test, but not all of them.
Many search orders were justified by claims that the authors of the book "Autonome in Bewegung" (English: Autonomous in Movement) are members of a terrorist group. This book, which is already published in its third edition, was used to justify the searches of bookshops, editorials, archives and other left projects. The book is available in any bookshop for €20, and has never previously been an object of criminal prosecution.
The alternative Internet platform "so36.net" was searched as well. Thereby, the complete content of the mailbox of a lawyer and a lawyer's office was confiscated.
The search of another person was motivated by alleged participation in an arson attack on the Dussmann Company. The accused person was observed with Internet surveillance. According to the search order he is accused of having done extensive Internet research about the Dussman Company. This is the only evidence that should prove his participation in the attack.
If this is supposed to be the juridicial practice of the future, the doors are opened for arbitrariness: anyone visiting an Internet portal risks being subjected to criminal prosecution.
Yet another accused person is suspected of participation in an arson attack on the base of being present at a public event.
All accused persons are active in the preparations of the protests against the G8 summit: the preparation of the action day about global agriculture, the day of action about migration, the day of action against militarism, and the blockades of the military airport Rostock Laage, as well as many other planned activities.
"We will mobilize even more now for the protests and we are glad that the Federal Supreme Court prosecutor’s actions gave us additional momentum", the accused persons explained this morning.
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