G8 Prisoners
Even after the event, 2 summit prisoners are still being detained.
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Red Help Rostock demands to immidiatelly release the last two remaining summit-prisoners, who are still held in custody in Waldeck jail. They were arrested on the big international demonstration at the 2nd of June during the brutal attacks of the police, in which countless protestants were hurt, some severly injured.
They are accused with breaching of the peace and obstructing the police.
One of the prisoners comes from Rostock. He is kept in jail because it is said that taking part in the demonstration at the 2nd of June was a violation of the conditions of his probation. The other prisoner is living in the Netherlands. N.Y. is working at the Institute for International
Culture and Art (VEK-SAV) and board member of the Association of Turkish Workers and Students (TIÖD). In 2002 N.Y. participated in the hungerstrike against isolation prisons and later on fled to the Netherlands. He is an acknowledged political refugee and, traumatized from what he had to experience in Turkish prisons, he had to take an early retirement and
psychological treatment, which has to be continued.
There is no reason to justify further detention of the activists. Doing this it gets clear that the police wants to continue their course of repression and intimidation that we experienced during the days of protest against the G8 summit.
We call all left, progressive forces and organisations to support the prisoners in political and material ways and to do everything in their power to set them free.
Website:
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Agent Provocateur Revealed
The German goverment uses instigators to validate police presenceAt a G8 summit blockade near Bad Doberan, following repeated media warnings, a so-called "agent provocateur" has been unveiled. This violence provoking state employee has sneaked into the peaceful anti-G8 sit-in action and instigated people to violent deeds.
Apparently, various activists have tried to hold back until this unmasked guy, who showed up and let loose his aggressive temper. He urged people around him to use violence. But eventually some protesters identified this man in black with a policeman.
When the news about this man's identity went round, activists literally mobbed him. The agent provocateur was freed by some Legal Team members from the mess he'd got himself into and he was handed over to his police colleagues.
During the clashes between anti-capitalist globalization protesters and police it had already been cried out that violence by state paid agents provocateurs had massively contributed to the escalation of 2nd June in Rostock.
So far, 200 arrests have been made today, of which 60-70 were arrested in a parking lot near the Rostock Laage airport. Two lawyers were not allowed through but, instead, warned that if they came back they would be arrested. At both detention centres in Ulmen and Industriestr., all lawyers were kicked out of the the lawyers room. An alternative media bus from Amsterdam was seized by police and the driver was physically forced to drive the bus. A Stern photographer was arrested for "inciting violence".
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For Global Freedom of Movement
While the rest of the media is focused on the "violence", they did not say that the March for Global Freedom of Movement and Equal Rights was successful and peaceful in spite of the long waiting. The riot police arrived but did not attempt to disrupt the march.
A lot of time spent waiting. Maybe for the police to gear up.
Here we go!
Arrival of riot police.
Blockade.
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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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