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South african activists arrested and shot at
No Justice No Peace - 22.03.2004 12:20
South African activists who were demonstrating peacefully against water-privatisation were arrested (including 6 children) and shot at.
52 MEMBERS OF APF ARRESTED AT CONSTITUTION HILL,INCLUDING 6 CHILDREN
This morning (21 March 2004) 52 members of the Anti-Privatisation Forum, including 6 children, were arrested and charged with participating in an illegal gathering. This includes key members of the APF leadership
such as John Appolis, Chairperson of the APF, and Rob Rees,APF Deputy Secretary. They are currently being transported to Johannesburg Central Police Station for processing. It is outrageous that at the same time that the government celebrates constitutional and human rights, it decides to arrest 52 people who were peacefully gathered outside of Constitution Hill. It seems that today, standing on a public street, is becoming a crime.
The arrest comes after representatives from the APF in Soweto, Vosloorus and Thembelihle, amongst other communities, were forcefully prevented in their communities
from getting onto the buses that would transport them to Constitution Hill for a peaceful demonstration.
Furthermore, APF representatives from Durban Roodepoort Deep, who had gathered at the Workers Library, were forced to give their fingerprints for the police to run them
through their Crime Detection System, despite not having done anything illegal. These representatives were further
prevented from proceeding to Constitutional Hill.
We have just had news (1:30pm) that APF representatives gathered at Hillbrow Police Station were shot at with pumpguns as they tried to follow their comrades to Johannesburg Central Police Station. They were asked to disperse in 3 minutes, one by one, and as they did the police began to
shoot at them. One APF representative was wounded and other reps are in the process of taking him to Johannesburg Hospital.
It is ironic that people's constitutional right to assembly and protest are being violated exactly at the time that the
government celebrates these same rights. The APF strongly condemns this action by the government and will continue its fight for the protection and access to basic
socio-economic and human rights. No one, no matter how powerful, can take away these rights from the majority!
THE STRUGGLE FOR BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
CONTINUES!
For more information look at:
 http://southafrica.indymedia.org/
LATEST OUTRAGE FROM SOUTH AFRICA!
ARRESTS AND POLICE SHOOTINGS FOR PEACEFUL PROTEST AGAINST WATER PRIVATISATION AND IN SUPPORT OF WATER AS A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT!
APARTHEID LIVES! - 'ECONOMIC APARTHEID'!
THANKS TO THE PRO-CORPORATE ANC GOVERNMENT!
THE 'WAR AGAINST TERRORISM' IS REALLY 'WAR AGAINST DEMOCRACY' IN ORDER TO WAGE 'WAR ON THE POOR'!
HUMAN RIGHTS - NOT CORPORATE RIGHTS!
WHOSE SIDE IS THE ANC GOVERNMENT ON IN THIS
STRUGGLE FOR BASIC HUMAN AND CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS?
THE SIDE OF BIG BUSINESS - NOT THE BLACK MAJORITY!
THE FREEDOM SONGS THE ANC GOVERNMENT ARE SINGING ARE FREEDOM FOR THE CORPORATES TO RIP OFF THE BLACK MAJORITY!
IS THIS THE 'NEW' SOUTH AFRICA THAT ANTI-APARTHEID ACTIVISTS ALL OVER THE WORLD HELPED TO FIGHT FOR?
INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY HELPED TO EXPOSE AND
SUPPORT THE STRUGGLE AGAINST 'OLD' APARTHEID, BASED ON RACE.
NOW IS THE TIME FOR INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY TO SUPPORT THE STRUGGLE AGAINST 'ECONOMIC APARTHEID' BASED ON THE RICH MINORITY EXPLOITING THE POOR MAJORITY!
ECONOMIC APARTHEID IS GLOBAL!
SO MUST BE OUR RESISTANCE TO IT!
DROP THE CHARGES AGAINST THE ANTI-WATER
PRIVATISATION ACTIVISTS NOW!
STOP WATER PRIVATISATION AND THE USE OF PRE-PAID WATER METERS!
SUPPORT THE ANTI-PRIVATISATION FORUM IN THEIR BATTLE AGAINST THE WATER MULTINATIONALS AND THE SELLOUT
PRO-CORPORATE ANC GOVERNMENT!
AMANDLA!
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