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Hamburg ASEM Summit
NN - 29.05.2007 02:04
Press Release 28th May 2007
Massive police presence at demonstration in Hamburg
Pepper spray, kicks and punches
Resistance is large and resolute
6 – 8 000 people were in good spirits as they demonstrated against the
ASEM conference in Hamburg. The demonstration was part of the beginning of
the G8 protests.
After the police changed the registered route, the organizers appealed at
the highest court. There the registered route was partly approved.
The police were clearly nervous. Repeatedly the procession was stopped for
no reason and was provoked by individual police troops. Snatch squads and
other units tried to penetrate the demonstration. This could mostly be
prevented through the linking of arms.
The demonstration was accompanied by a large police cordon. Repeatedly,
police sprayed pepper spray arbitrarily and attacked with kicks and punches.
Even a correspondent of the free radio station Kombinat Hamburg was punched
in the face. One affected demonstrator was told that the reason for the
attack on him was because he took a photo of a police officer.
Due to continuous provocation by the police as well as the altered route
through empty streets, the organizers decided to end the demonstration and
disperse and Roedingsmarkt. Participants then left the rally in small
groups. Following this, a large part of the demonstration was surrounded by
the police. At this time it is still unclear how many people have been
arrested.
The ‘Schutlerblatt’, a part of Hamburg was completely cleared by the
police and currently the police have surrounded by the Convergence Centre
“Flora”. In the vicinity of the Flora people are being stopped and have
to give the police their personal details.
“The police tried to stop the protest by putting conditions on the march,
changing its route and using arbitrary measures”, the participants of the
demonstration explain. This didn’t work. Resistance against the G8 is
large and resolute!”
[Gipfelsoli Infogroup/Media G8way]
Time ticker (english)
 http://de.indymedia.org/2007/05/178833.shtml
Pictures:
http://de.indymedia.org/2007/05/178954.shtml
http://indymedia.nl/nl/2007/05/44884.shtml
http://www1.ndr.de/nachrichten/asem/asembilder2_org-asemindex2.html
Other report:
http://indymedia.nl/nl/2007/05/44880.shtml
http://indymedia.nl/nl/2007/05/44877.shtml
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