Turchia - Proteste contro il circo Medrano [eng]

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Animal Liberation Initiative and Rhythms of Resistance Istanbul was in
front of Medrano Circus in Istanbul to protest the cruelty and animal
abuse. While the protesters were going in front of the gate of the circus,
the employees attacked to protesters. The protesters who counteracted to
employees, increased the slogans and the rhythms and decided not to go
away from the circus. They continued to expose the cruelty to animals in
circuses.

In the action, the protesters who carried the banner "Animal circuses are
not entertainment, it's cruelty. Human Liberation, Animal Liberation,
Earth Liberation" and black / black-green flags, shouted these slogans:
"Don't go to circuses, block the cruelty", "Close the circuses, release
the animals", "Murderer Medrano, get out the planet", "Direct action to
the cruelty". When the protesters dumped tens of liters red paint for to
draw attention the cruelty and persecution in circuses, the employees of
Medrano attacked to protesters again.The policemen was unresponsive to
this violence as always. A few protesters were pushed in to the circus
area by employees forcibly and they beated the protesters in the circus
area.

The activists read a press relase about the cruelty in circuses.
Furthermore, in the action, a few protesters masqueraded as pregnant for
to protest the policemen attacked to a pregnant student woman and killed
her foetus. They carried a placard: I'm pregnant and on action.

While the press release was reading, a few employees throwed to protesters
red paint by a whisk. The protesters wrote the slogans on the wall of the
circus area, cages and trucks and demolished the pancarte and
advertisements of Medrano circus. After the action, the protesters went to
solidarity with other protesters who sat in for 4 days in front of an
energy company who wants to build a hydro-electric power station in
different villages of Turkey.

Animal Liberation Initiative - Istanbul / Turkey
hayvanozgurluguinisiyatifi@gmail.com

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You can look at the links for details and photos of the actions (Turkish):

Source:
http://internationala.org/index.php/isyan/anarsist-hareket/1663-medrano-sirki-protestosunda-arbede-ve-loc-vadisi-direniiyle-dayanma.html

Photo album:
https://picasaweb.google.com/hayvanozgurluguinisiyatifi/MedranoSirki111210#

The call up of Animal Liberation Initiative (Turkish):
http://www.internationala.org/index.php/isyan/hayvan-kurtulusu/1653-eylem-sirkler-hayvanlar-cin-elence-deil-kencedir.html