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Some 300 people at the noborder Camp in Cologne are surrounded, cut off and arrested by police on Saturday, 9th of August 2003. About 30 people were injured when batons were drawn and teargas fired against protesters, who wanted to stop the police entering the camp.
watch Video: http://kanalb.net/spezial-koeln2003/stress.rm
The water was stopped for approximatley 30 minutes whileas temperature were rising to about 40 degrees, the teargas causing more severe burns in warm weather. The telephone and internet connection was also cut twice. Activists are calling for solidarity actions and demonstrations to protest against the police repression.
The police surrounded the noborder camp in Cologne today, to repress an antirascist demonstration against a neonazi march. Imc Germany reports 2500 police surrounding the camp and calling for the protester to go to the exit and disolve the camp after searching and taking pictures and identities of everybody. It is said, that the city administration has also withdrawn its permission for usage of the camp site.
Meanwhile, the latest information 11pm CET, the Police arrested 300 (other say 150) people. There were also refugees and people without papers arrested. The police told before, that 70 percent of the campist@s are criminals.
Supporters of the camp have also gathered outside the camp. First solidarity actions startes in Cologne and some other cities in Germany.
For more information
in German: http://de.indymedia.org/ http://www.nadir.org/ http://at.indymedia.org/index.php3?lang=de http://www.nadir.org/camp03/ -> webjournal: http://public.nadir.org/camp03/public_html/main.php?seite=11&projekt=camp
in English: http://at.indymedia.org/index.php3?lang=en http://indymedia.org.uk/ http://www.noborder.org/
in Italiano: http://italy.indymedia.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=896
Videos: http://kanalb.de/thema.php3?id=44
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