[Onthebarricades] GERMANY: Rostock G8 protests - police routed after large rally

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NOTE:  As usual, despite the media rhetoric, it is clear that police aggression forced a response from the more militant among the protesters, as the protest had been peaceful as long as police stayed "in the background" (as if the ban on protests in Heiligendamm was not enough of a provocation!).  Police appear to have been routed for long periods before the arrival of reinforcements.  

 

2/6/2007 5:26:43 PM 
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Protesters and police clash after Rostock anti-G8 demo 


By Tom Armitage

ROSTOCK, Germany (Reuters) - German police clashed with hundreds of protesters in the port of Rostock on Saturday following a much larger peaceful demonstration against next week's Group of Eight summit in a nearby Baltic resort.

About 2,000 protesters, identified by police as violent activists, threw bottles, sticks and stones at riot police, who tried to disperse the crowd in the harbour area with water cannons and tear gas.

Reuters witnesses saw dozens of arrests but police declined to comment on numbers.

The violence, which left 146 police officers injured, followed a series of marches through the city in which police said about 25,000 people took part, far fewer than the 100,000 predicted by organisers, who said 80,000 people were present.

"There was a massive outbreak against police officers. Stones were thrown and they used sticks too," said a police spokeswoman. She could not confirm how many were detained.

Earlier, a diverse group of protesters marched through an overcast Rostock with banners with slogans ranging from "Stop Privatisation!", to "World Peace Now!" and "Water Is A Human Right!".

Many wore face masks of U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Both will join German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other G8 leaders in Heiligendamm, around 25 km (16 miles) west of Rostock, next week for talks that will touch on climate change and African poverty.

Individuals in one group were dressed as medieval kings.

"We are trying to show the similarities between the kings of the dark ages and how the Group of Eight behave today," said Sigurd Jakobsen, a Danish student who sailed to Rostock on a boat from Copenhagen.

Church groups, environmental activists, cultural societies and feminists all took part in the demonstrations, joining traditional anti-G8 protesters who say globalisation and capitalism perpetuate poverty in the developing world.

FAR-RIGHT ARRESTS

Most of the peaceful protesters dispersed quickly as a hard core of troublemakers, dressed in black from head to toe, started throwing sticks and stones at police late in the afternoon.

Shopkeepers in the main commercial district of Rostock have taken precautions against vandalism by boarding up storefronts.

Activists blamed police for using heavy-handed tactics which provoked the protesters.

Demonstration organiser, Werner Raetz, had warned earlier that stringent checks could anger protesters.

"What we do fear is the police's actions in the next few days could anger people to the extent that they do things which are not planned," he said before the demonstration.

A 12-km fence has been built around the resort and around 16,000 police officers are on duty this week, Germany's biggest security operation since after World War Two.

About 140 supporters of the far-right National Democrats (NPD) gathered at the landmark Brandenburg Gate in central Berlin after authorities refused permission for a demonstration to go ahead in the northern city of Schwerin.

Police said they arrested about 13 people in Berlin and about 150 more in Schwerin.

Protesters are expected to block roads leading to Heiligendamm during the summit. They may also disrupt the arrival of some delegates with their plan to blockade the nearby military airport at Rostock-Laage early next week.

(Additional reporting by Sabine Siebold and Madeline Chambers in Berlin)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6714429.stm

 

      Riots break out at German rally 
     


            The authorities had warned of the threat of attack by far-left groups
           
      Protesters have clashed with police at a largely peaceful anti-globalisation rally in the German city of Rostock. 

      Rocks, bottles and sticks have been hurled at riot police, who are using tear gas and batons charges to try to disperse the hundreds of rioters. 

      However, the violence only involves a small portion of the estimated 30,000 people police say had joined the rally. 

      They are protesting against next week's G8 summit of leading industrial nations in Heiligendamm, 25km (16 miles) away. 

      More than 160 groups of anti-globalisation activists, left-wing groups, students and anarchists had been taking part in the march. 


           



            Protest in pictures 
           
      Organisers had predicted that 100,000 people would be joining the protest, and though the police estimates of 30,000 are much lower, the BBC's Tristana Moore in Rostock says many more people are still arriving in the city by bus and train. 

      Police say that at least 146 officers have been hurt in the fighting. 

      Masked protesters have broken up paving stones to use as projectiles and overturned and torched several vehicles, spreading a pall of black smoke over the area. 

      "The police were attacked massively from the violent protesters. They threw bottles, fire crackers, rocks and Molotov cocktails," police spokesman Frank Scheulen told the Associated Press. 

      Riot police have responded with tear gas and water cannon in an effort to drive them back. 

      Our correspondent says that although police have been involved in running charges with protesters they are isolated incidents on the fringes of the rally, involving just a fraction of those in attendance. 

      The majority of demonstrators have already passed through the city centre and are gathered near the harbour to enjoy a pop concert, our correspondent says. 

      The challenge for the police now is to contain the violence and ensure it does not reach that concert area, she adds. 

      Organisers at the concert have been making announcements urging people to stay where they are and not venture over to the part of town where the violence is taking place, but, according to our correspondent, many have been leaving to do just that. 

      Here to stay 

      The German authorities had warned in advance that there were serious concerns that far-left groups were planning violent attacks. 

      The authorities said they would react quickly to any trouble and had deployed at least 13,000 police onto the streets. 


           



            Thousands attend UK protest 
           
      Some shops had boarded up their windows as a precautionary measure. 

      Many of the protesters have travelled to Rostock from all over Europe and the majority have made camp by the harbour saying that they will stay put until the G8 summit, which runs from 6-8 June. 

      The activist have pitched their tents in a large field where the main entrance bears the words: "No police and no neo-Nazis." 

      "It's very important people all over the world come and protest against the politics of G8, which actually refer to all people of the world, although they are driven from the high elite in the G8 countries," said one protester. 

      "They actually use citizens of the world and the environment of the world as their playground to achieve more money and power." 
      
      
     

 

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Sunday, June 03, 2007 at 07:25

Subject: /G8-Diplomacy/Demos/
 

Rostock quiet after anti-G8 rally turns violent - 500 injured

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Rostock, Germany (dpa) - German police Sunday counted 433 injured officers and around 60 demonstrators seeking hospital treatment, following an anti-G8 rally in the northern city of Rostock that erupted into a full-scale riot. 
 

Police said 30 of the officers had suffered serious injuries including broken bones, as around 2,000 violent protestors among the estimated 30,000 at the rally tore up paving stones to hurl at police and threw petrol bombs. 

The organizers put the number participating in the rally, under the slogan, "Another World is Possible," at 80,000. The protest was aimed at the G8 summit scheduled to begin Wednesday at the resort of Heiligendamm some 25 kilometres away. 

Both police and organizers said an unprovoked attack on a police vehicle had sparked the violence, but the organizers were critical of subsequent police tactics. 

"The police did not contribute to de-escalation," said Monty Schaedel, spokesman for the Rostock Action Alliance. He called the police response "clumsy and unprofessional." 

The ancient Hanseatic port enjoyed a relatively peaceful night after police re-established order at around nightfall, bringing in reinforcements. Several cars were overturned and burnt out, and shop windows were smashed during Saturday's protest. 

Lorenz Caffier, interior minister for the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, condemned the violence. 

"The image of thousands of peaceful demonstrations was destroyed by 2,000 vicious thugs from the violent political subculture," he said. 

Police were reported to have arrested some 100 demonstrators, holding most of them only until the violence had passed. 

Rostock was hosting another political protest linked to the G8 Sunday, with a rally against gene technology and a march to a local gene research institute.

 

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G-8 protesters clash with German police

By DAVID RISING Associated Press Writer

Article Launched: 06/02/2007 02:07:17 AM PDT

 

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ROSTOCK, Germany- Protesters with black hoods and bandanas covering their faces showered police with rocks and beer bottles Saturday, before the heavily armored officers drove them back with water cannon and tear gas during a rally against an upcoming Group of Eight summit. 

Black smoke from burning cars mingled with the sting of tear gas in the harbor-front area of the northern German town of Rostock, where tens of thousands of people had marched peacefully to a concluding rally. The clashes broke out among hundreds of stone-throwing demonstrators and police on the edges of the crowd as the event neared its end. 

Some 146 police were hurt, 25 of them seriously. Police said they made 17 arrests. 

It was an unruly start to a week of rallies and other expected protests against the three-day G-8 summit beginning Wednesday in the fenced-off coastal resort of Heiligendamm, 14 miles from Rostock. 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will host the leaders of Britain, France, Japan, Italy, Russia, Canada and the U.S. for discussions on global warming, aid to Africa and the global economy. The summit, like past ones, is attracting protesters opposed to capitalism, globalization, the war in Iraq and the G-8 itself. 

Police have surrounded the summit site with a seven-mile-long fence topped with barbed wire, and closed the surrounding waters and 


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airspace, fearing terrorism or disorderly protests like the ones that marred at 2001 summit in Genoa, Italy, where police and protesters clashed for days and one demonstrator was killed. Protests near the fence have been banned. 

In Rostock, the officially permitted demonstration began peacefully Saturday with two groups of marchers gathering at the waterfront. Clashes broke out near the end of the scheduled four-hour rally, as some people pried up paving stones and broke them into smaller pieces. 

Eventually, five large green police trucks with twin water cannons mounted on top moved in to blast the rioters. A police car was destroyed and several parked cars burned, spreading black smoke over the area. Protesters also torched a large blue recycling bin. 

Police spokesman Frank Scheulen estimated the number of violence-minded demonstrators at about 2,000. Police put the size of the demonstration at 25,000, while organizers said it was 80,000. 

Werner Raetz, an anti-globalization activist with Attac, one of the organizing groups, distanced himself from the violence: "There is no justification for these attacks." 

As for the demonstrations planned over the next few days, Raetz said both sides should try to get the "emotional situation" under control. 

There are several camps in the area for protesters, and marches and other events are planned. Some protesters say they intend to try to block roads leading to the summit site. 

Peter Mueller, who was among the demonstrators, had tears streaming from bloodshot eyes after the tear gas was released. "As long as the police were in the background it was OK, but as soon as one took a step closer, it went out of control," he said. 

He shrugged. "What can you do? So ends the peaceful protest." 

The protest was organized by several dozen groups under the motto "another world is possible." 

"The world shaped by the dominance of the G-8 is a world of war, hunger, social divisions, environmental destruction and barriers against migrants and refugees," organizers said in leaflets handed out on the streets. 

On their Web site, organizers emphasized that they wanted a peaceful protest. 

"There is no reason to be afraid to come to the big demonstration in Rostock," they said. "We do not expect major problems with the police." 

Anti-globalization protests have plagued similar summits in recent years, especially meetings of the World Trade Organization. In 1999, 50,000 protesters shut down WTO sessions in Seattle as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets. There were some 600 arrests and $3 million in property damage. 

At subsequent WTO meetings in Cancun, Mexico, and Hong Kong, smaller protests also disrupted meetings.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C06%5C03%5Cstory_3-6-2007_pg4_4

 

Protesters clash with police at anti-G8 demonstration

ROSTOCK: Several hundred protestors taking part in a demonstration against next week's G8 summit hurled Molotov cocktails, bottles and fireworks at police here on Saturday.

The stone-throwing demonstrators, many wearing black masks and hoods, appeared to be from far-left groups, AFP reporters at the scene said.

A police spokesman said: "They were definitely seeking a confrontation with the police."

Police brought the situation in Rostock, a northeastern port near the G8 venue of Heiligendamm, under control.

Eyewitnesses said some demonstrators appeared to have been injured in the clashes.

Earlier Tens of thousands of protestors marched through this northeastern German port to show their opposition to next week's G8 summit of the world's wealthiest nations.

Fears of unrest were heightened when demonstrators at a meeting of European and Asian foreign ministers in the northern city of Hamburg this week clashed with police who used tear gas and batons to disperse the crowd.

The atmosphere in Rostock as the protests started was calm and good-natured, according to police and AFP reporters at the scene.

Protestors carried banners reading: "G8- terrorism, war, climate killer" and "No dialogue with capitalism".

Dirk Mirow, a 37-year-old German taking part in the demonstration, said he was hoping the summit would achieve a major breakthrough on capping greenhouse gases.

"I am here to protest for the climate because I have a two-year-old daughter and I'm wondering what sort of world we are creating for her," he said.

Militant protestors have threatened to block roads around Rostock airport from Wednesday to prevent the leaders and their delegations from reaching the summit venue.

The German authorities have mounted an extensive security operation, with up to 16,000 police on duty.

They fear the protests will be hijacked by militants bent on causing violence and are determined to avoid repeat of the bloody scenes at past G8 meetings, most notably in the Italian city of Genoa in 2001 when a demonstrator was shot dead by police during riots.

A planned march of Germany's biggest neo-Nazi group to coincide with the Rostock demonstration was banned by a court on Saturday because of the risk of violence.

A court in Greifswald said the risks of violence posed by the anti-immigration National Democratic Party (NPD) "could not be managed because of the substantial deployment of security forces for the G8 summit."

A party spokesman said that instead of marching through the eastern city of Schwerin, its members would try to join the Rostock protest.

Police said 25,000 people were taking part in the protest, far fewer than the 100,000 predicted by the organisers, a collection of anti-globalisation and anti-poverty campaigners.

The Rostock demonstration kicks off a week of protests against the three-day summit of the leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States, which starts on Wednesday. Afp

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10658862

G-8 Protests in Germany Turn Violent; Police Hurt

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A hooded demonstrators throws a stone towards German police officers during clashes after a protest march of tens of thousands of people against the upcoming G8 summit in downtown Rostock, northeastern Germany, Saturday, June 2, 2007. The demonstration turned violent when some of the protesters clashed with police officers, throwing stones and flagpoles at officers, a spokeswoman said. Associated Press © 2007 





 



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German riot police clashes with demonstrators in the northern German city of Rostock on Saturday, June 2, 2007. The demonstration by some tens of thousands of people against the upcoming G-8 summit turned violent when some of the protesters clashed with police officers, throwing stones and flagpoles at officers, a spokeswoman said. Associated Press © 2007 



 

ROSTOCK, Germany June 2, 2007, 3:23 p.m. ET · Masked demonstrators showered police with grapefruit-sized rocks and beer bottles, then were driven back with water cannon and tear gas during a protest march Saturday against the upcoming Group of Eight summit in Germany.

The clashes left smoke from burning cars and the sting of tear gas drifting through the harborfront area in the north German port of Rostock. Some 146 police were hurt, 18 of them seriously.

Radicals "are smashing everything in their way to pieces," said Karsten Wolff, a police spokesman. There were no immediate numbers for arrests.

The officially permitted march preceded a three-day summit beginning Wednesday in the seaside resort of Heiligendamm, where German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosts the leaders of the other G-8 nations - Britain, France, Japan, Italy, Russia, Canada and the United States.

The leaders are expected to discuss measures against global warming, the fight against AIDS and poverty in Africa, and the world economy. As in previous years, the summit drew protesters of various stripes opposed to globalization, capitalism and the G-8 itself.

Most marchers were peaceful, but others pried up paving stones and broke them into chunks before charging police. Officers in helmets and full body armor fell back, then charged the demonstrators.

Five large green police trucks with twin water cannons mounted on top blasted groups of rioters. A police car was destroyed and several parked cars burned, spreading black smoke over the area.

Protesters torched a large blue recycling bin.

Police spokesman Frank Scheulen estimated the number of violence-minded demonstrators at about 2,000. Police put the size of the demonstration at 25,000, while organizers said it was 80,000.

Peter Mueller, who was among the demonstrators, had tears streaming from bloodshot eyes after the tear gas was released. "As long as the police were in the background it was OK, but as soon as one took a step closer, it went out of control," he said.

He shrugged. "What can you do? So ends the peaceful protest."

At one point, a line of police marched through a harborside street to scatter demonstrators, and were pelted with stones from behind. One of the organizers pleaded for calm from a loudspeaker.

"The police are heading back so we can hold our protest in peace, that is what we want," he said.

The march began without violence, and most of the demonstrators remained peaceful, gathering to listen to speeches from a stage in a large square near the waterfront.

But some taunted members of the 13,000-strong police detachment from around Germany, and several hundred wore bandanas across their faces with sweat shirt hoods pulled down low to obscure their identities.

The protesters from around Europe and the world gathered at two locations early in the day for rallies, then marched in two groups along three-mile routes to converge on the harbor for the main demonstration.

Police lined the path through the city, and helicopters flew overhead. Most shops and cafes were shuttered.

The protest was organized by several dozen groups under the motto "another world is possible."

"The world shaped by the dominance of the G-8 is a world of war, hunger, social divisions, environmental destruction and barriers against migrants and refugees," organizers said in leaflets handed out on the streets. "We want to protest against this and show the alternatives."

Dozens of different groups, including communists, anarchists and environmentalists, were taking part and messages were mixed: Some urged action from the G-8 countries in the fight against HIV/AIDS, African poverty and climate change, while others questioned the legitimacy of the G-8 meeting itself.

Kay Stenzel woke at 3 a.m. to drive in from the eastern city of Bautzen with four friends to voice their discontent with the G-8 leaders.

"They want to impose their wills upon the poor nations," he said, waving a red flag emblazoned with a black cat - an animal he chose because it was "unruly."

On their Web site, organizers emphasized that they wanted a peaceful protest.

"There is no reason to be afraid to come to the big demonstration in Rostock," they said. "We do not expect major problems with the police."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/06/02/international/i071217D44.DTL

Crowd, Police Clash at Protest of G-8

By DAVID RISING, Associated Press Writer

Saturday, June 2, 2007

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(06-02) 08:38 PDT ROSTOCK, Germany (AP) -- 

Masked demonstrators hurled stones and flagpoles at police during a demonstration Saturday by tens of thousands of people against the upcoming Group of Eight summit in Germany, engulfing the harbor of this northern port city in chaos.

Officers in helmets and body armor at one point briefly retreated before a hail of stones, while other officers chased down fleeing protesters at the rally in Rostock in northern Germany.

Police marched in a line through a harborside street to scatter demonstrators, and were pelted with stones from behind. One of the organizers pleaded for calm from a loudspeaker: "The police are heading back so we can hold our protest in peace, that is what we want."

Cordula Feitchinger, a police spokeswoman, said one officer was slightly injured. She had no immediate total for arrests.

"There are massive assaults on police officers at the city's harbor right now," police spokeswoman Cordula Feichtinger said. "The situation is currently very chaotic and we have to get it under control before I can tell you how many people have been arrested."

Feichtinger said one police officer was slightly injured but remained on duty.

The officially permitted march took place before the three-day summit beginning Wednesday where German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosts the leaders of the other G-8 nations - Britain, France, Japan, Italy, Russia, Canada and the United States. The leaders are expected to discuss measures against global warming, the fight against AIDS and poverty in Africa, and the world economy.

Earlier, a group of protesters attacked the hotel where an American delegation was supposed to stay during the G-8 summit this week, and some demonstrators also battered police cars with rocks, bottles and paint bombs, authorities said.

Police put the size of the demonstration at 25,000; organizers said it was 80,000.

The march began without violence, and most of the demonstrators remained peaceful.

But some demonstrators taunted members of the 13,000-strong police detachment from around Germany, and several hundred wore bandanas across their faces with sweat shirt hoods pulled down low to obscure their identities. They pulled up paving stones to hurl at police.

The protesters from around Europe and the world gathered at two locations early in the day for rallies, then marched in two groups along three-mile routes to converge on the harbor for the main demonstration - the biggest so far against the June 6-8 summit in the northern resort town of Heiligendamm.

Police with body armor and riot helmets lined the path through the city, and helicopters swirled overhead.

The protest was organized by several dozen groups under the motto "another world is possible."

"The world shaped by the dominance of the G-8 is a world of war, hunger, social divisions, environmental destruction and barriers against migrants and refugees," organizers said in leaflets handed out on the streets. "We want to protest against this and show the alternatives."

Dozens of different groups, including communists, anarchists and environmentalists, were taking part and messages were mixed: Some urged action from the G-8 countries in the fight against HIV/AIDS, African poverty and climate change, while others questioned the legitimacy of the existence of the G-8 itself.

Kay Stenzel woke at 3 a.m. to drive in from the eastern city of Bautzen with four friends to voice their discontent with the G-8 leaders.

"They want to impose their wills upon the poor nations," he said, waving a red flag emblazoned with a black cat - an animal he chose because it was "unruly."

On their Web site, organizers emphasized that they wanted a peaceful protest. They added, however: "This may be different with the actions following later in the week of protest."

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ROSTOCK, Germany - Protesters with black hoods and bandanas covering their faces showered police with rocks and beer bottles Saturday, before the heavily armored officers drove them back with water cannon and tear gas during a rally against an upcoming Group of Eight summit.

Black smoke from burning cars mingled with the sting of tear gas in the harbor-front area of the northern German town of Rostock, where tens of thousands of people had marched peacefully to a concluding rally. The clashes broke out among hundreds of stone-throwing demonstrators and police on the edges of the crowd as the event neared its end.

Some 146 police were hurt, 25 of them seriously. Police said they made 17 arrests.

It was an unruly start to a week of rallies and other expected protests against the three-day G-8 summit beginning Wednesday in the fenced-off coastal resort of Heiligendamm, 14 miles from Rostock.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will host the leaders of Britain, France, Japan, Italy, Russia, Canada and the U.S. for discussions on global warming, aid to Africa and the global economy. The summit, like past ones, is attracting protesters opposed to capitalism, globalization, the war in Iraq and the G-8 itself.

Police have surrounded the summit site with a seven-mile-long fence topped with barbed wire, and closed the surrounding waters and airspace, fearing terrorism or disorderly protests like the ones that marred at 2001 summit in Genoa, Italy, where police and protesters clashed for days and one demonstrator was killed. Protests near the fence have been banned.

In Rostock, the officially permitted demonstration began peacefully Saturday with two groups of marchers gathering at the waterfront. Clashes broke out near the end of the scheduled four-hour rally, as some people pried up paving stones and broke them into smaller pieces.

Eventually, five large green police trucks with twin water cannons mounted on top moved in to blast the rioters. A police car was destroyed and several parked cars burned, spreading black smoke over the area. Protesters also torched a large blue recycling bin.

Police spokesman Frank Scheulen estimated the number of violence-minded demonstrators at about 2,000. Police put the size of the demonstration at 25,000, while organizers said it was 80,000.

Werner Raetz, an anti-globalization activist with Attac, one of the organizing groups, distanced himself from the violence: "There is no justification for these attacks."

As for the demonstrations planned over the next few days, Raetz said both sides should try to get the "emotional situation" under control.

There are several camps in the area for protesters, and marches and other events are planned. Some protesters say they intend to try to block roads leading to the summit site.

Peter Mueller, who was among the demonstrators, had tears streaming from bloodshot eyes after the tear gas was released. "As long as the police were in the background it was OK, but as soon as one took a step closer, it went out of control," he said.

He shrugged. "What can you do? So ends the peaceful protest."

The protest was organized by several dozen groups under the motto "another world is possible."

"The world shaped by the dominance of the G-8 is a world of war, hunger, social divisions, environmental destruction and barriers against migrants and refugees," organizers said in leaflets handed out on the streets.

On their Web site, organizers emphasized that they wanted a peaceful protest.

"There is no reason to be afraid to come to the big demonstration in Rostock," they said. "We do not expect major problems with the police."

Anti-globalization protests have plagued similar summits in recent years, especially meetings of the World Trade Organization. In 1999, 50,000 protesters shut down WTO sessions in Seattle as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets. There were some 600 arrests and $3 million in property damage.

At subsequent WTO meetings in Cancun, Mexico, and Hong Kong, smaller protests also disrupted meetings.

http://www.eitb24.com/new/en/B24_51462/world-news/GERMANY-Violent-clashes-at-Rostock-anti-G8-demo/

Violent clashes at Rostock anti-G8 demo

06/02/2007 

A group of around 500 demonstrators set upon police near the harbour after a series of marches through the city in which police said 25,000 people took part. Organisers said that 80,000 people were present.



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Protesters threw stones and bottles and attacked police officers with sticks in the German port of Rostock on Saturday after a largely peaceful demonstration against next week's Group of Eight summit.

A group of around 500 demonstrators set upon police near the harbour after a series of marches through the city in which police said 25,000 people took part. Police officers used tear gas and arrested a number of people, Reuters witnesses said.

"There was a massive outbreak against police officers. Stones were thrown and they used sticks too," said a police spokeswoman. She could not confirm how many were detained.

Details of injuries were sketchy but one police officer suffered a broken arm. Organisers said that 80,000 people were present.

Demonstrators gathered in the Baltic port city to protest against the G8 summit in Heiligendamm on June 6-8, where Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel will host world leaders for talks on climate change and African poverty.

Earlier, a diverse group of protesters marched through Rostock on a cold, overcast day to the harbour where they were gathering for speeches and a music concert later in the day.

Their anti-G8 slogans ranged from "Stop Privatisation!", to "World Peace Now!" and "Water Is A Human Right!". Many wore face masks of U.S. President George W. Bush andRussian President Vladimir Putin. Both will be guests of Merkel in nearby Heiligendamm, around 25 km west of Rostock.

Individuals in one group were dressed as medieval kings. "We are trying to show the similarities between the kings of the dark ages and how the Group of Eight behave today," said Sigurd Jakobsen, a Danish student who sailed to Rostock on a boat from Copenhagen.

Ships decked out with Greenpeace banners sat in the harbour and floats drove through the streets, including one with a giant inflatable pill calling for medicines for all and another featuring models of starving children.

Church groups, environmental activists, cultural societies and feminists all took part in the demonstrations, joining traditional anti-G8 protesters who say globalisation and capitalism perpetuate poverty in the developing world.

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      Violent clashes at G8 demo in Germany
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      ROSTOCK, Germany (AFP)


      More than 140 police were injured in violent clashes with Molotov cocktail-throwing protestors here on Saturday at a demonstration ahead of next week's G8 summit.

      Riots broke out as tens of thousands of people marched through this northeastern German port, 25 kilometres (15 miles) from the Baltic resort of Heiligendamm, where the leaders of the world's richest nations will begin a three-day meeting on Wednesday.

      Several hundred demonstrators from a group of about 2,000 wearing black masks and hoods hurled Molotov cocktails, stones and bottles at police and several cars were set on fire or overturned.

      Police used water cannons in an attempt to disperse the troublemakers, who were believed to be from a far-left group.

      Some 25 police had serious injuries, a spokeswoman said, while 78 protesters had been arrested. A total of 146 officers were hurt, according to the spokeswoman.

      It remained unclear at 2000 GMT how many protesters were injured.

      The violence only involved a small percentage of the 20,000 people that took part in the march, according to police figures. The organisers of the march -- a collection of anti-globalisation and anti-poverty groups -- claimed 80,000 people had taken part. Police put the figure at 30,000.

      Werner Ratz of the ATTAC anti-globalisation organisation said clashes began when the group of violent protesters threw rocks at a police vehicle with an officer inside.

      Police then sent in two anti-riot squads to rescue the officer, which led to clashes, he said.

      "There is no justification for such violence against people and we formally distance ourselves from it," Ratz said. 

      The clashes bore out fears expressed by German authorities that left-wing militants would cause unrest during protests against the summit.

      Another organiser of peaceful protesters lamented that it could be difficult to restore calm.

      "Unfortunately, it is more difficult to calm the situation than it is to enflame it," Manfred Stenner said.

      Demonstrations at past G8 summits have been scarred by violence, most notoriously in the Italian city of Genoa in 2001 when a demonstrator was shot dead by police during riots.

      The Rostock march was the biggest event of a week of demonstrations against the meeting of the leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States.

      The march had begun in a peaceful atmosphere.

      Protestors carried banners reading: "G8 = terrorism, war, climate killer" and "Make Capitalism History."

      Others called for the world's most industialised nations to fulfill their pledges to increase aid to Africa.

      Dirk Mirow, a 37-year-old German taking part in the march, said he was hoping the summit would achieve a major breakthrough on capping greenhouse gases.

      "I am here to protest for the climate because I have a two-year-old daughter and I'm wondering what sort of world we are creating for her," he said.

      More protests are planned in the coming days, with militants threatening to block roads around Rostock airport from Wednesday to prevent the leaders and their delegations from reaching the summit venue.

      German authorities have mounted an extensive security operation, with up to 16,000 police on duty.

      A planned march of Germany's biggest neo-Nazi group to coincide with the Rostock demonstration was banned by a court on Saturday because of the risk of violence.

      As is now customary for G8 summits, the luxury beachfront hotel on the Baltic coast where US President George W. Bush and his counterparts will hold talks is surrounded by a heavily guarded fence topped with barbed wire.

      An underwater barrier has been erected to prevent ships approaching the hotel.

      Climate change and aid to Africa are expected to be the main themes of the meeting.
     

http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20070602105433899

      Saturday, June 02 2007 @ 11:53 PM PDT
     

 



      Violence at G8 protest in Germany    
     
            Saturday, June 02 2007 @ 10:54 AM PDT
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            Clashes have left at least 150 police officers injured after thousands of people marched through the northern German port city of Rostock on Saturday to protest against the forthcoming Group of Eight meeting of industrialised powers.

            The summit will be hosted by Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, in Heiligendamm, 25km west of Rostock.


            Some covered their heads and faces with black hoods, sunglasses and scarves, while others chanted protest slogans through megaphones, blowing whistles and waving flags.

            Groups of protesters attacked police cars with rocks, bottles and paint bombs, authorities said.
            They said a hotel where a US delegation is supposed to stay during the G8 summit was also attacked.

            Rocks and broken beer bottles lay on the ground in front of a bank building where protesters smashed half a dozen windows.

            Most stores along the route had boarded up there windows before the protests - with the exception of sausage stands and other fast food restaurants.

            Riot police deployed

            Around 13,000 police were on hand, and authorities said about 30,000 protesters had come for the daylong demonstration under the motto "another world is possible".

            Riot police had been deployed in advance and officers videotaped the demonstration.

            Police helicopters hovered overhead as demonstrators marched behind a truck blowing out soap bubbles and carrying a rock band that played anti-globalisation songs like "Block G8".

            Dozens of different groups, including communists, anarchists and environmentalists, took part and messages were mixed: Some urged action from the G8 countries in the fight against HIV/Aids, African poverty and climate change, while others questioned the legitimacy of the existence of the G8 itself.

            "The world shaped by the dominance of the G8 is a world of war, hunger, social divisions, environmental destruction and barriers against migrants and refugees," organisers said in leaflets handed out on the streets.

            "We want to protest against this and show the alternatives." 

            High alert

            A 12km security fence has been built around the resort where for the June 6-8 talks about climate change, aid and financial markets.

            Eager to avert the violence that has accompanied past G8 summits, German leaders have issued pleas for peaceful demonstrations.

            In 2001, a demonstrator was shot by police at a G8 meeting in Genoa. Since then, G8 summits have been surrounded by heavy security.

            About 16,000 police officers are on duty in the week leading up to the meeting, Germany's biggest security operation since after World War II.

            Roadblocks expected

            Protesters are expected to block roads leading to the leaders' summit.

            They may also disrupt the arrival of delegates with their plan to blockade the nearby military airport at Rostock-Laage early next week.

            Trouble may also flare after authorities refused permission for a demonstration by the far-right National Democrats (NPD) to go ahead in nearby Schwerin.

            Organisers of the main anti-G8 demonstrations expressed concern that protesters who had planned to take part in the Schwerin rally might descend on Rostock instead.
           

     

http://www.echoroukonline.com/english/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6426

G8: violent day in Germany
on Saturday, June 02 @ 19:00:00 CDT

Germany which used to be a calm country used to discipline has been struck by violent protests when German police clashed with hundreds of protesters in the port of Rostock yesterday following a much larger peaceful demonstration against next week's Group of Eight summit in a nearby Baltic resort.

About 2,000 protesters, identified by police as violent activists, threw bottles, sticks and stones at riot police, who tried to disperse the crowd in the harbour area with water cannons and tear gas. The violence, which left 146 police officers injured, followed a series of marches through the city in which police said about 25,000 people took part, far fewer than the 100,000 predicted by organizers, who said 80,000 people were present. 

"There was a massive outbreak against police officers. Stones were thrown and they used sticks too," said a police spokeswoman. She could not confirm how many were detained. 

Earlier, a diverse group of protesters marched through an overcast Rostock with banners with slogans ranging from "Stop Privatization!", to "World Peace Now!" and "Water Is A Human Right!". Many wore face masks of U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Both will join German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other G8 leaders in Heiligendamm, around 25 km (16 miles) west of Rostock, next week for talks that will touch on climate change and African poverty. 

Reuters/Newsroom

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/06/372159.html

Pictures of Rostock Demo and Convergence Centre 
ab | 02.06.2007 19:47 | G8 Germany 2007 | Globalisation | Social Struggles | Scotland | World 

Short report since the arrival. 



 

We arrived at midnight yesterday (well Friday) and after a pleasant arrival at the Independent Media Centre in pretty central located Friedrichstrasse we went to the convergence centre in Evershagen to crash out for the night. It was pretty crowded and hard to find a space to put down our sleeping bags. 
We woke up early in the morning - at about 7 am - and were shocked to find the police already totally blocking access to the city centre but for pedestrians and cyclists. 

After we made our way to the campsite, we were pleasantly surprised with the camp, which is also at least today in danger of being overcrowded and is very well situated in walking distance of a train station and the city centre and the IMC and not too far from the convergence centre. 
There is no running water, though, but otherwise it is a nice place to hang out at and people have spared no efforts to make it as comfy and friendly and welcoming as possible. It is also a self-organised space, too. 

We pitched our tent up and went to the mass demonstration. The whole trainstation was overcrowded, because the idiot of an architect put only very small doors into the brandnew building. There were huge masses of people and some nice talks and speeches from the stage, most of them in German though, but they stressed the feeling of unity amongst the protesters who the interior minister had tried to seperate into non-violent and violent, but the liberals and everybody worked hard and really well together to put a stop to his intentions of getting the different groups conveniently fighting each other instead of focussing on the issues and the US government climate bullshit. Luckily enough the activist scene here in Germany is too clever and too well educated to fall into this trap. 

Anyways lots of groups with lots of tactics and approaches. We were hanging out a little bit at the anticapitalist block, which had the best music. But then the cops narrowed the route down to one lane and so we got hold up a little bit and somehow ended up far behind at the attac block, and then apparantly at the harbour there was something happening but dont ask me what when and why, but found myself at one time in between police and stonethrowing protesters. Luckily someone pulled me in a bush and the tree protected us from any stones, but we did a quick run out of it during some break. We had some food then, the price of which was quite affordable, and listened a bit to the music, which was interrupted from time to time to try to get police and stone-throwing protesters agreeing to a peace treaty. 

We went off then after meeting some friends and socialising to go in search for a nice toilet and missed the rest of the afternoon entertainment. Unfortunately my camera is not that suitable for fast actions, because the shutter takes about several seconds before actually taking the picture, so I gave documenting the rest of the rally a miss. 

ab 

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03.06.2007
  a.. 01:50: 
  Rostock: After being kettled for a short while, people have been released and are heading back home.
  b.. 01:35: 
  Rostock: Cops are chasing people down the streets. They have also broken into the place where the music was coming from, Anker. They are trying to shove people to Doberaner Platz at the end of the road.
  c.. 01:15: 
  Rostock: A Reclaim The Streets party in Doberaner Str., which was so far going nicely, is being violently repressed by police at the moment. 5 police units in riot gear arrived and stopped the party very violently for no apparent reason, beating the 500 or so party goers with batons.
02.06.2007
  a.. 21:50: 
  Camp Rostock: Police are said to be retreating now.
  b.. 21:15: 
  Camp Rostock: About 30-40 cops, 4 or 5 water cannons and one sweeping tank outside the camp, but no violent confrontations at the moment.
  c.. 20:45: 
  Camp Rostock: About 200 people from Camp Rostock wanted to go and hold a solidarity protest at the prison where the people who were arrested earlier today are held. However, they were confronted with police and water cannons a few hundred meters outside the camp.
  d.. 20:00: 
  Rostock: According to the Legal Teams, at least 100 were detained on the Rostock demo today.
  e.. 20:00: 
  Schwerin: According to the Legal Teams, as of 6:00pm over100 nicked at the Schwerin central train station were still detained without being charged. More recent reports, however, say most of them have been released now.
  f.. 19:35: 
  The concert organisers want to continue with the concert anyway. The situation is calm now.
  g.. 19:20: 
  Irie Révoltés are playing now. People are dancing the police out of the place.
  h.. 18:45: 
  The concert is interrupted again.
  i.. 18:40: 
  The concert resumes. A lot of arrests and water cannons in action.
  j.. 18:25: 
  A cloud of tear gas could still be seen in the harbour area. Two water cannons are still there but not in action. Snatch squads are trying single out people from the crowd or leaving groups to arrest them. Accesses and exits from the harbour area are only from the front and back, but not the lanes to the city centre any more.
  k.. 18:15: 
  The situation calms down somewhat. There are bigger groups of people in front of the stage and towards the Speicher. In between, police and water cannons. All roads to the city centre are closed in both directions. Polices forces from several federal states as well as the federal police are involved.
  l.. 18:05: 
  The concert has stopped.
  m.. 18:00: 
  Police are using 5 water cannons in the festival area, and three additional ones in the streets, to extinguish on a burning car and burning barricades (made of garbage containers). A bigger group of people is being pushed away in the direction of the Speicher. The concert on the stage goes on an audience of several thousands.
  n.. 17:45: 
  Rostock: The demo organisers say some 80.000 people took part in the international demo today.
  o.. 17:30: 
  A water cannon and tear gas are being used by cops against the remaining demonstrators at the only exit from the rally area, so people are not able to leave although the speeches and music have stopped.
  p.. 17:30: 
  Snatch squads in black gear with dogs were seen in Rostock shopping centre following a group of demonstrators who dispersed into the inner city. A 'check point' and stop-and-searches on Rosa Luxemburg St. and other main streets.
  q.. 16:40: 
  Police are withdrawing from the harbour area and water cannons are being taken away too.
  r.. 16:15: 
  Some 20 cops were seen at the Bramow train station, near Camp Rostock, and more police cars driving in that direction, presumably to conduct controls or arrest demonstrators coming back from the Rostock demo.
  s.. 16:10: 
  Rostock: Riot police units have charged into the crowd near the stage again and are now surrounded by people. Sticks and stones are been thrown at them.
  t.. 15:40: 
  Rostock: The situation seems to be calming down a little. There was an announcement from the stage that the music will be stopped until the police retreat and police have allegedly said they will.
  u.. 15:30: 
  Rostock: Police have retreated to the edge of the harbour along the trees line, but are still 'charging' into the crowd every now and then on that side of the demo. Several more people have been arrested and more injuries.
  v.. 15:20: 
  Rostock: An ambulance was seen taking someone with injuries. Several injuries have been reported but no details yet. It is not only the so-called Black Bloc that is being attacked but also other 'normal' protesters.
  w.. 15:10: 
  Rostock: A group of 40-50 riot cops, who had charged into the demonstrators, were surrounded by people putting their hands up peacefully, while pushing towards them, until they drove them out of the crowd, but then the cops turned around and started hitting with their batons again. This hands-up pushing was repeated again a while later.
  x.. 15:00: 
  Rostock: Confrontations have kicked off on the Rostock march as it arrived in Am Strande street by the Harbour, where the concert is supposed to be held. Blocs of riot police rushed into the crowd for no apparent reason and split the mass into two parts, hitting people randomly. Some demonstrators reacted back by throwing stick and stones. At least 5 injuries and over 10 arrests have been witnessed so far.
  y.. 14:15: 
  Schwerin: The first bus of people who were arrested at the central train station has arrived at a 'detention place' in Graf-Yorck Street. The second bus, which has 6-7 minors aboard, has just left the station.
  z.. 13:45: 
  Rostock: Demonstrators at the Rostock central station are still preparing to march and will continue to do so for at least another 20 minutes. There are about 40 big puppets and two samba bands at the front of the march. A black bloc of several thousand people are on the march too. It was announced from the rally stage a while ago that Nazis are heading towards Rostock but not to worry.
  aa.. 13:15: 
  Rostock: The big demo has started to march from the Rostock central train station.
  ab.. 13:05: 
  Shwerin: The 150 or so Antifa activists penned in at the Schwerin train station are all being arrested right now. So far 30-40 have been put on a green police coach as well as a public transport bus commandeered by police. There are approximately 100 left in the pen in the process of being arrested and their personal details taken. Legal observers are also trying to get people's names through the windows. While being walked to the buses through a corridor formed by police vans, arrestees are being interviewed by mainstream media.
  ac.. 12:30: 
  Rostock: The demo coordination group said that all buses carrying protesters have arrived in Rostock without any police controls.
  ad.. 12:20: 
  The National Democratic Party (neo-Nazis) are demonstrating at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. There are some 200 Nazis in Güstrow. Another 5 buses of Nazis are on their way to Berlin.
  ae.. 11:50: 
  Schwerin: Police have cleared the square outside the train station and cordoned it off. A water canon has been brought in. Antifas are still inside the pen and it looks like they might be arrested soon (police have put helmets on etc.). There are some legal observers and mainstream media.
  af.. 11:00: 
  Some 100 Antifa activists are penned in by police at the main train station, while a helicopter is hovering overhead. The city looks deserted and there are anti-Nazi signs (a Swastika in a red rubbish bin) all over the place.
  ag.. 10:50: 
  Schwerin: Cars driving into the city are being stopped by police and people asked whether they are going to the demonstration. There are some 100 Antifa activists at the central train station at the moment waiting for the court decision.
  ah.. 09:00: 
  Bombodrom: The Bombodrom action has successfully finished this morning. Everyone has now left the 'settlement' area and most people headed back to Rostock. No repression by military police was reported.
  ai.. 09:00: 
  The Nazi demonstration and the antifascist counter-demonstrations today in Schwerin have been banned again. People turning up for the latter are being turned away by police at the starting point and handed legal warnings that they would be arrested if they returned. Police have also set up check points outside Schwerin to prevent cars from driving into the city. There are, however, two other registered rallies organised by other parties in other parts of the city and people can go there. A Supreme Court decision is expected at around 10am today.
  aj.. 02:00: 
  There will be a new radio frequency in and around Rostock during the next days on 87.9 MHz.
  ak.. 01:15: 
  On Friday evening, police forces were spotted behind Evershagen and also in Bad Doberan welding shut pothole lids.
  al.. 01:10: 
  Around 10 cops in riot gear rode on along the last train from Schwerin and controlled the identification papers of some of the 50 passengers throughout the trip. At the Rostock train station they were controlled by other cops again and, in some cases, backpacks were also searched. The personal data of the people checked was sent by radio to the police headquarters. The train eventually arrived at 1:05am.
01.06.2007
  a.. 23:55: 
  Camp Rostock: Internet (wireless) connection is up and running since 18:30 all over the camp. Cables are being set up at the moment. The Indymedia tent should be ready tomorrow.
  b.. 23:40: 
  Camp Reddelich: The Internet connection is working now and a public access tent with 10 computers has been set up. Computers are being used heavily by campers just a few minutes after they went online. There is also a public wireless network and the telephone is working too. Radio and video activists have already started action.
  c.. 21:30: 
  One of two buses coming form the Netherlands was pulled over by the police soon after crossing the border at around 14.00. In total, 4 cops came on board the bus and two searched through everyone's bags. They also took the passports and ID's of all passengers and scanned them in. They looked through all other bags stored in the bus but didn't search too closely. People were asked whether they had any banners or signs on them as well as where they were going to. Later on in the evening, the other (media) bus was pulled over between Reddelich and Rostock and was searched and prevented from going any further.
  d.. 18:30: 
  Many shops in Rostock have boarded up their fronts for fear of 'vandalism' after the police advised them to do so [pics].
  e.. 18:15: 
  From now till 10pm, there will be an info point at the southern exit of the Rostock central station. There will also be a 'registered rally' some 300m to the south of station. They have a tent and people can get hot drinks there up till tomorrow evening.
  f.. 18:10: 
  The cops have stopped being aggressive and retreated so the setting up of the info point is resumed.
  g.. 18:00: 
  The police hinders the setting up of the info point on E. Schlesinger St. (to the south of Rostock central station), a previously approved 'long-term rally'. The organisers are negotiating with the police at the moment.
  h.. 17:15: 
  The Bike Caravans against the G8, from the East and West, have all arrived in Bombodrom to join the anti-militarism action. They will continue towards Rostock tomorrow, then some will head towards Heiligendamm.
  i.. 16:30: 
  Bombodrom: A second 'settlement' has been set up, with some 100 people. The first has over 500. Both are around a conning tower. There is no immediate military police presence and normal cops are not allowed there as it is a military site. People are setting up tents now and there is a plenary meeting soon.
  j.. 15:30: 
  Police are reportedly controlling cars on the B105 road entering Rostock from the East, just before the city highway.
  k.. 15:20: 
  Approximately 250 people have started to 'settle' in the Bombodrom area. The second demo is still on its way. A conning tower is being painted with pink and pink pyramids are being deposited (background: this happened once before and the army hates pink so much that they destroyed it when they couldn't get the paint off). Many banners can be seen, the atmosphere is relaxed, and the Clowns Army are watching over the pyramids.
  l.. 14:30: 
  Police are randomly checking rucksacks at Rostock train station.
  m.. 13:00: 
  The anti-militarism actions in Bombodrom have just started. Around 13:00 the rally in Schweinrich began with some 500 people. Another rally is taking place in Neu-Lutherow. At approximately 14:30pm people from both places will join to march to the Bombodrom area to 'settle' there. At the moment a group called 'Lebenslaute' are playing classical music in Schweinrich. Some 60 people use classical music to do actions (they have marched and trampled across a GMO field in the past). Their slogan today is "G Major Not G8".
  n.. 11:00: 
  For the second time in two weeks, the Kavala (a special police coordination unit during the G8 protests) did not turn up for a scheduled meeting with the Camps organising group. Another attempt to talk to the police failed this morning. The meeting was supposed to discuss the police behaviour in relation to hindering the setting up efforts. Two weeks ago, the Kavala did not turn up for another scheduled meeting. A Camps spokesperson considered this a "sabotage of their efforts to negotiate with the police". "In such conditions, negotiations don't make any sense," he added. 
  The setting up of the camps is being subjected to ongoing controls. The camps working group blamed police for this and considered it "an escalation by the police." It is also becoming clear that the three camp sites will not be sufficient for the protesters expected to come.
  o.. 09:00: 
  The Federal Police have agreed on a "compromise" to have only two 'communication managers' in plain cloths on each of Attac's special trains carrying protesters to Rostock on June 2nd. Previously, the condition was to have 15 cops on each train.
31.05.2007
  a.. 20:30: 
  The highest court in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has overruled the previous court decision and decided that a general demonstration ban on June 7th did not violate the constitutional rights of protesters. A general injunction over a 40 square kilometre area had been designated by police as a demonstration-free zone due to a "state of emergency". So the so-called Star March on June 7th , which was intending to go all the way to the Kempinski hotel, will now be confined to the B105 road. [press release (de)]
  b.. 18:00: 
  The Nazi demo and the anti-fascist counter-demo, planned for June 2nd in Shwerin, have been allowed by a court to take place, after having been banned by the police. The Nazi demo now has a new route in the southern part of the city but they have also registered another demonstration in Ludwigslust (30km south of Schwerin).
  c.. 18:00: 
  The Federal Police is planning to have 15 cops on each of the 3 Attac trains carrying demonstrators to Rostock. Attac and the coalition organising the international demo in Rostock on June 2nd are currently 'protesting' against this. [press release (de)]
  d.. 13:00: 
  After a counter-recruitment protest was announced and publicised, the army has cancelled a planned recruitment event at the Job Centre in Rostock today.
  e.. 11:00: 
  Activists from the German Peace Society - United War Opponents did a banner-drop this morning at the Rostock offices of EADS, a large European company that manufactures military aircraft and weapons. The action, which lasted for about an hour (10-11am), was against armament and arms exports. [report (de) | pics]
30.05.2007
  a.. 12:15: 
  Four Robin Wood activists 'blocked' two roads leading to Heiligendamm, in Bad Doberan and Hinter Bollhagen, around mid-day to protest against the G8 protest bans. The environmental activists hang two huge banners about the general ban across the roads using 'rope bridges' (press release).
29.05.2007
  a.. 23:00: 
  A caravan carrying equipment and stuff from Wendland to build the Wichmannsdorf camp was stopped around 4:30 today by 100 or so policemen who were apparently waiting for them some 5km before Neubukow. After the 14 trucks refused to be searched without being given a convincing reason, police said they were looking for stolen bikes, so they went through all the bikes the caravan was carrying, which had been donated to them, checking their registration numbers. This, in addition to searching all the vehicles and taking people's details, took them some 6 hours. Some 10 old bikes that did not have numbers were confiscated, in addition to another 2 police said were reported stolen at some point in the past.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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