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Polish bordercamp football game: 7:2 for Krykni youth!

Friends from Ukraine via noborder network | 16.07.2001 23:43

8 July: After police intimidation the previous day, noborder activists organised a Hyde Park
style concert in the Polish village of Krynki. They might be good in organising sound
systems but they're crap at football!

After the events of the previous day, when police aggressively behaved with
the participants of the noborder camp who participated in the artistic
happening, the next day activists decided to make again some kind of
political-recreational activity into the village park. The concept was to
make a "Hyde-park" event dedicated to the border regime and noborder
activity.

This time sound equipment was taken, so there was music - recorded and live,
which was played by "Rtut'" band from St.-Petersburg, Russia, and by some
polish people with the drum. Also there was happening which was organised by
people from Byelorus and in which activists from different countries
participated, and some speeches by camp participants from different
countries, explaining why they came here to Krynki and which is the
importance of this camp for them. Leaflets on Polish and posters on Polish,
Russian and English were put around on the trees. At the end some people
chatted and some danced. After shameful police behaviour at the previous
day, this time police presence was quite low-scale: only some cops and some
people in civilian clothes who were evidently the police officers. Also all
the time there were patrols of border police on the motorcycles and cars,
and camp was closely watched by border police helicopters. Camp participants
also visited local orthodox church. At the end of the event, again some 4
police vehicles came and encircled the park, but activists already went to
the football game with the local youth which invited the camp participants.
Police made a video of the activists, but did not interfere. The football
game was a complete disaster for the noborder activists: 7:2 for Krynki
youth team :-)

The next day, 9 July, was mostly dedicated to the workshops and discussions,
which also took place in the previous day, while visit to the local mosque
was interrupted by the heavy rain.

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