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Detention centre for Migrants 'Sans Papiers' Occupied and Wrecked

heather | 27.01.2002 12:01

Today we have shown the possibility not only to disobey unjust laws which violate human dignity and the fundamental values of the italian Constitution, but also to oppose concretely the new detention centres, with which the power lead its war against the rights of the multitudes

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Detention centre for Migrants 'Sans Papiers' Occupied and Wrecked

'Movement of and for Disobedients'

Bologna, Italy: Yesterday, Saturday 26th January 2002, for the first time in Europe, over a hundred citizens of this earth, part of the 'Movement of and for Disobedients' (Movimento delle/dei Disobbedienti) occupied and dismantled completely an area of the detention centre for migrants 'Sans Papiers' in Via Mattei in Bologna Italy

It was an action of social disobedience absolutely non violent and at the same time determined to achieve its aims of rendering the detention centre unusable.

Hundreds of other 'Movement of and for Disobedients' demonstrated outside the centre. A banner with the words 'disobedients was fixed to the roof of the centre, while another saying 'no to the laager' was fixed to the outside fence.

All of this occurred while CCTV cameras and journalists watched. A number of MPS negotiated with the police who surrounded the centre, including Titti De Simone e Ugo Boghetta of the Refounded Communist Party (Rifondazione Communiste) and Cento and Bulgarelli of the Greens.

The reaction of the police was disordered and totally out of proportion.

While negotiations with the police/officials with the presence of european parliament members and councillors of Rifondazione Comunista and green party to let the disobedients inside the wire of the lager to leave peacefully, the police charged.
People who were coming out with their hands up and offering no resistance were attacked. The police were hitting anyone they could get hold of. Some members of the european Parliament and and even a police officer were injured by the violence of the police
Many of the 'Disobedients' suffered bruising, some more seriously injured, four of them received head wounds.

Overall the action was a great success.

A spokesperson for 'Movement of and for Disobedients' said,
"Today we have shown the possibility not only to disobey unjust laws which violate human dignity and the fundamental values of the italian Constitution, but also to oppose concretely the new detention centres, with which the power lead its war against the rights of the multitudes."

Today's action was the first step of the campaign of the 'Movement of and for Disobedients' following the demonstration of 150 000 people on the 19th January in Rome.

In Rome, the local 'Movement of and for Disobedients' will announce a date for a demonstration outside the Ministry of the Interior (Home Office) in support of solidarity and against anti-migrant detention centres, following the example set in Bologna.

Solidarity to all the brothers and sisters migrants, to close all the lagers, against the bill Bossi Fini, against racism and for human dignity.

'Movement of and for Disobedients'

Liberty Libertà! - Justice Giustizia! - Dignity Dignità!

We are all clandestine! - Siamo tutti clandestini!

Bologna, Italia, Europa, Planet Earth

January 2002, first month of the second year of Global War

'Movimento delle/dei Disobbedienti'

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