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Fallout From Recent Protests - Solidarity Update

ionnek | 01.07.2003 18:40 | Evian G8 | Thessaloniki EU NoBorder Camp | Border Camps | Gender | Repression | Social Struggles | World

A noborder demo in Warsaw on June 30 ended with 16 arrests. A website with templates for appeals to authorities and more info is prepared. The demo ended a noborder conference and an International Anarchist Meeting preceding the Krynki bordercamp which starts on June 2nd.
A Financial Call for people arrested and injured during the Evian G8 Protests was sent out.
The Uk supporters for people held in prison following the EU summit in Thessaloniki are sending regular updates [Update #2 | Update #3].

warsaw - women on waves
warsaw - women on waves


This article can be extended as the situations develop. Just post your update on the newswire and send the url as a comment at the end of this article. The picture originates from a demo in Warsaw on June 28, where people supported Women on Waves.

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Adresses of prisoners held in Salonika

01.07.2003 22:11

From Thess Solidarity / 01.07.2003 / Adresses of prisoners held in Salonika:

 http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/07/273526.html

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more about the noborder demo in Warsaw

03.07.2003 16:37

ON the 30th of June 2003 in Warsaw there was an anti border demonstration in protest at the closing of Polands Eastern border and the introduction of a Visa regime with the Russian Federation, Belarus and Ukraine.
Over 100 people from countries including Poland, Czech republic, Ukraine, Germany, USA, Canada, Belarus participated in the action.
Participants oppose the tightening of border regulations and see the visa regime as a new Iron Curtain.

The demo began in Warsaw at midday and they marched from Washington Station over the Poniatovsky Bridge. There were short speeches in Russian and Polish and the crowds were warmly received. Traffic on the right hand side of the road on Poniatowsky bridge was brought to a halt as protesters chanted slogans including: “No borders for the free” “No man is illegal” “No to a new iron curtain”.
Anarchists shouted slogans in Polish, Polish, Czech, Finnish and English! One of their most favoured slogans in all these languages being: “Open the borders! Close down the prosons!” The police tried to keep the demonstrators off the road and on the pavement , and tried to block the way, but failed to impose their order on the protesters on the bridge. They had more success on 3Cross Square where they halted the demonstration for an hour.
16 people were arrested: among whom: Ukrainians, Germans, Americans, Finns, Lithuanians, Russians and other anarchists. 30 people from a support put pressure on the police by maintaining a presence at the scene of arrest and later at the station. Each person arrested will be fined 50 zlatys for highway obstruction.

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