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South Korea: Repression Against Migrants Movement, more pictures

KCTU/ETU-MB | 09.01.2004 17:29 | Repression | World

After the coordinated attacks of riot and immigration cops against the migrant union there are new protests and threats.

Protest in front of the Bangladeshi embassy in Seoul
Protest in front of the Bangladeshi embassy in Seoul

Blocked by the riot and attacked by the immigration cops
Blocked by the riot and attacked by the immigration cops

Capture attemt with firearm...
Capture attemt with firearm...

...and the cops are looking on
...and the cops are looking on

Maltreatment of one of our elderlty comrades...
Maltreatment of one of our elderlty comrades...

...and his capture
...and his capture

Trying to block but with only few people - meaningless
Trying to block but with only few people - meaningless

Victim of cops' brutality: human right activist Lee Jeon-ho, a priest
Victim of cops' brutality: human right activist Lee Jeon-ho, a priest


The day after the attack near the Bangladeshi embassy in Seoul KCTU/ETU-MB (Korean Confederation of Trade Unions/Equality Trade Union - Migrants' Branch) held a protest rally in downtown Seoul. Also here large units of the riot cops tried to threaten the ETU-MB members. South Korean government anounced Jan 7 that the attacks against migrant activists will be increasing from Jan 15. The meaning: they want to destroy South Korea's only active migrant organisation, the union.
International solidarity is requested!

More about the case here:
 http://www.labournet.net/world/0401/korea3.html
 http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=44&ItemID=4809
 http://go.jinbo.net/mybbs/bbstext.php?board=cool&recno=17491&mode=LS&arg= (click on yellow line&you'll see a video)

KCTU/ETU-MB
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