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G8 Justice Ministers Photos-Thursday

R. Logan | 16.06.2005 23:09 | G8 2005 | Sheffield

Protestors against the G8 coming to Sheffield expressed their disillusion by walking down West Street, close to the city centre. Only to be faced by police on mass armed with dogs and horses.

Thursday of the G8 Justice Ministers meeting in Sheffield saw two main protest actions. Firstly, there was the 'Make Poverty History' rice dinner on Devonshire Green, which became a forum for music, speakers and political discussion. Large crowds gathered as the dinner rounded up attention for the white band cause. The second action was a protest along a major road leading towards the city centre, West street. Protesters moved along the road in a peaceful manner until stopped by police lines. The protest was then penned in and a strong sense of comraderie created with chants of 'Whose streets? OUR STREETS' and the beats of a samba band. Some protesters were arrested from within the pen and also some people with nothing to do with the protest at all. Large numbers of police surrounded the protest(300 in a rough estimate), armed with horses, dogs and many sources of surveilance. The justice ministers continue talks of 'counter terrorism' and 'good governance in Africa', and possibly the protests against their prescence and the decisions they make will too...

R. Logan
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17.06.2005 00:30

hi r logan and thanks for the pics

but you've uploaded pictures that are _massive_

both in terms of actual size (dimensions) and file size (like 1.75Mb each picture)

they will be resized and re-uploaded by an indymedia volunteer, but in future please make them smaller - you can do this by setting your camera to take smaller pics (both actual size and file size) or by editing the pictures on a computer before they are uploaded.

i guess really the 'publish' page should contain a note about uploading pictures that links to a full description of these issues and how to make pics smaller.

thanks.

!!!