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The Hospitality of Swiss Police

07-07-2003 14:20

Switzerland the home of modern day human rights? An historical connection lost on the Swiss police on Sunday 1st June, 2003 against anti-G8 protestors in Lausanne, where police repression was taken to another level.

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G8 - Video Interview, New Partnership for African Development

03-07-2003 11:20

2 minute video interview with a critic of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) from the 2002 G8 Summit in Canada.

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Martin Shaw leaves hospital after one month

03-07-2003 07:47

Anti-G8 activist Martin Shaw was released from Lausanne hospital this morning. He has spent a month recovering from near-fatal injuries sustained from an incident on the 1st of June in which the Swiss police cut the rope that he and his climbing partner were hanging from while attempting to stop delegates from attending the G8 summit in Evian.

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Statement of Martin Shaw on leaving hospital

03-07-2003 07:28

Today I am leaving hospital after two operations and a month recovering from injuries that I sustained as a result of police actions in response to direct action that we took on the Aubonne bridge on the 1st of June. In this statement I wish to elaborate our reasons for making this action, and show how the extreme response to this protest fits into a wider political context

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Protests against the policing of the G8 summit continue

28-06-2003 08:58

Swiss embassies world wide were targeted by activists this week in order to maintain pressure on the Swiss authorities to comply with the Universal Declaration of Human rights. After actions against the G8 meeting in Evian where met with repression and brutality. Groups presented embassies with a letter outlining contraventions to the

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Geneva violence: Questions for Ambassador

27-06-2003 14:19

QUESTIONS FOR SWISS AUTHORITIES.

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Geneva G8: At least 5 journalists wounded by police!

26-06-2003 03:47

3 other international independent journalists and 1 reporter of Radio Swiss Romande apart from english IMC-photographer Guy Smallman gravely wounded by a "concussion grenade" (see

http://www.ssi-media.com/pigbrother/Report2003Part2.htm#8 ), were in the main intentionally wounded by the police on the 1st and 3rd June - in the majority with considerable risk of long-term damages.

Several clearly marked independent journalists only just escaped from another intentional "concussion grenade" - attack.

Spokesman of Geneva police: «Occupational hazard»

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G8: At least 6 gravely wounded by concussion grenades!

23-06-2003 20:55

Besides the english IMC-photographer Guy Smallman (see

http://www.ssi-media.com/pigbrother/Report2003Part2.htm#8) in Geneva, Lausanne and Annemasse 5 more persons were partly gravely wounded by "concussion grenades":

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Sheffield Samba at G8 blockade

23-06-2003 19:59

Turin and Sheffield Samba at G8 blockade

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SWISS EMBASSY IN LONDON VISITED THIS MORNING TO PROTEST POLICE BRUTALITY

23-06-2003 14:09

As part of an international day of action against Swiss Embassies and Consulates around the world – a small (but perfectly formed) group of mixed pink and silver and black paid a visit to the Swiss Embassy in London this morning, Monday 23rd June 2003. We went there to voice our outrage at the political repression and police brutality during the recent G8 meeting

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Funding needed for legal action against the repression of the G8!!!

23-06-2003 13:44

We need to follow up on the general and specific cases from the G8 to ensure that the police (Swiss, French, German...) do not get away with their actions, and that their actions are seen as connected to wider global repression, by the press as well as the public.
In order to do this the different legal groups need funding to initiate legal procedures. WE are calling for international support......

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HANGING PROTESTER ON SWIS CONSULATE DESCEND

20-06-2003 17:59

This evening the two guys hunging from Swis embassy in Barcelona decided to come down.

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Pictures of Geneva, anti-g8, 1.6.2003

20-06-2003 14:32

here are some more pictures from Geneva, 1st of july, the barricades on the bridge and few from the demo

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pics of Lausanne demo 31.5.

20-06-2003 11:26

In Evian, there was the G8 meeting, and also lots of protesters made it to different locations round the lake. Here are some pics from Lausanne 31.5.2003, particularly from
the 6pm demo trying to invade the yellow zone.

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Pictures and report from Geneva protest (Oxford GR)

20-06-2003 10:52

Link to pictures and report from Geneva protest against the G8.

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thanks for your action

18-06-2003 22:46

Thanks for your action of solidarity
One of them who have been at Geneva

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another world is possible

18-06-2003 22:04

`Another World is Possible`..reflections from anti-G8 01.03.03 Lausanne.

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Swiss consulate in Barcelona occupied!!!!!

18-06-2003 13:17

Call for solidarity actions!!

People is being hanging 5 days already. We really need to make pressure on
them.

You´ll find a manifest to send to the consulate below.

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trollyd soundsystem against the g8

18-06-2003 11:47

sheffields trollyd soundsystem joined 200,000 other activists at the french/swiss border
to quarantine the murderers and bandits of the g8
14:47 .rm file 37 megs
link:

http://www.burngreave.net/~trollyd/downloads/g8(2nd).rm

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