The Czech governemnt has included Indymedia in a list of 'extremist organisations' reviewed in a report covering last years events (2002), specificaly in relation to the NATO summit protests in Prague, November 2002.
In the report they accuse IMC Prague of aiming to "control and coordinate the development of protest events"!
This is the latest in a long line of attacks on Indymedia from Stanislav Gross, Minister of the Interior and the Czech state.
During the NATO summit in November 2002, the small number of Indymedia volunteers in Prague were subject to a high level of surveillance and intimidation, and were followed by undercover police and security agents from different countries in the streets, in bars and in restuarants. While a major Czech daily paper alleged that extremists were in Prague posing as 'independent journalists'.
Following the Anti-IMF / World Bank protests in 2000, Stanislav Gross (who was in charge of the policing then) reported that a foreign company had been working to destabilise the Czech state and to attack the reputation of the police. Later Indymedia was named.
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ENGLISH TRANSLATION
excerpts from the report section about anti-nato
Thankfully, IMC did not make it to the loony section about dangerous sects and extreme religious groups :)
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A report on the problem of extremism in the region of the Czech Republic in the year 2002
presented by Stanislav Gross
minister of interior
&
Pavel Rychetsky
ministry of justice
(....)"Activists from the international group IMC are also in favor of violent mass action scenarios, and in the first half of 2002 (Czech IMC) took part in several international meetings with Czech organizations."
"the activities of Radio Jeleni were renewed (because of the NATO summit)"
"After a July meeting of the anti-nato platform, the "proposed plan for protests during the summit" was published on the Prague IMC website."
The main goals of Prague IMC during the year 2002:
1. to explain the protests from an ideological standpoint
2. to cover the protests during the summit
3. to some extent control and coordinate the development of protest events (!!?!)
4. to gain information about the events after they occurred
5. to provide worldwide media with information modified to meet the needs of antiglobalists
6. to organize press conferences (!?)
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These are just several sentences from a chapter on anti-nato activity, the entire report on "Extremist groups" is very thick.
The ministers of Absurdistan strike again!
Original article on Prague IMC at:
http://prague.indymedia.org/newswire/display/11083/index.php
Related:
Indymedia UK coverage of Anti-NATO Nov 2002:
http://uk.indymedia.org/index.php3?resist=reports&stance=prague_nato
Nov 19 2002: Czech Media claims bogus independent journalists organising anti-nato protests:
http://uk.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=47040&group=webcast
Also see:
http://prague.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/9699
http://prague.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/9654
http://uk.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=47115
http://prague.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/9526
2000: Czech Officals Accuse the IMC?:
http://prague.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/8149
2000: Organized Group Leads Campaign against Czech Police:
http://prague.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/8020
This is the latest in a long line of attacks on Indymedia from Stanislav Gross, Minister of the Interior and the Czech state.
During the NATO summit in November 2002, the small number of Indymedia volunteers in Prague were subject to a high level of surveillance and intimidation, and were followed by undercover police and security agents from different countries in the streets, in bars and in restuarants. While a major Czech daily paper alleged that extremists were in Prague posing as 'independent journalists'.
Following the Anti-IMF / World Bank protests in 2000, Stanislav Gross (who was in charge of the policing then) reported that a foreign company had been working to destabilise the Czech state and to attack the reputation of the police. Later Indymedia was named.
-----------------------------------------
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
excerpts from the report section about anti-nato
Thankfully, IMC did not make it to the loony section about dangerous sects and extreme religious groups :)
-----------------------------------------
A report on the problem of extremism in the region of the Czech Republic in the year 2002
presented by Stanislav Gross
minister of interior
&
Pavel Rychetsky
ministry of justice
(....)"Activists from the international group IMC are also in favor of violent mass action scenarios, and in the first half of 2002 (Czech IMC) took part in several international meetings with Czech organizations."
"the activities of Radio Jeleni were renewed (because of the NATO summit)"
"After a July meeting of the anti-nato platform, the "proposed plan for protests during the summit" was published on the Prague IMC website."
The main goals of Prague IMC during the year 2002:
1. to explain the protests from an ideological standpoint
2. to cover the protests during the summit
3. to some extent control and coordinate the development of protest events (!!?!)
4. to gain information about the events after they occurred
5. to provide worldwide media with information modified to meet the needs of antiglobalists
6. to organize press conferences (!?)
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These are just several sentences from a chapter on anti-nato activity, the entire report on "Extremist groups" is very thick.
The ministers of Absurdistan strike again!
Original article on Prague IMC at:
http://prague.indymedia.org/newswire/display/11083/index.php Related:
Indymedia UK coverage of Anti-NATO Nov 2002:
http://uk.indymedia.org/index.php3?resist=reports&stance=prague_nato Nov 19 2002: Czech Media claims bogus independent journalists organising anti-nato protests:
http://uk.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=47040&group=webcast Also see:
http://prague.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/9699 http://prague.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/9654 http://uk.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=47115 http://prague.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/9526 2000: Czech Officals Accuse the IMC?:
http://prague.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/8149 2000: Organized Group Leads Campaign against Czech Police:
http://prague.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/8020 
Comments
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What is the local position?
24.07.2003 11:17
ram
It's probably a source
24.07.2003 19:07
At present they probably go into it online to read the items coming up and keep it under surveillance. So for them it is an intelligence source, in the same way that they presumably read far left periodicals and so on.
The security services try to keep secret what they actually think on any matter until they decide not to keep it secret.
The Crimson Repat
Awards and arrests
24.07.2003 21:07
Mike
Nothing
25.07.2003 09:02
Capitalist Running Dog
prague imc abandonded after IMF/WB demo
06.08.2003 09:50
Without the editors, for the last few years loads of unedited weirdo junk is/was being posted which everyone denounced.
If you look in the left hand collum nobody links to it anymore!
If it is still running god only knows whats posted on it!
your an embaressment
RE: prague imc abandonded after IMF/WB demo
10.01.2004 08:45
That's quite true, they were mostly from abroad (no czechs as far as I know).
>>Without the editors, for the last few years loads of unedited weirdo junk is/was being >>posted which everyone denounced.
That was true until February 2002 when a new collective including Czechs came to reactivate Czech indymedia.
>>If you look in the left hand collum nobody links to it anymore!
Actually due to problems with updating the server, it's Czech indymedia that can't link to anyone. All other imcs link (scroll down now to see) to Prague imc.
>>If it is still running god only knows whats posted on it!
It may not run as regularly as a fully staffed imc, but it's definitely legitimate. Besides, the story above was from the newswire - judge UK indymedia by the newswire too and see where that takes you.
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