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[COP15] WEDNESDAY 16 : ACTION “RECLAIM POWER”
Tuesday 15 December, 6 pm
The police had just raided the Norrebro neighbourhood, on the Bike Block's the preparation site of activities, who were planning to take action this Wednesday as part of “Reclaim Power” day.
The new Danish law that permits to make preventive arrests, seems to work perfectly, on the eve of the action...
Maybe they will be released tomorrow at midday once the action completed...
No need to despair so much !
The restriction of the number of accreditations as we get closer to the arrival of the Heads of States and Governments and the finalisation of a possible agreement, or at least for the next following months, can contribute to the success of the “Reclaim Power” action : many people will be gathering in front of the Bella Center this Wednesday to demand to be heard outside the closed setting of the Union Nations conference !
ARBITRARY ARRESTS DURING THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE 12TH.
The ATTAC march was situated in the second third of the demonstration of this Saturday 12th.
For 40 minutes, we marched in the streets of Copenhagen without the least incident to occur; the atmosphere of the march was rather pleasant, fun and imaginative. We were about to approach the first suburbs in the direction of Bella Center where are held UNO Summit negotiations, when the policemen on foot walked through the march perpendicular to the road and blocked passage for the demonstrators. A few seconds later, 5 police vans cut us off the end of the demonstration. We were about a 100 people, mainly from ATTAC and from Bizi, stuck in this tight stretch. Inside the vans, we could hear dogs barking. Glances of surprise, incomprehension and of fear.