2009-12-13
- InvestigateWest photographer arrested covering climate protest in Copenhagen
- KOPENHAGENER POLIZEI VERLETZT MENSCHENRECHTE WAEHREND KLIMAGIPFEL
- Copenhagen police detain 200 climate protesters
- COPENHAGEN POLICE CONTINUE ACTS OF UNPROVOKED VIOLENCE ON PROTESTERS
- Danish police arrest 1,225 protesters
- Copenhagen police crackdown 'preplanned': Aussie eyewitness
- Pictures protest and police COP15 13 December 2009
- Pictures protest and police COP15 12 December 2009
- Pictures protest and police COP15 12 December 2009
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InvestigateWest photographer arrested covering climate protest in Copenhagen
By Alexander Kelly
COPENHAGEN — InvestigateWest photographer Christopher Crow was arrested today by police wielding batons and accompanied by police dogs. Crow had been photographing demonstrators trying to shut down Copenhagen’s harbor outside the United Nations negotiations on climate change.
Chrirstopher Crow in custody at the scene of his arrest.
Crow was taken into custody along with about 275 others. Some 400 to 500 demonstrators had been involved in the protest.
Demonstrators marched roughly six blocks before riot police trapped the group against a metal railing about 2 1/2 miles from the harbor.
Source: http://invw.org/2009/12/investigatewest-photographer-arrested-covering-climate-protest-in-copenhagen/
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KOPENHAGENER POLIZEI VERLETZT MENSCHENRECHTE WAEHREND KLIMAGIPFEL
CLIMATE JUSTICE ACTION
12. Dezember 2009
Deutscher Medienkontakt: +45 41679625
media@climate-justice-action.org
Im Verlauf einer Großdemonstration in Kopenhagen mit 100.000 Teilnehmenden im Zusammenhang mit dem Klimagipfel in Kopenhagen hat die dänische Polizei am Samstag willkürlich hunderte von Aktivisten festgenommen. Die Verhaftungen werfen Fragen auf, da sie zu unterschiedlichen Zeiten und an unterschiedlichen Orten stattfanden.
Journalisten wurden seit 18 Uhr daran gehindert vom Ort der Verhaftungen zu berichten.
Source: email
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Copenhagen police detain 200 climate protesters
Danish police cracked down on protesters outside the UN climate conference in Copenhagen Sunday, detaining more than 200 people as global environment ministers met for informal talks.
Riot police halted an unauthorized march that tried to make its way to the Copenhagen harbour, said police spokesperson Flemming Steen Munch.
According to Munch, police conducted security checks of some of the protesters, and found bolt-cutters and gas masks during the search of a truck that led the demonstration.
At least 200 people were detained, Munch said.
Source: http://montreal.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20091213/copenhagen_summit_091213/20091213/?hub=MontrealHome
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COPENHAGEN POLICE CONTINUE ACTS OF UNPROVOKED VIOLENCE ON PROTESTERS
PRESS RELEASE
Climate Justice Action
1425, 13 December 2009
Around 200 demonstrators are currently being forcefully held in the street by Danish police near the American Embassy in Copenhagen.
The group had assembled as part of the “Hit the Production” demo. Without any provocation, the police charged violently at the crowd and began arrests, forcing people to sit on the ground in 2 degree temperatures while cuffed. The scenes seem to be an exact repetition of the human rights violations from yesterday.
Source: email
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Danish police arrest 1,225 protesters
COPENHAGEN — As heads of state begin arriving for climate talks in Copenhagen, jittery police have arrested 1,225 people during two days of demonstrations in the Danish capital, prompting criticism from activists and the press.
On Sunday, 257 people were arrested after police found stones and gasmasks in a van connected to an unauthorized protest. On Saturday, 968 others were arrested at a mass demonstration that attracted more than 60,000 people. Most were released within a few hours but activists complained that the sweeping arrests were indiscriminate and heavy handed.
Source: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30530.html
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Copenhagen police crackdown 'preplanned': Aussie eyewitness
A POLICE crackdown on climate protesters in Copenhagen in which hundreds were arrested was preplanned and apparently without justification, according to an Australian eyewitness.
Simon Sheikh, national director of the progressive Australian lobby group Get Up, watched the crackdown from his apartment - and has exclusive video footage of it.
Mr Sheikh said the marchers were peacefully making their way through the bohemian district of Christianshavn yesterday afternoon when the police moved in.
Source: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/copenhagen-police-crackdown-preplanned-aussie-eyewitness/story-e6frf7jx-1225809825964
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Pictures protest and police COP15 13 December 2009
More: http://www.gipfelsoli.org/Repression/Copenhagen_2009/COP15_2009_Pictures/8012.html
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Pictures protest and police COP15 12 December 2009
More: http://www.gipfelsoli.org/Repression/Copenhagen_2009/COP15_2009_Pictures/8003.html
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Pictures protest and police COP15 12 December 2009
More: http://www.gipfelsoli.org/Repression/Copenhagen_2009/COP15_2009_Pictures/8004.html