Archive for August, 2012

Indigenas in Columbia fight against Endesa Enel, Emerald Energy and others

Freitag, August 24th, 2012

Sabato 13 agosto 2012. In località El Hobo, al kilometro 59 la Minga formata da indigeni e contadini del dipartimento del Huila, mobilitata per cacciare le multnazionali che saccheggiano il territorio (tra l’altro Emdesa dell’Enel italiana), riconsegnare la terra alle popolazioni e farla finita con la guerra, ha dovuto subire il duro attacco degli squadroni antisommossa della polizia colombana (ESMAD). Per oltre 5 ore contadini ed indigeni si sono difesi con bastoni e pietre da manganelli, gas lacrimogeni, granate piene di schegge metalliche, e persino da armi da fuoco. Alla fne della giornata i due poliziotti fatti prigionieri dai manifestanti sono stati scambiati con il contadino detenuto dalla polizia. Il saldo è di circa 30 feriti di cui 7 ESMAD

Riots in Kurdistan

Freitag, August 24th, 2012

Young people attacked turkish police cause of 28th anniversary of the beginning of armed struggle against turkish reppression in the south east region.

Youth clash with police in France

Freitag, August 17th, 2012

In AMIENS France Youth jeered and jostled the French interior minister on Tuesday in the city of Amiens, where he met local officials following riots in which police were fired at with buckshot and pelted with missiles.President Francois Hollande said the state would „mobilize all its resources to combat this violence“, which has shaken depressed quarters of major French cities at regular intervals in the past decade.Unrest is often blamed on a combination of poor job prospects, racial discrimination, a widespread sense of alienation from mainstream society and perceived hostile policing. (mehr …)

Conflicts between citizens and state

Dienstag, August 7th, 2012

Some conflicts in the last weeks:
– July 4,The Prime Minister of Peru has declared a state of emergency and openly condemned deaths which occurred during clashes at long-running protests over a US firm’s plans to build the biggest mine in the country’s history.

Three people died (two of them thought to be police officers) and at least 21 were injured as police, using tear gas and rubber bullets, battled with protestors opposed to the new £3m gold mine in Cajamarca. (mehr …)