Represión violenta en la cumbre de la OTAN en Rumania

 
El 2 de abril a las 12:30 aproximadamente, cientos de policías rumanos llevaron a cabo una redada en un centro de convergencia en Bucarest, la capital rumana. El lugar de convergencia se había establecido para facilitar la reunión anti-OTAN y estaba alquilado legalmente. Se ha informado que durante la redada al menos dos manifestantes fueron hospitalizados. Varios informes afirman que los detenidos son brutalmente golpeados incluso cuando son llevados al hospital, varias personas están gravemente heridas y a algunas se les ha negado asistencia médica.

Se estima que 46 personas han sido arrestadas. Ninguna manifestación o acción tuvo lugar antes de la redada y todos los arrestos se hicieron en el centro de convergencia. Los oficiales de policía llevaban la cara cubierta y fueron muy agresivos con los periodistas que intentaban acceder al lugar de la acción. El centro de convergencia está localizado cerca del centro de Bucarest, que será la sede de la cumbre de la OTAN que acaba de empezar hoy. Se estima que hasta 27.000 oficiales de policía, francotiradores y policía secreta están “protegiendo” la ciudad. Se ha declarado código de alerta de seguridad amarillo, lo que significa que se prohíbe el acceso a la ciudad a todos los manifestantes y que se aplicarán otras leyes restrictivas.

Indymedia articles: Riot police storms convergence centre at Bucharest anti- NATO protests | Massive Repression during the NATO Summit in Romania | Anti-NATO Convergence Centre in Bucharest attacked by Anti-Terror Police | Breaking News: Mass Arrests during NATO summit in Bucharest, Romania | Mass Arrest of demonstrators in Bucharest | Anti NATO activists faced police brutality

Other media: Massive Repression during the NATO Summit in Romania | Videos of the raid on the convergence centre | Photos of mass arrests | Info for anyone going to Romania | Solidarity demo in Berlin | Protests at police stations | Bucharest Declaration | Solidarity from Vienna, Bern, Berlin, Skopje, Kopenhagen

Los arrestos tuvieron lugar antes de que ninguna acción se realizará en contra de la cumbre de la OTAN y en un contexto donde las autoridades afirmaron claramente que” no tolerarían ninguna oposición” a esta. Los medios de comunicación corporativos locales difundieron el pánico sobre “activistas peligrosos” que van a descender a la ciudad y a romper los cristales de las tiendas. Un reportaje de noticias que fue emitido ayer por la mañana en TV Realitatea , animaba a la audiencia a apedrear a los manifestantes que viesen en las calles. La cumbre de la OTAN, donde se discutirá su expansión para incluir a países como Rumania y Ucrania, también fue objetivo de la visita del presidente Bush. Se espera que parte de la cumbre se enfoque en el despliegue de las tropas de la OTAN en Afganistán.

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Toby Bartels 11.Apr.2008 21:51

Should that link be  http://www.seattle.indymedia.org/en/?

errors in article from http://www.indymedia.org/fr/2008/04/904225.shtml

E. Grep 13.Apr.2008 04:04

errors in article from  http://www.indymedia.org/fr/2008/04/904225.shtml

"The convergence space was set up to facilitate an anti-NATO gathering and was legally rented. " contradicts what you wrote below "all demonstrations are forbidden in the whole city." Anyway, if the crackdown did indeed happen, which I doubt, could you present a bit more information ? It would be surprising to have the Rumanian police actually kick somebody's ass ... usually they get theirs kicked.

"Code yellow" means only this: "caution". It is used in quite a lot of circumstances: last summer it was used during the two weeks when temperatures got over 35 degrees Celsius.

The picture is either taken from some other country, taken with a very bad camera, or it was photoshoped: Rumanian SWAT police uniforms are black, not blue. I am afraid somebody wants to discredit you.

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re-correcting 28.Apr.2008 08:57

errors in article from  http://www.indymedia.org/fr/2008/04/904225.shtml

>> "The convergence space was set up to facilitate an anti-NATO gathering and was legally rented. " contradicts
>> what you wrote below "all demonstrations are forbidden in the whole city." Anyway, if the crackdown did indeed >> happen, which I doubt, could you present a bit more information ? It would be surprising to have the Rumanian
>> police actually kick somebody's ass ... usually they get theirs kicked.

The above is not a contradiction. The space was indeed rented legally but when you are renting a space privately you do not need to ask for a permit to gather in the space itself. Therefore this was not a 'demonstration' and no permits needed to be requested.

If you are questioning the fact that the events actually took place then i suggest you check out any of what happened here :  http://contra-doxa.com/ or  http://oskar.ro/blog.php?id=810 if in fact you are searching for mass media coverage than i'm afraid that most of it will be in romanian.

However, no matter how much you may question what happened i'm afraid those of us who were in the space at the time do not have the luxury to do the same. Also it should be stated that it was the jandarmerie that went into the space and they do not have as much of a tradition of 'getting their asses kicked' as you insinuate.


>> The picture is either taken from some other country, taken with a very bad camera, or it was photoshoped:
>> Rumanian SWAT police uniforms are black, not blue. I am afraid somebody wants to discredit you.

No one is trying to discredit anyone, the uniforms of the jandarmeria are dark blue and not black as you say. all the close-up photographs show this.

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