Tuesday, December 22, 2009

No Borders Demonstration


Then at 11AM a NO BORDERS demonstration meeting at Israel Plads, Vesterbrogade, has proceed to march to the via Nørre Voldgade and Gothersgade, where around 1,500 protestors formed a solid block enclosed by people with arms linked in front of the Danish Ministry of Defence at Holmenskanal 42, near Holmens Bro. Speeches were given around the fact that "Climate Change is an issue in terms of migration because the Global South is suffering and the borders are trying to repress them". The protest then crossed Holmens bro bridge and moved on to Slotsplads where it continued as a solid bloc.
In Slotplads the demonstrators succeeded in untethering a large orange balloon advertising the COP15 process. [videos 1 | 2] The police struggled to keep it tied down, but it was eventually liberated. The police then moved in and most of the crowd dispersed, although some were trapped there by a police kettle. Eventually the crowd managed to break out of the kettle and crossed Knippel Bro onto Torvsgade. The main body of the demo then moved towards Chrstiania followed by a large number of riot police who eventually left the demo alone. Once the demo arrived at Chrstiania the crowd dispersed in high spirits. But later in the evening, when people was attending a pre "Reclaim Power party, police attacked Christiania wtih tear gas and batton charges arresting a number of people

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