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Rostock 02.06.2007, 9.33 pm

Despite a peaceful and successful demonstration there were violent
excesses on the brink of the protests.

According to present state of knowledge, the escalation after the end
of the demonstration was caused by a small group of demonstrants who
attacked a parked police car on the site of the rally.

Afterwards the situation escalated. Both sides took part in the
escalation. In particular, the police reacted disproportionally with
targeted assaults, also on peaceful participants of the rally too.

A calm down of the situation happened after active efforts for
deescalation through the organisers and intensive talks between the
police and the demonstration-management.

The altermondialist network Attac sharply denounces the attacks on the
two police officers. “Also the repeated chasing of occasionally
withdrawing police was totally irresponsible”. declared Werner Rätz of
Attac’s national coordination committee.

Peter Wahl, member of the national coordination committee too,
stressed the former peaceful course of the demonstration. “In
Rostock, 80.000 people have demonstrated non-violently and creatively
their democratic protest against the inhuman G8 politics.” During the
protest the prior agreements between the organisers and the police
have worked well. The international mass demonstration was beard by a
large alliance of organisations from the interventionist left, Attac
to Greenpeace. All partners have adhered to the prior agreement on the
peaceful character of the demonstrations. “This was a large success
after the long months of mobilisation. And we do not want to let this
ruin”, adds Shahyar of the national coordination committee.

“We hope that albeit the incidents of today the political
climate enables peaceful and democratic protests against the politics
of the G8, appealed Peter Wahl to all parties.

For questions please refer to: * Werner Rätz, Tel. 0163-242 3541 * Pedram Shahyar, Tel. 0160- 823 4377 * Peter Wahl, Tel. 0163-251 5571
2.6.2007, 5.48 pm

>International massdemonstration with 80.000 people has ended
>Protest against G8 was peacefully and expressed in many different ways

The international mass demonstration with 80.000 members against the
G8-summit has ended in Rostock today peacefully. “It is a huge success.
We are many and have shown our protest against the inhumane G8-politics
emphatically and peacefully,” said Sabine Zimpel of the demonstration
alliance. According to news channel Phoenix, Rostock’s major Methling
praised the peaceful course of the demonstration.

From two directions – from the train station and from Braesigplatz – the
demonstration took its route to the city harbour of Rostock, where at
the moment the final speakers hold their speeches. Many members of the
demonstration showed their protest with a lot of phantasy.

The organisers of the demonstration said that the numbers given by the
police are way too small. “It is in the political interest of the police
to publish small numbers, to discredit the protest against the
G8-summit,” said Zimpel. Further the police told the media numbers
already ahead of the demonstration. “This is highly unsound. Not even
all participants had reached Rostock at this time.”

Following the peaceful demonstration quarrels between the police and
single protesters began.

“We actively try for a deescalation, but at this point cannot comment the
situation finally,” stressed Sabine Zimpel.

Für Rückfragen:

  • Sabine Zimpel,. Tel. 0177-784 4154
  • Frauke Distelrath, Tel. 0179-514 6079

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Frauke Distelrath
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Post: Münchener Str. 48, 60329 Frankfurt/M
Tel.: 069/900 281-42; 0179/514 60 79
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Publicerad av Kajsa Åkerström den 4 juni 2007. Uppdaterad för 1153 dagar sedan. π

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