Tag: G8
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Suppressed summit protests 2001: Heavy repression against activists in Gothenburg and Genoa, but no police officer served a sentence
With protests across Europe, international left-wing radicals wanted to build on Seattle and Prague in 2001. In Genoa this escalated into unprecedented police violence Buoyed by the momentum of the large and militant protests against the WTO summit in Seattle…
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Water cannons to neighboring countries: Germany leads cross-border support against mass protests
Dutch police spray demonstrators off the street with German water cannons. This cross-border cooperation has been a unilateral tradition for 20 years. For days, tens of thousands of activists have been blockading the government quarter in The Hague following a…
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EU Arrest Warrant: Last Italian G8 prisoner again not extradited from France
For the third time, a court in France rejects the Italian arrest warrant for the anarchist Vincenzo Vecchi. The 49-year-old Italian is to be imprisoned for summit protests in 2001. France’s prosecution can appeal one last time. More than 20…
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Undercover operations: UK special court sentences police for sexual relations
In at least 27 cases, British police officers have deceived women and entered into intimate relationships with them in undercover missions. According to a verdict handed down yesterday, the police force in charge also interfered with the physical integrity, privacy…