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Report Greece Sat 21.06

ronya | 22.06.2003 21:23 | Thessaloniki EU | World

Live report from Thessaloniki 21.06 / IMC Sweden
Translation for IMC UK

Thessaloniki Saturday 21 of June
The day has been rather stormy, and at times, IMC on site have had no connection due to technical problems. Therefore, unfortunately, the reporting have not been as fluid as it should.

Here follows a short summary:
A block of 3000 people (anarchist/anti-authoritarian) left the university to converge with the larger demonstration. Clashes with police occurred, resulting in a division of the block into two groups. One group of the demonstration moved back towards the University, where further clashes and street fights with the police took place. The other group, moved towards the city centre, where a bank, a McDonald’s and yet two more shops were vandalised. The police fired large amounts of teargas towards both groups.

For a while the University, was almost completly surrounded by the police, but the police have now, late [Saturday] evening, withdrawn from location. The police never stormed the University [which rules under immunity law], neither received permission from the University board to enter the buildings and arrest people inside the area. Earliest 07.00 o’clock tomorrow morning; Sunday 22 June, the police can obtain permission from the University board to do so. At this point, everything is back to calmness in the area, and most people are sleeping. A solidarity action is planned for tomorrow, in support of the people who has been arrested.

Translation for IMC UK from IMC Sweden

Article: Thessaloniki: lördag 21 juni
 http://se.indymedia.org/feature/display/43366/index.php

Dagen har varit ganska stormig, och tidvis har IMC på plats saknat uppkoppling, på grund av tekniska problem. Därför har rapporteringen tyvärr inte varit vad den borde.
Här kommer en kort sammanfattning.
Ett block på 3000 personer (anarkister/antiauktoritära) avgick från universitetet för att stråla samman med den stora demonstrationen. Det skedde sammanstötningar med polis, som lyckades dela blocket i två delar. Den ena delen rörde sig tillbaka mot universitetet, där gatustrider med polis följde. Den andra delen rörde sig ner mot stadskärnan, där en bank, en McDonald's och två ytterligare butiker vandaliserades. Polisen använde stora mängder tårgas mot båda grupperna.
Ett tag var universitetet mer eller mindre omringat av polis, men de har nu sent på kvällen dragit sig tillbaka. Polisen stormade aldrig universitetet, och de har inte heller fått tillåtelse från universitetsledningen att arrestera folk inne på området. Tidigast klockan 07:00 i morgon, söndag, kan polisen få tillstånd av ledningen. Allt är åter lugnt på området, och de flesta sover. I morgon planeras solidaritetsaktioner till stöd för de gripna.

Tensions in the city centre
 http://thessaloniki.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=el&article_id=12246

Summary events Saturday June 21 in English
 http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=el&article_id=117128

Press release from police
 http://thessaloniki.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=el&article_id=12314

Report
 http://thessaloniki.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=en&article_id=12315

ronya

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