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Poland: repressions agianst anti-Putin protestors

imc-pl | 27.01.2005 06:48 | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | Repression

26-01-2005 16:28 This post will be udpated as we get more info. A few minutes after 16:00 in the Krakow main square, the protests against the visits to Auschwitz by the national leaders responsible for war crimes against humanity (especially against hangman of Chechenya Vladimir Putin) started. For a dozen or so minutes there has been a speech by representatives of the Free Caucasus Committee (Komitetu Wolny Kaukaz) and Polish Anarchist Federation.

More about Chechanya see:

http://www.newleftreview.net/NLR26401.shtml

emonstrators significantly outnumbered by the forces "of order". Around the speakers there are about 100 people. Around the groups of people from various cities, who were able to make it to the demonstration from Mariacki Church shouting pro-chechnya slogans are being hassled by about 50 fully armed police. Nobody is able to get out of the trap. Two people were "pacified" - police pulled one person from the group being hassled, they hit his fingers and put him in a car. The second person was unarrested by the rest of the group.

The "free" demonstrators are yelling "rząd na front" - "Send the government to the front!"

We're waiting for updates.

16.40 Police used brutal force against the peaceful protest. There are witnesses to police beating up 5 people.

16.50 Two more people detained. Police said there was an offence made against the head of the Russian State. People were being taken to the komisariat at ul. Siemiradzkiego.

17.15 25 people detained.

17.44 Total is now 28 people detained.

17.47 People detained by police have been thrown into a puddle of water and so now have wet clothes. People have been kicked in the genitals and have had their hair (dreadlocks) pulled by police. Police threw two women to the ground and put their knees on the women's backs.

21.43, 26.01.2005 - detainees are now at Mogilska street 109 (telephone +48 12 615-49-21 - fax at central police station: +48 12 615 2607)

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urgent action - authorities/embassies for jail solidarity

27.01.2005 07:22

authorities to write appeals to

General comments.

* Please write appeals politely and carefully. Letters which are exaggerated are counterproductive - better a letter saying something like "I am worried that ..." rather than one which is too strong - the authorities want everything to remain secret and are embarrassed when they realise that people from around the world know about their human rights violations. The more accurate the information, the more worried they will be.

* A copy to your local embassy is a good idea - the embassy people will translate this, forward it and worry about their government's reputation - this is their job.

* Paper letters or faxes are better than emails - but emails might still be useful if they're in large numbers.

* See, e.g.

http://www.amnesty.org for more discussion of international letter-writing campaigns against human rights violations.

Minister of the Interior (Police)

Greeting: Szanowny Panie Ministrze,

Ryszard Kalisz
Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji
Stefana Batorego 5
02-591 Warszawa
Poland

+48 (22) 621 02 51

wp@mswia.govSTOPSPAM.pl

http://www.mswia.gov.pl

Minister of the Interior (Police) - second address

Dyrektor Wydziału Skarg i Wniosków Departamentu Nadzoru i Kontroli
Ministerstwa Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji,
ul. Batorego 5,
02-514 Warszawa
Poland

tel. 0-48 22 603-43-57;

tel/fax 0-48 22 849-76-62.

Prime Minister

Greeting: Szanowny Panie Premierze,

Marek Belka
Kancelaria Prezesa Rady Ministrów
Al. Ujazdowskie 1/3
00-583 Warszawa
Poland

telefon +48 (22) 694-60-00
fax +48 (22) 625-26-37

cirinfo@kprm.govSTOPSPAM.pl

http://www.kprm.gov.pl/email.php

President

Greeting: Szanowny Panie Prezydencie,

Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Kancelaria Prezydenta RP
ul. Wiejska 10
PL-00-902 Warszawa
Poland

Tel. +48 (22) 695-29-00

[pl]

http://www.prezydent.pl/poc/index.php3

[en]

http://www.prezydent.pl/poc/en_index.php3

latest info

27.01.2005 11:45

The 28 detained people have not been released. In front of the Police Station (Komisariat) at Mogilska street 109 (telephone +48 12 615-49-21), the friends and families of the detained people are starting to gather. The police are giving no useful information, refusing to give information to private individuals, claiming to pass on to the next competent people.

In Warsaw at 17:00 at the Russian Embassy (Belwederska street, not far from the intersection for pedestrians) there will be an anti-Putin demonstration as well as solidarity with the detainees.

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detained

27.01.2005 11:48

Among detained are members of Polish Anarchist Federation and two members of polish section of Amnesty International.

Movies from Cracow, Poland

27.01.2005 15:35

http://http://video.indymedia.org/en/

there are available two short movies from wednesday (26.01.2005.) manifestation against Putin's policy in Chechnya and his visit to Cracow for Holocaust commemorations.

28 were arrested and there are still detained on Police Station.

http://video.indymedia.org/download/%5BIndymedia%5D_(2005-01-27)_demo_068.mov

http://video.indymedia.org/download/%5BIndymedia%5D_(2005-01-27)_demo_068.mov

Holocaust in the Caucasus

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