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Polish ecologists still under surveillance...

Citizen A | 06.04.2007 12:01 | Ecology

A letter, sent to all Polish police headquarters about an order to investigate and gather information about opponents of building the bypass through Rospuda Valley has already been circulated around the Internet.

Although everybody laughs at the fact that the police are wasting their time keeping ecologists under surveillance the case is quite serious because the purpose of this police action is defined as: “to gather information about possible dangers to public order and illegal sabotage acts from organizations which show their aversion to governmental enterprise”.

For the time being, it is not entirely obvious what they are looking for and how this information is going to be used by them but most probably journalists from www.zieloni.org.pl will also be under police surveillance (although we do not have any sabotage plans, we show our “aversion” to governmental project) that is why we’re going to observe constantly their plans and inform you systematically. Below you can read the letter to the police headquarters.

The same letter was sent to all police headquarters in Poland (a copy of the letter is available from the website  http://adamwajrak.blox.pl)

From: The Crime Division of The Police Headquarters in Jelenia Góra
To: The Police Headquarters in Jelenia Góra

TELEGRAM nr MJ-B-5421/38/07

On account of the orders included in document no WK II 146/06 from the Chief of the Police Station, Konrad Kornatowski, dated 19 Feb 2007 about the plans for building the Augusów bypass (Podlaskie province) I would like to ask to order subordinate policemen to direct work of personal sources of information (and to recruit new ones) to gather information about possible dangers to public order and illegal sabotage acts from organizations which show their aversion to governmental enterprise.

All the information should be sent to SMI WWK KWP in Wrocław (with “Rospuda” in the subject of the report) and The Crime Division from The Police Headquarters in Jelenia Góra should be informed at the same time.

One copy was made.

(sent via fax)

Written by JL

VICE GOVERNOR
of the Crime Division
The Police Headquarters in Jelenia Góra

Chief Inspector Artur KRAWCZYK

[a comment by the author of the post] I am not sure what it supposed to be: is it a joke or should I start to panic that we are under surveillance. I wonder what they are going to do with this information and for what and where they are looking... It’s madness! So far I count on free flow of information and that they will restrain themselves when they see that everybody has read these letters.

Citizen A

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Porotecting Rospuda Valley is vital for the reputation of Poland

08.04.2007 07:38

The battle for Rospuda Valley is being watched across Europe. It is vital that Poland finds the strength to protect its environment and finds an alternative solutions to the Via Baltica cutting through this pristine valley. It is not just the environment that is under threat. Poland's reputation as a modern country that respects its international obligations will be sliced in two if the same fate befalls Rospuda.

Good luck. I think you need it.

Andy B
mail e-mail: andy@bodders.org
- Homepage: http://keepbritaingreen.blogspot.com/


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