Police in the Forest Again

Continuation of 3/19: Barricade Eviction in the Forest

3/21/2018
8:24 Large police action in the forest, apparently demolition of barricades, several forest roads are currently blocked by cordons of police.
9:00 Police at the railway station of Buir.
9:30 Forest roads to Lorien are cleared. Tripod at Jesus point is cleared. Currently clearing between North and Deathtrap.
10:00 Cops in sight of the Gallien Tower. Several „Wannen“ (= police vans) at Lorien.

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Liberate or die – Animal liberation action day

Around a hundred animal liberation activists gathered for a week of skillsharing in the Hambach Forest in Germany.

On Monday 15th of March, activists hung a banner on a bridge of A4 highway close to Buir train station.
The banner read “animal liberation” in multiple languages.

“We dropped this banner in German Catalan Arabic French English Spanish Basque Polish Welsh to send an international message. We wanted to raise awareness to people on their daily commute to work that animal oppression is happening worldwide on an overwhelming scale, and only WE have the power to stop it.” said Skirma, an animal liberation activist from Lithuania. She came to the Hambach Forest to share and gather knowledge on how to best bring the movement forward and end animal oppression.

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Barricade Eviction in the Forest

3/20: 2 of the 3 persons arrested in the forest yesterday and the person arrested near Buir are still imprisoned. One person gave the identity and is free.

3/19:
On early Monday morning, cops arrived close to the forest to evict Goblin town, a tunnel dug close to the one of the entrances of the forest.
7:11 cops have run after activists into the forest in the direction of Oaktown.
7:20 Cops at the entrance of Oaktown.
7:45 2 persons have been arrested near Oaktown.
8:08 Goblintown is filled with concrete.
8:12 About 150 cops near Goblintown and Oaktown
8:40 In all, 3 persons have been arrested
9:16 Eviction between Jesus point and North
9:27 Come for support to Gesa (in the police HQ), Aachen.
11:40 Police leave the forest. Police now at Buir Station.

Conclusion: A fourth person was arrested at the Buir motorway bridge, allegedly found in pyrotechnics. For all four, there will be the judge’s report tomorrow (time will be announced). Responsible is Kerpen again.
Update: Continuation on 03/21/2018 Police in the Forest again

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Hambi4 Trial on March 15, 2pm in Kerpen

  • Date / time March 15, 2018 @ 2 pm
  • Place 1st floor room 1.08
    Amtsgericht (District Court), Nordring 2, 50171 Kerpen (Open Street Map)
    From railway station Sindorf: Bus 922 or 966 until bus stop “Abzweig Mödrath”
  • Meeting Point 1:30 pm in front of the court

Come and support in great numbers.
Source: ABC

Also all forms of support and solidarity from others who can not make it would be constantly appreciated especially as: The Four presently are being put on lock-down with their whole cellblock and not allowed to go outside for the only 1 hour in fresh air when they can walk around during the so called freistunde “free hour” anytime there is a solidarity demonstration outside, which recently has been very often.  They are however able to hear the people outside and that has constantly brought their spirits up.  This is also another proof of how prisons functioning as solely a repressive apparatus as officially putting a whole cell block under lock-down is to be done for “security” reasons and not as a punishment.  Are people with drums and megaphones likely to break prisoners out?  You decide. In reality it is also a form of collective punishment in which especially any right wing and neonatzis that might be in the same block as The 4 might extend threats towards the Hambi4 for being the “cause” of their “privileges” being taken away. So besides attempt to punish it is also attempt to set prisoners against each other.

So please keep writing and reading the ABC Rhineland blog as there is no guarantees that their trial will result in their release.

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