Summit News Summary 2: Friday December 13

Police arrest spokespersons

This night Copenhagen police arrested several spokespeople from the Italian Disobbedienti movement.

Activists are speculating that police are trying to shut demonstrators up.

– It is remarkable that out of a large group the police specifically select the known spokespeople of the Italian movement, says Pil Christensen of Global Roots.

Among those arrested is Luca Casarini, who served as spokesperson during the protests in Genova. (Posted 13:14 CET)

Police ransack internet service provider

The Internet Service Provider Catpipe Systems, which proviedes server space for Modkraft.dk and Global Roots, was ransacked this morning by about 50 Copenhagen police.

Police commisioner Henrik Møller Jakobsen of the Copenhagen Police Press Office knows nothing of the raid and can’t comment.

According to a worker at Catpipe police present at the raid informed that the raid happened at the request of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, as a result of a »Web blockade« organized by Global Roots against the official summit site. (Posted 10:10 CET)

Hanged, shot, drowned, suffocated

The Dutch group UNITED for Cultural Action maintains an up to date list of refugee-related deaths on the borders of Europe. Here are four of the thousands of stories (two in English, two in Danish). (Posted 04:43:08 CET)

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Massive hunt for pocket lining

Charged for illegal possesion of a weapon, searched and released. That is the recipe that Copenhagen police are following these days . 21 were arrested during the night. (Posted 04:23:42 CET)

Peace and frozen torches

Not so many torches and a lot of frozen smiles marked the occasion as the Boycott Israel campaign started the first demonstration of the summit. About 1000 demonstrators stand waiting on the Town Hal Square as conferencier Andrea Vagn Jensen bids welcome to the demonstration under the slogans »Israel out of the occupied territories« and »Stop the free tarede agreement with Israel«. (Posted 04:20:59 CET)

To boycott or not

Apparently, most of the several hundred german activists present in copenhagen last night chose to boycott the boycott israel demonstration. Moskito tried to figure out why. (Posted 04:11:45 CET)

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War of the nerds

Thusday evening the Global Roots website started to slow down until finally the only thing visible was a small red box with the Global Roots exhortation for a »Web blockade against the EU«. Global Roots had a taste of their own medicine, and therir site broke down. (Posted 04:07:37 CET)

Lego files suit against Global Roots

Post cards with Lego figures and the text »Refugees of the world Welcome« are the reason that the Lego toy corporation is filing suit against the radical organizatio Global Roots for infringement of copyright.

– We wil always defend our trademark against abuse regardless if the abuse is political or commercial, says Lego communications director Peter Kjelstrup. (Posted 00:51:59 CET)

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