[gipfelsoli] Hong Kong -- Göteborg

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- Globaler Aktionstag zur 6. Ministerkonferenz der WTO in Hong Kong
- wrong time, wrong place?

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Globaler Aktionstag zur 6. Ministerkonferenz der WTO in Hong Kong
Am 10.12.2005, dem "Global Day of Aktion", werden Menschen weltweit gegen die
WTO auf die Straße gehen.

Beteiligt euch am Aktionstag für globale Gerechtigkeit am 10. Dezember 2005!
- Protestiert in dezentralen Aktionen gegen die neoliberale Handelspolitik der
WTO und der EU
- Macht eure Kritik an der Liberalisierung und Privatisierung in Bereichen wie
Wasserversorgung, Bildung und Gesundheit deutlich
- Bringt die hinter dem GATS verborgenen Konzerninteressen ans Licht
- Tragt eure Stimmen nach Hong Kong
Beteiligt euch an der Online-Demo http://www.stop-wto.org
HONG KONG platzen lassen - No Deal is better than a bad Deal! Eine ausführliche
Sammlung von Aktionsideen zur WTO findet ihr hier. Alle Infos über gepalnte
Aktionen bitte an: welthandel at attac.de

In verschiedenen Städten sind schon Aktionen geplant, an die ihr unterstützen
könnt:

BERLIN:
Das Hong Kong- Kamangnen- Büro in Berlin plant zusammen mit der BUNDJugend eine
Demostation in der berliner Innenstadt. Mit einem großen Staßen-Theater-Umzug
soll gegen die WTO protestiert werden. Dabei wird ein rießiges WTO-Logo
zusammengestzt aus unterschiedlichen Konzernlogos dem Unmut der Protestierenden
zum Opfer fallen. Kontakt: welthandel at attac.de
STUTTGART:
Attac-Stuttgart wird mit einer "NAMA-Gefahrenzone" in der stuttgarter Innenstadt
Passant_innen auf die negativen Folgen der Politik der WTO aufmerksam machen.
NÜRNBERG:
Auch in Nürnberg wird ein Infostand organisiert. Dabei bietet sich die
PassantInnen eine der letzten Möglichkeiten sich an der online-Demo zu
beteiligen.
KÖLN:
Attac-Köln plant einen Inofstand in der FußgängerInnenzone in der kölner
Innenstadt. Dort werdet ihr auch Fotos von Euch für die online-Demo machen
lassen können.
DORTMUND:
Attac-campus-Dortmund, Attac-campus-Bochum und die Ortsgruppen von Greenpeace
und dem BUND spielen gegenüber des dortmunder Hauptbahnhofs "wtopoly". Die
Straßentheateraktion soll auf die langfristigen Folgen der Hong
Kong-MinisterInnenkonferenz hinweisen. Kontakt: goa23 at gmx.net
GÖTTINGEN:
Attac-Göttingen plant eine eigene Aktion zum globalen Aktionstag.

[http://www.attac.de/wto/hk-aktionstag.php]


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wrong time, wrong place?

Maarten is free

On September 23rd 2005 the Dutch version of the book about Maartens case was
presented.
The book contains the story of Maartens trip to Gothenburg, his arrest,
expulsion and the request for extradition. It is about the court cases and
actions, the difficulties Maarten experiences during the 3 year wait and the
trial in Sweden. It is a story about the miscarriages of justice in Sweden, the
dangers of the new European extradition treaty and of the experiences of
Maartens support group, his family and friends.

The English version of the book will be released shortly. Both the versions can
be ordered through the support group (info at steunmaarten.org), and will cost ¤
9,90 including a DVD with short movies. If you would like to help with the
foreign distribution of the book, please contact us.
A long documentary about Maartens case will be released shortly, a link to the
trailer can be found here: http://www.darkambient.net/video/dezaakblok.html

Maarten was released after it was conclusively proved he was innocent

In the morning of June 14, 2001, a European Summit began in Sweden, in the city
of Gothenburg. Maarten had arrived in the city the previous night and had the
bad luck to have chosen a place to sleep in a school provided by the city
council that on that morning was surrounded by the police for a mass arrest of
all the people (more than 450) who happened to be in that place at that time.
He was arrested and deported to the Netherlands.
About four months later, he received notification from a Swedish group
supporting those who had been charged after the European Summit; there was
supposedly an international arrest warrant for him for severe disorder and
violence against a police officer, after some research it turned out that this
warrant did in fact exist.
Although the case was hardly supported, although there we had sufficient
evidence of Maarten's innocence (video recordings and witnesses) and although
all other 'foreigner' cases had been transferred to their own countries,
Maarten still was extradited and faced trial in Sweden . He lost his courtcase
about the extradition, and the minister of Justice minister Donner made his
final decision, to extradite. Maarten was handed over to Swedish authorities on
the 1st of September 2004, to undergo a almost certain unfair trial in
Gothenburg.

On the second day of the trial, police officers were confronted with new
photo's, which proved their contempt of court; as they had been lying the day
before.
After Maarten's ordeal for the last 3 years a critical review of the 'political'
trials in Gothenburg is in order.

[http://www.steunmaarten.org/englishhome.htm]