Preemptive arrests in Copenhagen: Arrests in the Bella Center and raids on planning headquarters
The Climate Justice Action is reporting that:
We caught up with Dr. Tadzio Mueller, resident of Berlin, accredited NGO observer, author and climate justice activist, during our live-streaming Skype video call into Copenhagen.
Sadly he was on wireless connection, so it's easier to listen than to watch~ Tadzio spoke about the strength of social movements, the Danish text, the new laws affecting activists, and the mass action he is planning for tomorrow, December 16th.
Naomi Klein speaks to the purpose of tomorrow's action:
"The Danish police have escalated their attempts to criminalize and harass activists..."
The Climate Justice Action, which is scheduled to begin at 10am on Wednesday 16th, is designed to involve 5-10,000 activists approaching the Bella Centre from the outside, and simultaneous disruptions of the summit from accredited delegates within.
Tadzio Mueller was among the people who were arrested today by under cover police inside the Bella Center (where the UN climate negotiations are taking place). He had just finished speaking at a press conference announcing the mass non-violent action organized by Reclaim Power tomorrow.
The Climate Justice Action sent the following press release:
At 16.45 Danish police raided a bicycle workshop being used by demonstrators to prepare bicycle constructions to be used as part of working alternatives to fossil fuel culture in Wednesday's demonstrations.
At 18.00 a further 36 people were arrested at the Klimaforum, the alternative summit taking place in central Copenhagen, while protesting against the seizure by police of the vegetable oil they planning to use for their zero-carbon vehicles.
Simultaneously, about 15,000 delegates, journalists and civil society representatives have effectively been locked out of the summit by being refused accreditation, and delays in applications of up to 8 hours.
Many of these delegates will be joining the demonstrations against the COP process tomorrow, alongside Climate Justice Action
Kamille Hjuler from Climate Justice Action commented: "These are yet more attempts by the UN to silence any criticisms of the COP process, whether from inside or outside."
We caught up with Dr. Tadzio Mueller, resident of Berlin, accredited NGO observer, author and climate justice activist, during our live-streaming Skype video call into Copenhagen.
Sadly he was on wireless connection, so it's easier to listen than to watch~ Tadzio spoke about the strength of social movements, the Danish text, the new laws affecting activists, and the mass action he is planning for tomorrow, December 16th.
Naomi Klein speaks to the purpose of tomorrow's action:
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