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NATO Shows Its Fangs in Bucharest

Written by INDY Media
Saturday, 05 April 2008
Violent Repression At NATO Summit in Romania by UK Indymedia At approximately 12:30pm on 2nd April hundreds of Romanian police violently raided a convergence center in Bucharest, the country’s capital. The convergence space was set up to facilitate an anti-NATO gathering and was legally rented. It is reported that during the raid at least two protesters were hospitalized. Various reports state people are badly beaten while in custody and even while taken to hospital. Numerous people are reported to be seriously injured and some have been refused medical assistance while in custody. It is estimated that 46 people have been arrested. No demonstration or action had happened before the raid and all the arrests were made inside the convergence center. Police officers were masked and reportedly very aggressive towards journalists trying to access the scene. The convergence center is located near the center of Bucharest, which is hosting a NATO summit that just got underway today. It is estimated that up to 27,000 police officers, military, snipers and secret police are ‘guarding’ the city. The security alert code yellow has been announced, meaning that all demonstrations are forbidden in the whole city amongst other restrictive laws. source related links Further: Indymedia articles: Riot police storms convergence centre at Bucharest anti- NATO protests \| Massive Repression during the NATO Summit in Romania \| Anti-NATO Convergence Centre in Bucharest attacked by Anti-Terror Police \| Breaking News: Mass Arrests during NATO summit in Bucharest, Romania \| Mass Arrest of demonstrators in Bucharest \| Anti NATO activists faced police brutality Other media: Massive Repression during the NATO Summit in Romania \| Videos of the raid on the convergence centre \| Photos of mass arrests \| Info for anyone going to Romania \| Solidarity demo in Berlin \| Protests at police stations Set as favorite Bookmark Email This Hits: 596 Facebook del.icio.us Digg Furl Yahoo! My Web StumbleUpon Google Bookmarks Technorati reddit We are sorry, for registered members only. Comments (0) Subscribe to this comment's feed Write comment Name Website Title Comment smaller \| bigger Subscribe via email (Registered users only) I have read and agree to the Terms of Usage.