Danish Police Tapped Activists’ Phones

[G_j]

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/12/18/headlines#4

Danish Police Tapped Activists’ Phones

Activist groups, meanwhile, are accusing Danish police of an elaborate spying and detention operation to undermine their protests over the summit’s two weeks. Court hearings for two jailed organizers have revealed police used wiretaps to monitor activists’ phone calls. Protesters say undercover agents posed as demonstrators to infiltrate crowds and make arrests. Three Climate Justice Action spokespeople involved with Wednesday’s Reclaim Power action at the Bella Center meanwhile have been charged following their arrests earlier this week. Tadzio Mueller has been charged with incitement, while two others have been charged with violence against police officers and disorderly conduct. Mueller has been jailed for the last four days. Footage has emerged of scores of detained activists following the police raid on the autonomous community of Christiania earlier this week. The Denmark Indymedia video shows the activists chanting inside their jail cells.
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(from yesterday)

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/12/16/headlines

Scores Arrested in “Reclaim Power” Action at COP15

Hundreds of arrests have been made here in Copenhagen as climate justice advocates attempt a massive act of civil disobedience to disrupt the COP15 talks. Earlier today Danish police detained people around the city who were among the thousands making their way to the Bella Center for the “Reclaim Power” action. Organizers had vowed to stage a “people’s assembly” inside the summit to amplify calls for climate justice. As part of the action, hundreds of summit delegates and attendees marched through the Bella Center halls to join the protesters outside. Police have used pepper spray and batons against protesters as they converged on the site. The People’s Assembly took place on a street near the Bella Center with hundreds of people in attendance.


Major Environmental Groups Banned from Summit

In what could have been a preemptive move against the delegates’ walkout, several major environmental groups were barred from the climate summit earlier today. The groups, including Friends of the Earth International, Avaaz and Tck Tck Tck, say their accreditation was revoked without explanation. Around fifty people held a sit-in near a security checkpoint in response.

Protest Organizer Arrested, Jailed Overnight

Today’s arrests are the latest in a massive crackdown on climate justice activists. On Tuesday, a key organizer behind the Reclaim Power action was arrested as he left the Bella Center. The organizer, Tadzio Mueller, was jailed overnight without charge. Last week Mueller spoke to Current TV about the Danish police crackdown.

Tadzio Mueller: “This is simply par for the course. I mean, this is what we’ve come to expect from police forces around the world when these big protests happen. And we, the network Climate Justice Action, have been saying now for over a year that we are planning actions of civil disobedience. So in that sense it is absolutely unsurprising what the police are doing. And while, of course, we condemn it, we also don’t want to get caught in a situation where all we talk about is the police’s violation of our civil liberties. And no doubt those violations have occurred. We are really much more interested in talking about our different agenda for climate politics and that we’re absolutely on track to achieve some of the most amazing actions in the Global North, we hope, since the WTO protests in Seattle.”
US Envoy Rejects Higher Emissions Cuts, Reparations.

[G_j]

1. so little interest in the US

even here, :-(

it's only the future :shrug:

[Fumesucker]

2. Agents provocateur again?

"Protesters say undercover agents posed as demonstrators to infiltrate crowds and make arrests."

[Maat]

3. I'm appalled.

But, then, that's been a virtually consistent condition for me for a long time, particularly intensified since DimSon took office.