2 people still in prison for skipping
Two occupants of the Lappersfort forest protest site were arrested on the night of the 30th of March cycling back to the camp. Based on the fact that they had a screwdriver on them and a bike trailer full of food, they are accused of breaking a fence in order to take food from a skip that they never actually visited. Both of them are still held in preventive prison.
In the early hours of Wednesday 30th of march, two occupants of the Lappersfort forest protest site were arrested cycling back to the camp. Based on the fact that they had a screwdriver on them and a bike trailer full of food, they are accused of breaking a fence in order to take food from a skip that they never actually visited. Both of them are still held in preventive prison for already 10 days.
Besides the fact that arresting and imprisoning people for taking food from the rubbish is ridiculous, the actual accuse is based on false statements from the police, trying to find evidence for an incident that didn’t happen. The manager of the supermarket is pressured by the police to make a false statement, even though he stated already that no-one went on the property and nothing got taken from the skips that night.
On the first court hearing on April 3rd , the judge ordered longer imprisonment for “further investigation” – time for the police to keep making up a story, or to just keep peoplke as long as they can, trying to gather identities and to intimidate and criminalize the occupants of the forest.
These arrests are the latest development in the ongoing campaign of repression against the occupants of the protest site. In February one person was arrested for skipping food and was held for 15 days in a high-security prison after refusing to identify himself in court. After an appeal made by his lawyer, the judge in Gent ordered his release.
Other ‘offences’ occupants have been arrested for in the last five months include: Taking scrap wood from a bin, carrying wood chips in wheelbarrows in the street, handing out flyers at a market in the city centre and putting up posters on a legal postering spot.
The Lappersfort occupants see this as an ongoing campaign of repression to try to force them out of the woods and discover as many of their identities as possible. It is also seen as a criminalization of environmental activism, skipping and generally increasing the power of the police state. THIS IS NO LONGER A FIGHT ONLY FOR THE FOREST, BUT ALSO FOR PERSONAL FREEDOM, SELFDETERMINATION AND THE RIGHT TO REUSE WASTE – RECYCLING IS NOT A CRIME!
Lappersfort forest has been occupied since September 2008 to prevent it from being cut down to build warehouses, office buildings and a car park. The owner of the land, FABRICOM GTI, entity of energy-giant GDF SUEZ, has until now offered little contact to the occupiers except to say that they insist on going ahead with their destructive project.
The site is under constant eviction threat. People who want to come and live with us to defend the forest are welcome, and visitors too!
Directions from Brugge Train Station: Exit at the back – where all the construction is going on – turn left and follow the road for a while until the roundabout, turn left under the railway bridge. You’ll see the forest soon on your right!
Besides the fact that arresting and imprisoning people for taking food from the rubbish is ridiculous, the actual accuse is based on false statements from the police, trying to find evidence for an incident that didn’t happen. The manager of the supermarket is pressured by the police to make a false statement, even though he stated already that no-one went on the property and nothing got taken from the skips that night.
On the first court hearing on April 3rd , the judge ordered longer imprisonment for “further investigation” – time for the police to keep making up a story, or to just keep peoplke as long as they can, trying to gather identities and to intimidate and criminalize the occupants of the forest.
These arrests are the latest development in the ongoing campaign of repression against the occupants of the protest site. In February one person was arrested for skipping food and was held for 15 days in a high-security prison after refusing to identify himself in court. After an appeal made by his lawyer, the judge in Gent ordered his release.
Other ‘offences’ occupants have been arrested for in the last five months include: Taking scrap wood from a bin, carrying wood chips in wheelbarrows in the street, handing out flyers at a market in the city centre and putting up posters on a legal postering spot.
The Lappersfort occupants see this as an ongoing campaign of repression to try to force them out of the woods and discover as many of their identities as possible. It is also seen as a criminalization of environmental activism, skipping and generally increasing the power of the police state. THIS IS NO LONGER A FIGHT ONLY FOR THE FOREST, BUT ALSO FOR PERSONAL FREEDOM, SELFDETERMINATION AND THE RIGHT TO REUSE WASTE – RECYCLING IS NOT A CRIME!
Lappersfort forest has been occupied since September 2008 to prevent it from being cut down to build warehouses, office buildings and a car park. The owner of the land, FABRICOM GTI, entity of energy-giant GDF SUEZ, has until now offered little contact to the occupiers except to say that they insist on going ahead with their destructive project.
The site is under constant eviction threat. People who want to come and live with us to defend the forest are welcome, and visitors too!
Directions from Brugge Train Station: Exit at the back – where all the construction is going on – turn left and follow the road for a while until the roundabout, turn left under the railway bridge. You’ll see the forest soon on your right!
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