G8 Protests Timeline

06.06.2007

  • 08:00 ( Blockades )
    People started to leave the camps and head to different blockade points. Three buses are stop-and-searched by police on the 105 road near Sievershagen. The situation is still calm.

  • 02:00 ( Repression )
    A big numbers of police cars were making some noise outside Camp Reddelich very early in the morning. The Camp's security turned the alarm on and people were awaken. The cops left shortly afterwards. Many campers believe this was just to intimidate them and prevent them from sleeping so that they don't have enough energy for the blockades today.

05.06.2007

  • 20:50 ( Repression )
    Kühlungsborn: The anti-repression demo has ended at the Baltic Sea, after calling at the international press centre (where mainstream journalists will be based during G8 coverage). Police did not succeed in preventing participants from continuing their demo up to the beach as the clowns 'clowned' through their chain. The protest concluded with the clowns bathing in the the Baltic Sea.

  • 19:55 ( Repression )
    Kühlungsborn: The anti-repression demonstration is has now 1,000 participants. They have arrived at Kühlungsborn and now want to 'welcome' Bush symbolically.

  • 19:45 ( Repression )
    The anti-repression demonstration in Kühlungsborn may continue now.

  • 19:40 ( Blockades Repression )
    Weitendorf: One of buses stopped by police on the motorway has been let free and is heading back now.

  • 19:30 ( Blockades )
    Weitendorf: Things seem to be coming to an end. About 200 people are being walked surrounded by police on the B103 road, probably to the train station, as there are no shuttle services.

  • 19:00 ( Repression )
    Schwaan: It has been confirmed that eight arrests were made today at Schwaan station not six, all under the Crime Prevention Law.

  • 18:45 ( Blockades Repression )
    Weitendorf: On the B103 road near the village of Weitendorf, between the airport and the highway, several road blockades took place. Some brutal arrests were made, especially by Berlin police units. Earlier, the sound system had announced that police were walking around to single out people and snatch them. A car, probably belonging to the French delegation, was briefly stopped.

  • 18:15 ( Blockades )
    Weitendorf: Six helicopters have just left the Rostock Laage airport together. Probably Mr. G.W. Bush was flown in one of them to Heiligendamm.

  • 18:10 ( Camps Repression )
    Camp Wichmannsdorf: An anti-repression demonstration started a while ago from Camp Wichmannsdorf and is heading towards the main press centre of ARD in Kühlungsborn. The 150 or so protesters were stopped by police at the outskirts of Kühlungsborn and may not go any further. A press conference is supposed to be taking place at the moment and is not to be disturbed by the protest.

  • 18:05 ( Blockades )
    Weitendorf: George Bush has landed in Rostock Laage. Slogans like "George Bush - terrorist" become louder and louder.

  • 17:50 ( Repression )
    At least 6 people have been arrested so far at Schwaan station, one of them is know to be Polish.

  • 17:00 ( Blockades Repression )
    Weitendorf: About 1,000 demonstrators have already arrived at the designated area for the demonstration. A bus from Camp Rostock is currently stopping at a parking lot on the motorway and is being police-checked. Another bus was stopped and, after being checked and filmed, people were walked by police to the demo. About half of the 250 or so people who were stuck in Schwaan waiting for the shuttle service, have since arrived. Police seems to hold back so far and members of Berlin police 'deescalation teams' are present. The demonstration is taking place in accordance with the conditions set by the Higher Administrative Court.

  • 17:00 ( Blockades )
    Weitendorf: Loudspeakers are informing people of the situation. The demonstration will start as soon as all have arrived and is intending to continue until Bush flies off in a helicopter. A 'kitchen' is providing a nice soup, a drums band is playing free jazz and the mood generally sounds good. There's also a lot of mainstream media.

  • 16:00 ( Alternative Summit )
    Rostock: The G8 Alternative Summit has just started.

  • 16:00 ( Repression )
    'Suspicious' cars driving from Rostock to the Rostock-Laage airport are being diverted by the police to a parking lot off the motorway to be searched and passengers' details taken. The 'Amsterdam Media Bus' was stopped a while ago and people are being checked and filmed one by one. At train stations, police checks are also intensifying. A group of 100 or so protesters are stuck at the Schwaan bus station, where buses to the airport usually pass, but the buses are not stopping at that stop now. Some of them already had their personal details taken by some 50 cops.

  • 15:15 ( Anti-militarism )
    In Weitendorf, south of the airport Rostock Laage, several hundred people are assembling for a rally. The PA has been controlled and the banners have been checked. Heavy controls at Rostock main station.

  • 13:50 ( Anti-militarism )
    Rostock: The anti-militarism demonstration in Warnemünde has finished.

  • 13:30 ( Migration Repression )
    Rostock: Towards the end of yesterday's migration demo, some Clowns were making fun of cops using, among other things, water pistols. At one point, a cop 'confiscated' a water pistol, and his carrying it was a nice pose for mainstream photographers. Later on, Spiegel published a story that 8 cops were affected by chemicals used by the clowns. They later edited the story on their website to say police are accusing the clowns of that.

  • 13:00 ( Repression )
    Camp Rostock: Around 2am this morning, several people from the Camp Security group were stop-and-searched by police for about two hours. Their walkie-talkies were seized for suspicions of planning criminal offences. The people concerned were forced to mask up to be photographed.

  • 13:00 ( Anti-militarism )
    Rostock: The announced rally at the Hanse-Kaserne has been called off by the organisers. About 50 people had been waiting for about one hour. The police was present with two water cannons.

  • 13:00 ( Anti-militarism )
    Rostock: About 300-400 hundred people gathered at the Caterpillar headquarters. A short rally with some speeches was held, then people carried on to EADS, where police numbers increased significantly. Protesters were escorted by cops on the train and were searched as they boarded.

  • 13:00 ( Anti-militarism )
    Rostock-Warnemünde: the anti-militarism demo has reached the end point at the Underground station, with 1500-2000 participants. The mood is high; there are many speeches and police are standing at a distance from the rally.

  • 12:00 ( Anti-militarism Repression )
    Rostock: The anti-militarism demonstration in Warnemünde has started with some 500 participants, but people are not moving yet. Police have restricted the demo to one lane of the road. At the train station, police are stop-and-searching people arriving and taking their personal details.

  • 11:50 ( Repression )
    Rostock: A German national was sentenced to 10 months in prison this morning in a fast-track trial. The charges were attempted severe bodily hard and breach of the peace. He was released on bail and is on the way home.

  • 11:00 ( Anti-militarism )
    After calling off the Israel protest at the Security Fence in Vorder Bollhagen, many protesters went to join the anti-Catterpillar action in Carl-Hopp Str. Caterpillar is a company that manufactures bulldozers used by the Israeli army to demolish Palestinian houses and lands. Others went to join the anti-militarism demo in Warnemünde.

  • 10:40 ( Blockades )
    About 4000 people have almost reached the fence near the racing course. 2000 are trying to block the street leading to gate 2. Police is arresting people, but there are not many police around. 12 helicopters in the air.

  • 10:40 ( Anti-militarism Repression )
    An action at the Security Fence in Vorder Bollhagen, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 1967 war and the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands and protest against the apartheid wall, has been called off because organisers refused to be escorted by police and because police pre-conditions restricted the number of participants to 15 people. [call]

  • 10:30 ( Repression )
    Rostock-Evershagen, 11:30: Like a lot of other places, both entrances into the Evershagen Convergence are 'blocked' by two police vans each. People coming in and out are being checked and their names/photos compared to police profiles from previous days.

  • 05:30 ( Repression )
    The Kavala (G8 special police department) have banned all the events on Thursday, including those outside the banned zones I and II, that the Star March coalition had registered as 'substitute events' should a complete ban be confirmed by the Federal Constitutional Court later today. [press release]

04.06.2007

  • 21:30 ( Repression )
    The Legal Team's interim report: So far approximately 322 detained +++ At least 10, mostly youngsters, awaiting trial +++ Unlawful prolonged detention +++ Grave violations by the police, including against lawyers +++ Authority wrangling between Kavala and operational commanders: the operational commander criticises police tactics during the demonstration.

  • 21:30 ( Repression )
    German-Polish border: The occupation of the train by Polish activists, who were refused entry into Germany, has ended now. After anti-terrorist squads were brought in, police gave the activists half an hour to leave, and so they did.

  • 20:30 ( Anti-militarism )
    Hundreds of people demonstrated today against George W. Bush's visit to Prague. The protest was particularly against the planned stationing of US missiles in Tschechien.

  • 19:45 ( Repression )
    A police check point has been set up by the detention centre on Industrie Str and people's ID's are being checked when passing through there.

  • 19:15 ( Repression )
    According to the Legal Teams, 53 people were arrested today, 17 of whom have been released already. Since Saturday, there have been at least 315 arrests, the greater part of which were for "violation of the laws of demonstration"/the "ban on disguises". There have been also 10 arrest warrants. Nine cases are supposed to be brought in front of a court this week in a fast-track trials. Most of these will take place on Wednesday.

  • 19:00 ( Repression )
    German borders: Border controls into Germany are reportedly being tightened against anti-G8 activists. Cia.bzzz.net, a Polish activist website, reported earlier that a train carrying Polish anarchists was stopped by German border police at Gumience-Szczecin. They were told that they would be arrested immediately if they continued their journey. In response, the anarchists occupied the train and hung banners out of the windows. A while ago, 5 German activists joined the occupation and it sounds like a party atmosphere. More police are also arriving. The train has been totally removed from the timetable and, since the activists have tickets valid for one day, it is expected that the occupation will go on till 3:30am. Earlier today, 18 activists on a bus from Poland were stopped and sent back home. Later on, another 3 people were stopped at a petrol station just after passing the border from the Netherlands. Two of the three have been declared 'safe' but have not got their passports back yet. The third is still being investigated and might be sent back to the Netherlands.

  • 18:35 ( Migration )
    Despite police provocations, thousands of protesters have arrived at the final rally point of the demo, the city harbour. Music is playing, the mood is high and participants apparently did not let the long stopping of the march bring their hopes down.

  • 18:15 ( Migration )
    Rostock: About a thousand of the demonstrators spontaneously marched down to the harbour, accompanied by a sound system and lots of riot police. At the harbour, they are being joined by many more activists.

  • 17:30
    About 70 people took part in a solidarity demo in Bern.

  • 17:10 ( Migration Repression )
    The organisers have called the demonstration off because it was simply not possible to go on. They found the change of route proposed by police unacceptable. Cops is standing very close all around the demo; at front and back there are water cannons. The organisers have also announced that they want to try and continue the closing rally at the city harbour as planned, but police have announced that it won't tolerate any spontaneous protests.

  • 16:00 ( Migration )
    Rostock: The march has reached Park Str. and the police are now saying that it can't go through the inner city because the number of protesters has exceeded the "2000 limit". The police figure is 8,500, although people on the march say it's probably less. Riot police are arriving.

  • 15:00 ( Migration )
    Rostock: After hard negotiations with the police, the demo has finally started to move towards the harbour, but 'escorted' by lines of police on either side. Some 50 meters later, however, it was stopped again. Approximately 5,000 are on the March. A small spontaneous demo, with some 200-300 participants, has also started and is marching down Wismarsche Str. towards the main march.

  • 14:15 ( Migration )
    Rostock: Police have just announced that the rally and march can carry on as long as people don't cover their faces and carry 'weapons'. The mood is positive and colourful, with a Samba band and clowns dominating the picture.

  • 13:50 ( Migration )
    Rostock: The organisers of the "Global Freedom of Movement and Equal Rights" demonstration have just announced over the sound system that police have declared the rally and march as illegal because there are some "500 potentially violent protesters" and that they will not allow it to continue. Organisers, however, are not accepting this and are trying to negotiate. Music is still playing.

  • 13:10 ( Migration )
    The rally has just started, although the international speakers are still being 'processed' by police.

  • 12:50 ( Repression )
    The Grey Bus from Theaterstraat (a bus carrying protesters from Amsterdam) was stopped-and-searched by cops for about 3 hours at Hamburgerstrasse earlier this morning. Eight people from several countries were arrested and taken to the detention centre in Industrie Str. Charges are probably related to carrying things like caps, gloves and lemons. A 15-minute solidarity protest was held outside of the detention centre. The bus is now on its way to the Migration rally.

  • 12:30 ( Camps Repression )
    A train from Reddelich only goes as far as Bad Doberan. Replacement buses are being used. In Sievershagen, buses are being stopped by police and people's bags are being searched. Buses then continue their way.

  • 12:30 ( Migration )
    Rostock: Between 2000 and 3000 people are waiting at the Fluchtelingslager. Police have just arrived and started checking everyone, including the speakers from Africa. The organisers are waiting for that to finish to start their rally.

  • 11:30 ( Camps Migration )
    Rostock: People coming from Reddelich going to the migration rally got off at the Thiefelder train station to find a lot of riot police waiting for them. They were put back on the train again to be sent back, then let go a while later and are now heading to the main Migration Rally.

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