Die Proteste gegen die WTO sind bekanntlich mehr als angebracht.

(fast vergessen: auf http://radiohongkong.de/ gibts Bilder + Videos zur Kampagne)

Wieder einmal ist die Polizei Büttel der Herrschenden: 900 Demonstranten sind laut einer E-Mail von attac Deutschland (s. auch (Link weg) Hong Kong Blog ) eingekesselt und mehrere hundert gewaltsam verhaftet worden.
"Es sieht so aus, dass die Menschen immer noch im Gefängnis sind, sie keinen Kontakt zu Rechtsanwälten haben, dass sie vermutlich nicht gut behandelt werden, dass sie also völlig abgeschottet sind. Es gibt wohl Verhandlungsangebote sozusagen von der Zivilgesellschaft – da weiß ich jetzt noch nicht, inwieweit das bisher wirklich geklappt hat. Es sieht also nicht so gut aus, und deshalb wäre das wichtig, dass da was unternommen wird."

Hier ein Protestschreiben (engl.) von attac, gerichtet an
* Mr. Tsang (Polizeichef Hong Kong): ceo@ceo.gov.hk *
* Pascal Lamy (Generaldirektor WTO): enquiries@wto.org *

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Betreff: *Release those fighting to save their livlihoods fom WTO!*
 
On December 17 (yesterday) afternoon, thousands of representatives from farmers, fishers, workers, migrants, women’s, students and other civil society organizations marched from Victoria Park to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in a demonstration to protest against the destructive policies of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). At around 5.00 pm, they were stopped by the police, who used pepper spray, water hoses and eventually, tear gas, to disperse them. Many demonstrators were injured and some were hospitalized. After this, at least 900 demonstrators sat peacefully on Gloucester Road, singing songs and dancing, but were surrounded on all sides by the police in full riot gear for over ten hours. By 3.30 am this morning, the police started to arrest the demonstrators and the arrests are continuing into today. Reports from the legal support group and those arrested reveal that those kept on Gloucester Road were not allowed food, water and bathroom facilities; many were constrained in extremely painful handcuffs and some were even strip-searched.
 
I denounce the actions of the police, and strongly protest against the use of such excessive force against the demonstrators and the inhuman treatment of those arrested. I stand in complete solidarity with the demonstrators, who have been so deeply and desperately impacted by the systemic violence of WTO policies.
 
I call for the immediate release of these political prisoners.