Re: (313) czech cops went bonkers?
Here's a statement by the League of Human Rights. For those in Australia, if you wish to protest to the czech governement the email address of the czech embassy here is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) League of Human Rights condemns illegal police intervention against CzechTek 31.07.2005 | and calls for the immediate resignation of Interior Minister Bublan On the basis of information from news reports and participants in the event at Mlýnec pod Přimdou in Western Bohemia, the League of Human Rights must express its condemnation of the brutal police intervention there. The police have encroached upon rights guaranteed to all by the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Basic Freedoms (1) in a manner which is completely unacceptable for a democratic state: 1. Without any legal justification, the police restricted the freedom of movement of persons who were peacefully in transit on the public roads. 2. The police as an agent of public authority illegally and brutally infringed upon the private contract between the lessor of the property and the organizers of the dance party. By so doing, the police made it impossible for the purpose of the lease to be achieved and thereby caused damages to both contractual parties. 3. By erecting an illegal barrier to the lawfully leased property, the police artificially escalated the situation. This resulted in conflict which could otherwise have been avoided. 4. The police used completely inappropriate methods, given the situation, and during the intervention injured several dozen people. In contrast to the organizers of the event, who leased the property in good faith as a result of last year’s problems, thereby demonstrating their desire to meet the legal requirements, the police decided to place themselves above the law for reasons which are neither understandable nor acceptable. Under the rule of law the police may not presume that participants of a private event are going to behave illegally. The League of Human Rights calls upon Interior Minister František Bublan to recognize his responsibility for the completely inappropriate and illegal intervention committed by the police and to immediately resign. The League further demands that all police officers responsible for this illegal intervention be held accountable and their victims compensated. The League recommends all victims of police brutality to contact other witnesses as soon as possible, to have any injuries examined by a doctor and a medical report issued. Victims of this illegal police intervention who want to file criminal charges against the police may contact the League lawyers on +420 608 719 535 or by e-mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] For further information, please contact: Mgr. Jiří Kopal, lawyer, League of Human Rights Mobile phone: +420 608 719 535 League of Human Rights - Liga lidských práv Bratislavská 31 602 00 Brno Tel.: +420 545 210 446 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ 1: A democratic state under the rule of law, as well as the text of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Basic Freedoms, part of the Czech Constitution, are based on the primacy of the citizen over the state. The League considers the police to have violated the following articles of the Charter: Art. 2 (2) states that “State authority may be asserted only in cases and within the bounds provided for by law and only in the manner prescribed by law.“ Art. 2 (3) states that “Everyone may do that which is not prohibited by law; and nobody may be compelled to do that which is not imposed upon him by law.” According to Art. 3 (3), “Nobody may be caused detriment to her rights merely for asserting her fundamental rights and basic freedoms.” According to Art. 7 (1), “The inviolability of the person and of her private life is guaranteed. They may be limited only in cases provided for by law.” Art. 7 (2) states that, “No one may be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment.” Art. 10 (2) states that, “Everyone has the right to be protected from any unauthorized intrusion into her private (…) life.” Art. 11 (4) states that, “(…) mandatory limitation upon property rights is permitted in the public interest, on the basis of law, and for compensation” (all three stated conditions must be met); and Art. 14 (1) states that “The liberty of movement (…) is guaranteed.” from Indymedia.org CZECHTEKK 2OO5 A 'Freetekno' Party was stopped during the weekend by a series brutal and irrational actions of the Czech Police. Around 6000 people were attacked by the riot cops while having a party. The Highway was blocked and people entering the Czech Republic were turned away at the border, discriminated against on the basis of their looks. Czechtech 2005 is the 12th Annual Freetek Party in the open air. This years, self-organised, event met unusual hostility from the Czech Police. The first soundsystems and visitors gathered, on legally rented land, near the city of Milec, on
Re: (313) czech cops went bonkers?
we had it televised on national scale here; it's just utterly unfair if it all went like I read. I'd almost protest officially against the Czech government ;) in fact I should and make a clear stand, as just one individual, caring about such festival spirit to be saved. Things like the Love Parade and different tribal gatherings around created a spirit fo freedom at least for a while, with no harm intended to anyone Mario z66 schreef: Czechtek 2005 is the 12th annual freetek party in open nature. This year's self-organized freetekno event met unusual hostility from the Czech police. Starting the morning of Friday, 29th July, the first soundsystems and visitors gathered on a legaly rented land near the city of Milec. In the morning hours the police blocked the exits from the higway D5, causing an 8 kilometres long traffic jam. According to eyewitnesses, the police officers were trying to stop people from exiting the highway towards Milec based of their looks. Around 150 people sat on the highway requesting that they are allowed to continue their way to Milec. After 6 hours, following an ultimatum, at 13.00 the Czech police used water-guns and heavy force to clean the blocked highway. Abandoned cars were pulled away. The police continued to block the highway exits, as well as several ways around Milec. The official police statements said that the legal contract between the owner of the land on which Czechtek 2005 should take place is invalid. The Czech Minister of (wrong: Justice) Internal Affairs Frantisek Bublan of the social-democratic party CSSD, stated that the contract is invalid and that the owner of the land revoked it. Later, Friday the contract got into the media, as well as several interviews with the legal owner of the land, confirming his support for the event and the validity of the contract. Following his statement the Czech Senator JaromÃr Å tÄtina and the Czech Green Party requested that Minister Buban stops the raid against citizens of Czech republic which have not commited any crime by their gathering on a legaly rented land. Nevertheless police continued to block the area without reason. During night several thousands of visitors managed to pass the police blockage, leaving their cars behind on the roads. The Czech police was getting reinforcements from Pilsen, coming by vans and buses. Saturday morning the free techno party was having 5000 visitors and around 300 cars that managed to get on the place. The soundsystems started to play music. The Speaker of the Czech police stated that the visitors damaged neighbouring lands while trying to pass their blockage. The landowners filled a legal complaint against the organizers of Czechtek 2005. The citizens of Ãjezd pod PÅimdou, a small town near the place of CT 2005 signed a petition and handed in to the main Police Commander requesting that the participants are allowed to continue their way. The streets of the city were filled up by cars and people who failed to go through the police street cordons. The police redirected cars comming from Germany to the border in Rozvadov to other border crossings. According to police statistics 105 out of 249 foreigners were turned back on the borders on the base of colored old cars, haircuts and tatoos. The highway D5 was closed on both sides between 128 and 135 km. At 16.25 the police requested that the 6000+ participants leave the gathering otherwise a police action will follow. The assault started at 16.30 supported by around thousand riot cops massively using tear gas and trying to push the visitors out from the place. The assault was answered by throwing of various object at the police cordon and people shouting gestapo at the policemen. According to eyewitnesses the police used water to damage the soundsystems and unconfirmed messages speak about the usage of gum projectiles and frequency jammers to disprupt the mobile networks in the area. The shadow minister Ivan Langer sharply criticizes the police assault saying that it's a political decision imposed by the Prime-Minister JiÅÃ Paroubek (CSSD). On the weblog of Czechtek a request for solidarity was posted asking people to join a demonstration in Prague at 19.00 in front of the Ministery of Justice. The police assault ended around 19.20 (before the evening news) resulting in 50 injured people both on the sides of police and the participants. The organizers of Czechtek 2005 stated that they are going to appeal to European Court for Human Rights in Strassbourg. The second wave of police assault started around 21.00 with the goal of pushing out the remaining people. The brutal and irrational assault and police hostility are attributed to the government leading party, CSSD (social democrats), and are viewed as a residuum of Communist thinking as well as a populist attempt to get some attention before the coming elections. The so-called democracy in the Czech Republic as
