G8-Xtra: Informations in other languages
The police have announced that they will prevent all blockades and obstructions of the G8 summit. The federal government will repeal the system of open borders as specified in the Schengen Convention and conduct controls all along German borders. As it is possible that activists may be denied entry, we should prepare ourselves for obstructions by the police and find out about alternate travel possibilities.
Anyway: no one should be intimidated by the announcements of the police or be scared off from participating in the protests in Heiligendamm. Everybody should find out about his/her rights towards the police beforehand.
Here you can find legal information about dealing with police excesses, in case of detention or other harassment:
Red Aid Antirepression Guide:
“Was tun wenn’s brennt” (“What to do in case of fire”)
Booklets in various languages informing demonstrators of their legal rights, local and national laws and police regualtions
english | castellano | greek | italiano | more languages coming soon …
Police powers and presence for the G8 summit / Politie: bevoegdheden en aanwezigheid tijdens de G8-top
Rote Hilfe Ortsgruppe Greiswald: What to expect and how to protect yourself – Informations on new Police Law in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Germany)
External Texts
G8 07 UK Visitor Winner’s Guide
ERMITTLUNGSAUSSCHUSS (Legalteam – finds out the whereabouts of arrested people – gets lawers): Preparing for Demonstration english | polish | french | “portugese”http://www.gipfelsoli.org/rcms_repos/Antirepression/Flyer_EA_portugese.pdf (PDF)
“Translation Legal Terms”http://www.gipfelsoli.org/rcms_repos/Antirepression/Uebersetzungen_juristischer_Begriffe.rtf french – english – german – spanish – greek (RTF)
Border Points
Dresden (http://dissentnetzwerk.org/node/680)
Links
www.gipfelsoli.org/Antirepression (Legal informations in English and other languages)
Donations for the G8-Summit anti-repression work
In the face of the police’s threats it is really necessary for the left movement to prepare for the coming repression before the summit and to collect donations for the anti-repression work we will have to do. The Rote Hilfe (“Red Aid”), a leftist solidarity organisation with nearly 40 groups all over Germany, reckons that a five-digit euro-sum will be needed for solidarity work for trials only. This is why the whole left movement has to make joint efforts in solidarity work. Experience from previous summits shows that the fight against the criminalisation of activists requires much energy for a long time and especially very much money. Everybody can show solidarity by donations – NOW.
Self portrait of the Rote Hilfe (Red aid)
The Rote Hilfe (Red Aid) is a solidarity organisation supporting politically persecuted people of the left-wing spectrum. It concentrates on politically persecuted people in Germany, includes, however, also persecuted people from other countries according to its possibilities.
