| December 15, 2009 | ||
| 3:00 pm |
Today, 3pm at Råhuset, Onkel Dannys Plads
Climate Justice Action: 0045 50 66 90 28
Via Campesina: 004552686092
Climate Caravan: 004917685205260
media@climate-justice-action.org
press@climatecamp.org.uk
When & Where
At 3pm this afternoon at Raahuset (Onkel Dannys Plads) info point (near the KlimaForum), Climate Justice Action, Via Campesina, Climate Caravan and See You In Copenhagen will hold a press conference about the events in Christiania last night (where police mounted a full scale operation in and around a action mobilization party and climate debate), and the general climate of police repression experienced by activists during the COP15 summit.
Why
The press conference has been collectively called to denounce the political policing seen on the streets of Copenhagen over the past few days where over a thousand people have been locked into the “climate prison”. “See you In Copenhagen”, a group which was present at the Christiania debate and party last night believe that the tear gassing
and arrests of hundreds of people who were attending a political debate and party is a clear example of the attacks on people mobilizing for a real solution to climate change.
Who
Climate Justice Action is a network of organisations and individuals from the Global South and North who are protesting in Copenhagen against the failing UN process. CJA is organizing the “Reclaim Power” mass action that will enter the UN area to hold a Peoples’ Assembly for climate justice tomorrow. Via Campesina is the largest farmers’
movement in the world, calling for land sovereignty and relocalization of food production. The Climate Caravan is a caravan that has travelled from the WTO talks in Geneva to the UN climate talks in Copenhagen to draw links between trade and climate change. See You In Copenhagen is a network of Italian social centers, student networks and groups such as Ya Basta! who have collectively mobilized for the COP15 summit. They have 200 activists in Copenhagen, 84 of whom were arrested last night in Christiania.
