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Home | Friday 20th March 2009 | Issue 669

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CRAP ARREST OF THE WEEK

For Manipulating public opinion...

Two people were arrested for unfurling a banner inside the conference of the World Water Forum in Istanbul, Turkey. The activists from International Rivers were arrested for unleashing their fabric-of-society threatening slogan, “No Risky Dams”, held all day and night under draconian under catch all ‘public manipulation’ conspiracy laws and then deported home – one back to Germany, the other to the US. Meanwhile outside, 26 were arrested and three seriously injured as over 2000 police attacked a demonstration of 300.

See www.internationalrivers.org

Keywords: istanbul, turkey, world water forum


 

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