Newsletter: Five Days Later

Thirteen people have been arrested last Saturday. The arrestees were part of two groups. One group of eight people has crawled through the conveyor belt that connects the coal port with the power plant where they were attack by security with dogs according to our lawyer. At least one person got bitten by a dog. They are now accused of violence against persons and are still in detention. Another group of five people decided to stay in the coal terminal after the other activists had left the terrain. They were arrested later that evening and are accused of trespassing and violence against goods. The lawyers is angry that they have been in detention for such a long time and calls it “un-Amsterdam like”.

They will be brought from the police station Meer en Vaart to the judicial complex at the Parnossosweg on Friday between 7h and 19h. There they will be decided behind close doors whether the thirteen will be released or wait in prison for their court case. In the latter case they will have more rights than they have now, and we can support them better with clothes, money and letters.

All arrestees are doing okay and deserve our support. Whatever is true about the charges, they were fighting for a better society and against the violent fossil fuel industry that is disrupting the climate. At the moment the repression on the arrestees is getting stronger.

Updates from the arrestees group (AG) will be posted on IndyMedia. You will also find information on solidarity actions there.

Sunday from 13u until 15u we will meet in the Nieuwland (Pieter Nieuwlandstraat) to discuss how we can support the 13 further.

• 2 July – Legal debriefing. From 1 until 3pm. If something has happened during the action or the camp you can ask questions here. The focus will be on legal questions. Location: De Nieuwland (Pieter Nieuwlandstraat 93).
• 5 August – Borrel & Reunion. An informal gathering, once you have settled again it is to discus our experiences during CODE ROOD.
• 16 September – Evaluation Code Rood 1.0. We have started this proces in November 2017. What is going well? And what can be improved? We want to discuss the whole process, but focus on the climate camp and the action itself.
• 21 October – Action conference Code Rood 2.0. Of course we will continue, our goal is to build a large movement. But what is the next step? During this action conference we will brainstorm for new plans.