Düren. The court in Düren announced the date for the main case about duress. The date is the 14.03.2017 in Düren.
The
case is about to lock-on-actions with a metalpipe during the
Skill-Share-Camp 2014 and one blockade of cuttingmachines with a lock
around the neck during the cuttingseasson in Hambach Forest in October
2014.
In
the first case RWE destroyed with the support of the cops two compost
toilets, which took them severall hours occasionally because of the
lock-on-action at the digger.
In the second case a so called "Mulcher" get blocked by climbing on its roof and attaching to it with a necklock.
For
the courtcase in Düren controlls at the entrance are announced. That
could mean that people get searched and that they want to controll IDs.
In
the last time it happend severall times that people which try to stop
the destructive machine of lignite mineing got court cases. Dont let
them alone - be solidaric!
14.03.2017, 10:30 Uhr
Amtsgericht Düren
1.Etage, Sitzungssaal 1.25
August-Klotz-Straße 14
52349 Düren
more informations on: hambachforest.blogsport.de
Review.
On
23. April 2014 a huge bunch of cops forced their way throug Hambach
Forest. Their mission is the removal of two compost toilets. On their
way they got stopped severall times by people by climbing on their
machines or building barricades out of wood. One person locked himself
with his arms in a metallpipe (Lock-On) around the jib of a wheelded
loader. For severall time their machinery got stopped.
At
the same time the Skill-Share-Camp happend in the forest. Three weeks
before, on the 27.03.2014, the cops evicted the treeoccupation
Monkeytown. Two days after the eviction of the compost toilets, on
26.04.2014, the Hambach Forest got reoccupied. The treevillages Oaktown
and Beechtown got founded. Up to now Gallien and Crusty-town were
added.
Short movies:
Monkeytown in February 2014: http://vimeo.com/90109115
Eviction of the compost toilets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQlo757p0qs
Reoccupation of Hambach Forest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWNtx2gb368
On
the 29.10.2014 the blockades against the yearly cutting of trees (1.10 -
27.02) happen. During that some people climbed on a "mulcher". One
person locked with a neck-lock to the machine. After severall hours this
person got evicted by policeforces und transported to the policestation
in Düren.
In
the days before this blockade it came to conflicts between workers and
opponents of the cuttings. On the 30.10.2014 the cops evicted the
occupation Grubenblick and the hill in the cutting area after some
attacks between security of RWE and Forestprotectors. The cops searched
on the same day the meadowcamp on the edge of Hambach Forest. 24 persons
got arrested. Some people report maltreatment in the policecells,
fixation and cutting of hairs. One person got transported to prison.
Blockades of cuttingworks in beginning of October 2014: https://vimeo.com/112490540
Occupation of Grubenblick
Short movie: https://vimeo.com/112493321