One year on Aubonne Bridge.

international | rights, freedoms and repression | news report Sunday June 27, 2004 16:32 by merrovinginvanjan - merro vin gin van jan. me rroving in van jan merrovining you are merrovingin you vanjan. you are a v

Impunity continues.

Tomorrow June 28th the protesters who were cut down, will face charges of endangering drivers.

On the 1st June 2003, an affinity group of 17 activists blockaded a motorway in Aubonne, Switzerland to prevent delegates from reaching the G8 summit in Evian. Two climbers hung suspended as counterweights from one rope that crossed the motorway bridge over the aubonne valley. Others held banners and blockaded the traffic. Despite being informed about the nature of the action, police cut the rope causing one climber to plunge 20 metres, while the other was saved just in time by her friends.

Three activists in court 28th June.

The two climbers (who were nearly killed by the police) and one of the local Swiss activists are in court in Nylon (15 min from Geneva) charged with blocking the road and endangering the lives of the motorists.

Judge the perpetrators not the victims

The police have still not be charged or even suspended.

It is incredible example of state hypocrisy and violence when the activist who simply blocked a road are charged with “endangering life” and the police officers who cut climbing ropes and don’t help people in obvious distress are still on duty and will probably never face any disciplinary charges or legal charges. This almost total police impunity must stop before more people are killed, traumatised or injured.

There were many other examples of police violence during and after the G8 meeting, none of which have resulted in charges against the police. Two other cases that have clear video evidence. Shooting a cameraman in the back with a stun grenade whilst he was running away from the police.
Storming the Usine Indy media centre dressed as Black Bloc and beating many people in the process.

There have been anniversary protests at the Swiss consular missions on 23rd of June 2004
madrid photos-
http://barcelona.indymedia.org/newswire/display/100366/index.php
at the Swiss Consulate Barcelona-
http://barcelona.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/100329
at the Swiss consulate Amsterdam-
http://acp.sindominio.net/gallery.pl?sid=04/06/23/1119216&mid=04-06-23-1121222

There is still one year on a donate button for the campaign to support the victims of that incident on Italian indymedia.

Here is the letter for the Swiss authorities in english-
http://canmasdeu.net/aubonnebridge.net/data/support_letter_short_en.rtf
here is the contact fax-
Secretary of the Parliament of Vaud - Fax: 0041 21 316 40 19,
here is another-
Fax: 0041 21 316 6037
Lausanne canton president- jaqueline.maurer@sq-dec-vd-ch