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News in english 16. dec. 2009 KL. 11.46

COP15 Day 10: Demo update

There has been a demonstration by Climate Justice Action. The demonstration appears to have dispersed.

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13:28 - Demonstration appears to be slowly dispersing.

12.31 - Police lines have begun moving towards each other.

12:30 - A couple of hundred demonstrators have sat down on the road to hold their People's Assembly between police lines.

12:24 - Demonstrators are being moved away from the Bella Center, after police ordered the demonstration to disperse. The situation appears to be somewhat calmer.

12:16 - Some of the group of delegates and activists that left the Bella Center to meet the demonstration have been beaten back by police.

12:00 - Police have ordered the demonstration to disperse, making it illegal to continue and permitting the arrest of anyone refusing to follow police orders to stop the demonstration.

SEE PICTURES FROM THE DEMONSTRATION

11:45 - There are tumultuous scenes in connection with the Climate Justice Action Bella Center demonstration as demonstrators attempt to force fences and police lines to get into the security area. Bottles have been lobbed at police lines. Police have warned demonstrators that the Bella Center is a security area and any attempt to get in will result in arrest.

In some cases police have drawn batons and used pepper spray and teargas. So far some 200 people are said to have been arrested.

Cycling activists in groups of 10 are attempting to cause confusion and get into the Bella Center area at different locations.

Some 50 delegates and activists from within the Bella Center have made their way out of the building to meet the demonstrators.

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08:00 A demonstration has begun in Copenhagen in which activists are marching on the Bella Center to attempt to take over the COP15 Climate Summit for a period.

Activists convened at around 8 a.m. at Tårnby as police searched vehicles and demonstrators at various locations. The main demonstration will be marching from Tårnby Station by way of Englandsvej and Vejlands Allé, while an alternative activist demonstration will be taking another undisclosed route.

To be updated

Edited by Julian Isherwood

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