[mgj-discuss] Jubilee South Urgent Appeal and Statement on HK Police Violence Against WTO Protesters

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From: Lidy Nacpil lidyjs at jubileesouth.org
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 01:52:08 -0500 (EST)
To: lidyjs at jubileesouth.org
Subject: [jubileesouth] Jubilee South Urgent Appeal and Statement on HK
Police Violence Against WTO Protesters


URGENT ACTION NEEDED:

Dear Friends,

As the week of mobilizations draws to a close, the Hong Kong police has
escalated their repression and treatment of WTO protesters.  Jubilee South
members were among those teargassed and arrested in last night’s stand off
with the police.

Attached and below is our press statement on the latest developments.  We
urgently request you to fax messages to the Hong Kong authorities
immediately to ask for the release of all those arrested, and to refrain
from further use of force.

Below is the name and number:

Hong Kong Police Commissioner Dick Lee
c/o Fax Number (852) 2200 4501


Thank you very much,



Lidy Nacpil
Coordinator


PRESS STATEMENT
18 December 2005

WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 6TH MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE (WTO MC6)
JUBILEE SOUTH CONDEMNS HONGKONG POLICE
FOR UNLEASHING A REIGN OF TERROR

HONG KONG—THE SUPPRESSED VIOLENCE of the Hong Kong police broke through
the thinly-veiled façade of ‘politeness’ and ‘responsible behavior’
through a series of brutal actions beginning evening of December 17 and
continuing till early morning of December 18.  Over 600 protesters of the
ongoing World Trade Organization negotiations were arrested around 3 am on
Sunday morning, stripped and beaten up in police lock-ups, and taken to
the magistacy in Kung Tong (East Kowloon).

It is obvious that the protesters were provoked by the use of excessive
and brutal force by the police, who are now indiscriminately picking up
protesters, even the injured, and jailing them.  The Hong Kong police is
blatantly guilty of violating the human rights of the protesters by their
unacceptable use of excessive force and detention of persons exercising
their right of democratic protest.

The singling out of Korean demonstrators, in particular, for inhuman
punishment by the police is also an indication of racism.

Jubilee South, a tri-continental international movement, declares that
protesters of all nationalities, races and colors are united in their
fight against the monster called the WTO, and the attempts of the police
to create divisions by singling out protesters from a particular country
are churlish and reprehensible.

Jubilee South severely condemns the police action, demands the immediate
release of detained protesters, cessesion of police brutalities, and
extends support and solidarity to the victims, particularly our Korean
colleagues. ###










Note: 	For more information and for interviews, please contact
Ms. Lidy Nacpil @ (+852) 91542041



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