10-10-2011, 04:37 PM
Breaking News: Occupy Athens face riot police brutality of journalists, citizens
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Deborah Dupre
, Human Rights Examiner
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Athens Greecel is under a new 24-hour mass transit walkout Monday, the latest in a series of strikes stoked by government plans to cut wages and jobs that has led to dissent of the public sector that independent reporters are documenting as military rule of demonstrations in the streets attacking journalists and other citizens. Around 9:30 a.m. Monday morning, police are again attempting to empty the square and have surrounded them and are "terrorizing the people," but the protesters are not moving according to the non-profit TV crew called STOPCARTEL that is livestreaming the events.
"We are responding to the neo-liberal policies of the government," Athens' electric rail company, ISAP, said in a statement according to the Wall Street Journal. "They are killing off our ability to work leading us back into the middle ages."
WSJ reports that this latest strike is among protests by other public-sector workers negatively impacted by government cutbacks that "Greece has promised its international lenders in exchange for a fresh disbursement of aid."
Independent TV crew have painted a different picture Monday with video circulating the globe on the Web plus Livestream of the people's occupation of Athens.
(Watch Athens based STOPCARTEL TV reporting on Livestream on this page, left.)
"The unprecedented program, the beatings, the use of tear gases and the attacks of the riot police in the middle of the historic Syntagma square in the afternoon of 5/10 are revealed in the recorded videos of STOPCARTEL TV LIVE broadcast that are circulating all over the world..."
Brutal beatings of journalists and other citizens in an attack against STOPCARTEL crew, detentions and arrests are what the crew says "is the account of the unbelievable events."
The independent TV crew state, "Everyone should watch the exclusive videos, in order to witness the continuous, unprovoked attacks of the riot police against the citizens that had peacefully assembled in the square.
The protesters had gathered on the square outside parliament where lawmakers debated a referendum in response to the economic crisis.
"Under pressure from its international creditors, Greece's government last week submitted to parliament a plan to cut civil servants' pay and pensions and downsize the country's 700,000-strong public sector by placing 30,000 workers on a special labor reserve," reports WSJ.
Despite the violence, STOPCARTEL s broadcasting LIVE the events from the centre of the square.
The articles "The eurozone: a crisis of policy, not debt," "Greece: crisis takes toll on health," and "EU acts amid fears of energy markets abuse" give
For a people's view of events unfolding in Athens, watch STOPCARTEL TV daily LIVE broadcsts from Greece.
STOPCARTEL is a registered non-profit Organization in Greece and U.K.
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Deborah Dupre, Human Rights Examiner
October 10, 2011 - Like this? Subscribe to get instant updates.
Athens Greecel is under a new 24-hour mass transit walkout Monday, the latest in a series of strikes stoked by government plans to cut wages and jobs that has led to dissent of the public sector that independent reporters are documenting as military rule of demonstrations in the streets attacking journalists and other citizens. Around 9:30 a.m. Monday morning, police are again attempting to empty the square and have surrounded them and are "terrorizing the people," but the protesters are not moving according to the non-profit TV crew called STOPCARTEL that is livestreaming the events.
"We are responding to the neo-liberal policies of the government," Athens' electric rail company, ISAP, said in a statement according to the Wall Street Journal. "They are killing off our ability to work leading us back into the middle ages."
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WSJ reports that this latest strike is among protests by other public-sector workers negatively impacted by government cutbacks that "Greece has promised its international lenders in exchange for a fresh disbursement of aid."
Independent TV crew have painted a different picture Monday with video circulating the globe on the Web plus Livestream of the people's occupation of Athens.
(Watch Athens based STOPCARTEL TV reporting on Livestream on this page, left.)
"The unprecedented program, the beatings, the use of tear gases and the attacks of the riot police in the middle of the historic Syntagma square in the afternoon of 5/10 are revealed in the recorded videos of STOPCARTEL TV LIVE broadcast that are circulating all over the world..."
Brutal beatings of journalists and other citizens in an attack against STOPCARTEL crew, detentions and arrests are what the crew says "is the account of the unbelievable events."
The independent TV crew state, "Everyone should watch the exclusive videos, in order to witness the continuous, unprovoked attacks of the riot police against the citizens that had peacefully assembled in the square.
The protesters had gathered on the square outside parliament where lawmakers debated a referendum in response to the economic crisis.
"Under pressure from its international creditors, Greece's government last week submitted to parliament a plan to cut civil servants' pay and pensions and downsize the country's 700,000-strong public sector by placing 30,000 workers on a special labor reserve," reports WSJ.
"A visiting delegation of international inspectors from the International Monetary Fund, European Commission and European Central Bankknown collectively as the troikaare in Athens to review those measures. After weeks of meetings, the troika is expected to conclude its audit as early as Monday, and with a statement expected Tuesday.
"At stake is an €8 billion ($10.70 billion) tranche of aid from the EU and the IMF that Greece needs in the next few weeks. Without it, the government has said it will run out of money by mid-November. That tranche is part of a €110 billion bailout Greece received early last year in exchange for measures to narrow its budget deficit
More strikes are planned including one by the two major umbrealla unions on October 19.Despite the violence, STOPCARTEL s broadcasting LIVE the events from the centre of the square.
The articles "The eurozone: a crisis of policy, not debt," "Greece: crisis takes toll on health," and "EU acts amid fears of energy markets abuse" give
For a people's view of events unfolding in Athens, watch STOPCARTEL TV daily LIVE broadcsts from Greece.
STOPCARTEL is a registered non-profit Organization in Greece and U.K.
Continue reading on Examiner.com Breaking News: Occupy Athens face riot police brutality of journalists, citizens - National Human Rights | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/human-rights-in-...z1aOT6VmqQ
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