Photo: Carta Capital
Update 14/6: An action in Belo Horizonte ended with a total of 21 arrests, 10 which were made before the act started at the homes of activists. The repression was brutal; 12,000 military police surrounded about 500 activists that had mobilized, and kept them kettled for a total of six hours. During the kettle, 11 arrests were made of people supposedly carrying weapons and masks. When activists finally negotiated their way out of the kettle, they went to a nearby location and dispersed shortly after. At least 68 people have been arrested since the start of the cup on June 12th.
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Belo Horizonte 14/6, Photo: Analise Da Silva
In solidarity with the Brazilian people, activists from Switzerland launched an attack on FIFA’s HQ:
[COPA ON THE STREETS | The battle of TATUAPÉ] The series “Copa on the streets” aims to register all great acts and popular events during the show of FIFA in São Paulo and in other capitals.
The first great Act, happened right at the opening of the event-day 12 June in São Paulo, and was repressed improperly by authoritarian military police. Dozens of prisoners and wounded-of which the Guerrillas GRR featured a photographer taken to hospital, and another detained unconstitutionally by PM.
via Advogadosativistas.com: Observers documented the first day of repression during the World Cup: 47 people were arrested, 37 wounded by the military police who attacked anti-FIFA demonstrators. Police deliberately assaulted and beaten even a 9 year old child who was on the streets. People were attacked with rubber bullets, suffocated in tear gas, punched, beaten with batons, searched illegally, persecuted because they were filming or taking pictures; police even threatened to kill one of the observers; almost all observers were intimidated by police. “A Spanish legal observer , with international action on Human Rights, was hit in the leg by shrapnel from a bomb exploded moral effect sparse inches from his body and other observers of the group; another one “.
Police shot rubber bullets at medics who were trying to help the wounded, frisked and harassed some of them. Cops repeatedly stopped and tried to stop them from getting to the people who were injured so they can get first aid. Read it all here in Português - Inglés - Español.
A reporter from Midia Ninja was arrested while live streaming protests in Belo Horizonte, taken to the police station and beaten until she fainted by 5 cops, see it all here. Social media activists endured the worst oppression from police during protests; journalists from 7 international mainstream media were hurt or attacked too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tajKIcwITM
São Paulo:
Protest in Porto Alegre:
Act against the injustices of the Cup and the readmission of subway Alckmin dismissed by government:
Journalists from Coletivo Mariachi arrested:
Advancement of police line:
Message of support to Brazil from East Germany
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