On November 19th 2016, a group of 250 demonstrators joined at the Kerkplein to demonstrate against the growing repression against anarchists and antifascists in The Hague and further. Repression being the always prohibiting of demonstrations and the identifying of anarchists and antifascist to then take repressive measures against them. This demonstration has also been repressed with violence from the police and with the arrest of 166 people.
Now, almost two years later the public prosecutor decided to prosecute the 166 demonstrators that were arrested at the Kerkplein. De first 50 people had to show up in court last month. After two full days in court, the judge ruled on December 3rd and the first 50 people were acquitted. Yesterday (13/12/2018) the public prosecutor decided not to appeal and to dismiss the remaining cases.
The court case
During the court case that lasted two days, a few things became clear. The police ended the demonstration at the Kerkplein, because some people were wearing face covering. In court it became clear, as our lawyers had already put forward, that there was no restriction on face coverings imposed by the mayor.
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Op 19 november 2016 kwamen
We have been informed by our lawyers that the Public Prosecution will start summoning people to court who took part in the anti-repression demonstration in November 2016 in The Hague. Some people have already receive subpoenas to attend court.
Aanstaande zaterdag zal de Fight Repression demonstratie plaatsvinden in Den Haag. De demonstratie verzameld om 16:00 op het Kerkplein. De constante aanval op antifascisten en anarchisten vanuit de staat, zowel nationaal als internationaal kan niet onbeantwoord blijven!
De posters en flyers voor de Fight Repression demonstratie op 19 november in Den Haag zijn binnen. Wil je helpen met posters en flyers verspreiden stuur dan een mail naar fightrepression (at) riseup.net. Geef in de mail duidelijk aan hoeveel flyers en posters je wilt hebben en het adres waar het heen gestuurd kan worden. Er zijn Engelse en Nederlandse flyers. De flyers en posters zijn ook tijdens de