IMC Bruxelles/BrusselsOctober 03, 2010 19:40 - At least 4 people are still in jail. Read more here
October 02, 2010 21:40 - Action alert! The white night will maybe not be that white, keep an eye on the newsline on bxl.indymedia.org!
Alerte actions!
October 02, 2010 21:35 - The action at the airport is finished, probably already some time ago.
October 02, 2010 20:35 - At this very moment there has been put up a big banner at the airport of bruxelles using helium balloons and people are flyering against the presence of frontex at the airport. More information will arrive soon. If you're around there go and support the people there!!! show solidarity!!!
October 02, 2010 17:55 - According to a testimony of an eyewitness, six people that were arrested yesterday after 10pm near the attacked police station Place du Jeu de Balle were heavily mistreated inside. The beatings, kickings, spittings, insultings took several hours until they were brought to Palace de Justice. At least one of the arrested was visibly injured and constantly asking for a doctor. Dozens of police were present, the harassments took place in front of the office of the head of the police station. A detailed report will follow in the next days.
October 02, 2010 17:10 - According to mediaactivists coming back from the demo, they counted 1200 demonstrators.
October 02, 2010 16:30 - The demonstration has arrived at the Parc Maximilien.
October 02, 2010 16:10 - Demonstrators climbed on lamppost and hung a giant "Noborder" banner. There are also banners talking about the trade unionist demonstration of last Wednesday, for example "les policiers sont aussi de travailleurs" ("the police are also workers"). Undercover police everywhere, demonstrators are singing songs for them "it's not easy to be an undercover policeman". Right now the demonstration is at Porte d'Anvers.
October 02, 2010 14:40 - The demonstration is at the Beurs. There are about 600 demonstrators.
October 02, 2010 14:25 - The demonstration is in the Dansaertstraat, everything is quiet, the shops have been closed.
October 02, 2010 14:00 - The demonstration is standing in front of the Klein Kasteeltje on the other side of the canal. The demonstrators chant.
October 02, 2010 13:35 - There are approximately 400 demonstrators. At this moment they are near Place Yser.
October 02, 2010 13:20 - The center of Molenbeek (popular neighbourhood with lot's of migrants) is under siege. Riot police walking around with dogs. All the streets towards the canal, where the demonstration will pass, are blocked. They want to avoid at any cost that the youngsters from the neighbourhood rejoin the demo.
October 02, 2010 13:05 - At this moment there are about 250 people at the meeting point, the Parc Maximilien.
October 02, 2010 12:05 - From 13:00 onwards we will be live on the antenna of Radio Campus 92.1FM.
October 02, 2010 09:10 - Most of the arrested are free. 2 people are under juridical arrest, they have been accused of attacking the police station at the Place du Jeu de Balle.
October 01, 2010 23:45 - Photos of the arrestation Porte de Halle http://linksunten.indymedia.org/de/node/26054
October 01, 2010 23:35 - According to the website of Le Soir the police station of Place du Jeu de Balle was "vandalized".
October 01, 2010 23:25 - The police confirmed that 40 persons were arrested at the police station Place du Jeu de Balle.
October 01, 2010 23:15 - First video of Gare du Midi
October 01, 2010 23:10 - For some time there was a stand-off at bar in Rue Jean Volders in St.-Gilles. About 30 activists were there with the police waiting for them outside. Right now things seem the have calmed down, at least in that area.
October 01, 2010 22:40 - We are back!
October 01, 2010 22:10 - Somewhere in between 120 and 150 arrests have been confirmed by the Legal Team. At least 10 minors have been arrested, they should be released around 23:00.
October 01, 2010 21:55 - Selon la legal team, il y aurait déjà plus de 150 personnes arrêtées.
The legal team says that there are more than 150 persons arrested.
October 01, 2010 21:20 - Activists are arriving back at the camp.
October 01, 2010 20:55 - Two French mediaactivists from our newspaper Nomade have been arrested when they were leaving the railwaystation. Police is following people going home. Two people have been arrested at Porte de Hal.
October 01, 2010 20:45 - There is lot of police near the Bourse, behind the Bourse there are riot cops. and there are several police trucks at the Place Sainctelette, this is at the bridge nearest to the camp. So when people want to leave the camp site they should do it intelligently.
October 01, 2010 20:30 - Activists are being arrested in the streets around the Esplanade de l'Europe.
October 01, 2010 20:15 - The police is now arresting people even if they are alone.
October 01, 2010 20:10 - There is a lot of police at the metrostations Clémenceau, Gare du Midi and Porte de Hal.
October 01, 2010 20:05 - There is one bus filled with arrestees under the Midi Tower and another one at Place Bara.
October 01, 2010 20:05 -
3 guys are arrest North Station. They are searched against the wall.
October 01, 2010 19:55 - More arrests. A first bus with arrestees has already left. A journalist was arrested, cameras and microphones are not welcome. Everything is going on on the side of the esplanade near the Midi tower. Inside the railwaystation there are still a lot of affinity groups.
October 01, 2010 19:35 - Around the Midi station. On the side of Eurostar there are many police trucks. Inside the railwaystation there are many affinity groups. At the main entrance of the Metro no police visible. On the side of Avenue Fonsny there is noone to be seen. Inside the metrostation there are undercover police, some of them were at the demo last Wednesday and are dangerous. For the moment the access to the station from Boulevard Lemonnier and Avenue Fonsny seems free but that can quickly change.
October 01, 2010 19:15 - The arrests have started. There is police everywhere, watercanon, there are a lot of controls.
October 01, 2010 19:00 - Near the Midi station many affinity groups have arrived. The authorities have prohibited gathering of more then 5 persons.
October 01, 2010 17:45 -
Coach for arrestation is located near the canal, Sainctelette place near the Kaaiteater.
October 01, 2010 17:35 -
In the area around the Gare du Midi is displayed: "By order of the police any gathering of more than five people is banned around the Gare du Midi from 3PM today until 6 am"
October 01, 2010 17:30 -
It seems that there are 10 policevans and a waterpomp waiting place Bara. 1 autobus wait rue de France.
September 30, 2010 18:11 -
A samba band and went clownistan mobilize for the demonstration of October 2
Pictures : http://bxl.indymedia.org/articles/193
September 30, 2010 15:30
6 people have been arrested during a succesful blockade of British Petroleum headquarters, between 11.50AM and 12.45 PM.
They will be released around 21PM close to the street marché au charbon, in the city center of brussel.
September 29, 2010 21:45 - The wounded people are back on the camping site, except one German man in his fifties. He is still in the hospital with a serious problem on his neck. From the activists who were arrested this afternoon, the first have arrived back at the camp.
September 29, 2010 19:00 - Radio Noborder will be back on the air on the antenna from Radio Panik 105.4 from 19:00 onwards..
September 29, 2010 18:30 - There is a good atmosphere amongst the activists in prison. They are doing a drumconcert on the doors.
September 29, 2010 18:25 - The first activists are being released from prison.
September 29, 2010 17:45 - Urgent callout! The arrestees will be released soon and we want to give them a warm welcome. So join us at the railwaystation of Etterbeek at 18:30 and bring coffee, tea, some things to eat...
September 29, 2010 16:55 - According to the police, they will release all the arrestees after the end of the trade union demonstration.
September 29, 2010 16:45 - The wounded activists who were evacuated by the police have still not arrived at the hospital St.-Pierre or César de Paepe.
September 29, 2010 16:35 - 8 arrested activists still sitting on the ground at the Chaussée de Waterloo.
September 29, 2010 16:25 - 20 more arrests at the Chaussée de Waterloo, in total 40 arrested still sitting on the ground.
September 29, 2010 16:10 - At the hospital St.-Pierre there is one German woman 20 years old with a headwound, one German man 22 years old with a headwound. The mediaactivists from Indymedia are gassed, one of them arrested. Other wounded people have been evacuated by activists and by the police. The ones evacuated by the activists are in a hospital. The ones arrested by the police have not arrived yet. People arrested and sitting on the ground have to shut up or they are bludgeoned. At the Chaussée de waterloo there are two busses with arrested activists. One with 32 persons, the second with 40 persons.
September 29, 2010 15:50 - The demonstration is moving again. About 200 people, trade unionists and people from the neighbourhood are staying with the anticapitalist bloc at the Porte de Hal. A cameraperson from Indymedia had his camera taken by the police.
September 29, 2010 15:45 - At the Rue de la Victoire 2 persons arrested, one person protesting the arrest of the other. Undercover police with telescopic bludgeons try to snatch people from the bloc who are in main demo.
September 29, 2010 15:40 - At the Chaussée de Waterloo about 50 persons arrested.
September 29, 2010 15:35 - At the Porte de Hal, one person was evacuated by an ambulance, one person has been arrested.
September 29, 2010 15:25 - 30 persons were forced to sit down in de Chaussée de Waterloo. At the Porte de Hal there are about 100 activists trying to join them. Objects were being thrown. At one point the police surrounding the activists were surrounded by the trade unionists.
September 29, 2010 15:15 - Police removed the anticapitalist bloc from the main demonstration and drove them into another street. There was a lot of gas and bludgeoning. The activists are forced to sit down. Trade unionists are still trying to reach the activists.
September 29, 2010 15:10 - 3 people arrested outside the gate of Tour
September 29, 2010 15:05 - Two persons have heavy headwounds.
September 29, 2010 15:00 - At the Porte de Hal the bloc is stopped. Trade unionists want to be in solidarity with the anticapitalists but police charges. Bludgeoning, gas, arrests.
September 29, 2010 14:55 - The anticapitalist bloc is being kettled by the riot cops. They will be arrested at any moment.
September 29, 2010 14:45 - The anticapitalist bloc is inside the main demonstration now. Behind them they have the Polish trade union Solidarnosc. First Solidarnosc was keeping 100m distance, but after some communication they came closer but there is still a gap. The anticapitalist bloc is in between the Midi station and the Porte de Hal. On their left police vans are trying to come closer. They are surrounded by a number of undercover cops.
September 29, 2010 14:35 - The police is trying to separate the anticapitalist bloc from the main demonstration. They threaten to charge.
September 29, 2010 14:25 - About ten persons are arrested at the metro station Yzer. They were probably coming from the camp site on tour & taxis. The metro station is still garded by the cops.
September 29, 2010 14:10 - Some demonstrators could join the main demonstration. They have abandoned the truck and the banners. Bottles were thrown at the undercover cops.
September 29, 2010 14:05 - Police is arresting people in the neighbourhood of Place Bara, the truck is isolated.
September 29, 2010 14:00 - At Place Bara, about 150 activists could join the main demonstration. The police stopped the truck of the anti-capitalist bloc so the people stopped and returned to the truck. The police try to surround the demonstrators. Everybody is running in all directions.
September 29, 2010 13:55 - About 100 activists are still blocked at Place Bara. Wooden letters saying "BORDER" are burning.
September 29, 2010 13:40 - About 240 arrested activists are being held at the baracks of the National Reserve of the Federal Police in Etterbeek (Brussels).
September 29, 2010 13:35 - Pictures of the arrest at the Parc Leopold: http://linksunten.indymedia.org/de/node/25906
September 29, 2010 13:15 - At Place Bara, about 60 activists are trying to join the demonstration of the trade unions. The police confiscated their banners because there are anarchists symbols on it.
September 29, 2010 13:10 - Radio Noborder is back on the antenna 105.4FM.
September 29, 2010 13:00 - At Place Bara, the meeting place for the anti-capitalist bloc, many activists and the clowns have been arrested. The same happened with the clowns at Metrostation Ribaucourt. The metrostation is closed by the police.
September 29, 2010 12:40 - Everybody trying to pass through Rue Ribaucourt is being arrested.
September 29, 2010 12:35 - We are back on the antenna of Radio Panik 105.4 at 12:45. Still streaming here
September 29, 2010 12:25 - 42 people arrested at the Leopoldpark. This may be in relation to the Frontexconference in the Solvaybibiliotheek. We are not on 105.4FM right now but still streaming
Pictures: http://linksunten.indymedia.org/de/node/25906
September 29, 2010 11:55 - Breaking news! People going to the demo are being stopped and arrested at Place Sainctelette and Rue Ribaucourt. Lot's of undercover police around Tour and Taxis. 6 arrests confirmed. Listen now to 105.4FM and or stream online.
September 28, 2010 18:50 -
The Nomade #6 (newspaper of the camp) is out! You can grab it at the media center.
September 28, 2010 11:45 - Today from 3PM till 4PM there is a guided tour of the camp site for photographers and people making video. Go to the mainstream press tent. And for the people on the camp, be aware of that
September 27, 2010 22:20 - Tuesday Sept. 28 theme is "Detention & deportations". There's a lot of discussions. Check out the program.
September 27, 2010 18:40 - There was the tour bus this morning. About fifty people attended. The number of cops was excessive, several places were totally blocked. Everyone returned safely to the camp after the tour.
Radio NoBorder live on air at 7pm on streaming and in the air at Radio Panik 105.4FM.
September 27, 2010 12:55 -
Radio NoBorder live on air from 1pm till 2pm on streaming and in the air at Radio Panik 105.4FM. Today, the theme is "European migration policy". There's a lot of workshops. Check out the program!
September 27, 2010 09:40 - The Bus-bicycle tour begins at 10am. Today, the theme is "European migration policy". There's a lot of workshops. Check out the program!
September 26, 2010 22:10 - Everyone seems to be returned from the first demo (including those injured and those arrested). The general assembly is held every morning at 10am.
September 26, 2010 19:00 - People are coming back to Brussels. The demonstrators on the train are "escorted" by the police and a lot of police is waiting for them at the Nord station. One woman is badly hurt, she was brought to the hospital in Vilvoorde. The person who was beaten up by the police is a photographer. He took a picture of a policeman who was hurt in the face. That same policeman was leading the "snatch". The photographer was pulled behind a bloc of concrete and beaten up. We have no news about him.
September 26, 2010 18:45 - Right now people are on the train to the Nord station. A lot of police is waiting for them there. Jump on your bicycle and go support them!
September 26, 2010 18:05 - About half an hour ago one person was snatched out of the demonstration. The police took him apart and beated him uop badly. The lawyer who was present witnessed what happened and confirmed that there was no question of self-defence.
September 26, 2010 17:50 - The police has pushed the demo to the bridge at the railway station. People are looking for the 11 persons that have been released and will then go down to the railwaystation to take the train. The police brought out all their gear, helicopters, horses, watercanon etc.
September 26, 2010 17:25 - The demonstration is moving again in the direction of the railway station, pushed in the back by police on horses. The 11 activists arrested before have been released at the railwaystation. 5 other persons were arrested when trying to break through the police line. Apparently the atmosphere is hot and people are quite agitated.
September 26, 2010 17:15 - A watercanon has arrived, police are putting on their helmets and police on horses are there as well. The activists are blocked and surrounded. Samba band is playing. Negociations with the police going on.
September 26, 2010 16:45 - The police proposes the bring the 11 arrested activists the the railwaystation for the train at 5:15pm. They were blocking the entrance of the detention center. Negociations with the police ongoing.
September 26, 2010 16:25 - 11 persons arrested.
11 personnes arrêtées.
September 26, 2010 16:10 - Several persons arrested at the detention center.
September 26, 2010 15:45 - The demonstration is moving again towards the detention center, kettled by the police. Chanting and singing.
September 26, 2010 15:45 - The demonstration has arrived in front of the detention center, the migrants in the detention center try to communicate.
September 26, 2010 14:45 - The police is blocking people in the staircases of the railwaystation, it is quite a dangerous situation. Cars are being searched. Police everywhere, justice nowhere!
September 26, 2010 14:30 - People going to the demonstration by train are blocked at the railway station of Nossegem. The police are frisking activists coming from the train. They control identity cards and film the faces of the activists.
September 26, 2010 11:15 -
First demo at 2pm this afternoon in Nossegem Station.
September 25, 2010 22:00 - We are more or less a hundred people on the camp. Second general assembly sunday morning at 10am.
September 25, 2010 18:35 - Hello! Everybody is helping to build the NoBorderCamp. The kitchen are already there. You're all welcome!
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