A-Infos (en) Ireland: Two arrests on Irish demo for Nicolás David Neira Alvares

Political police make arrests at solidarity demonstration for murdered Colombian
anarchist Last night Dublin anarchists went to the Colombian consul on Brighton road,
Foxrock to demonstrate against the murder by the Colombian riot police of 15
year old anarchist Nicolás David Neira Alvares on the Bogota Mayday march. As
the demonstration started the political police arrived and rapidly arrested two
of those taking part.
Nicolás David Neira Alvares was beaten into a coma after riot police attacked
the anarchist section of the Bogota Mayday march. They prevented his friends
going to his aid for some time and he died in hospital two days later. In the
period since anarchist demonstrations have taken place at Colombian embassies
in many countries. More details of what happened in Colombia at
http://www.anarkismo.net/newswire.php?story_id=408

Anarchists in Dublin decided that we did not want his murder to go unanswered
so we arranged to have a demonstration on Thursday evening outside the
Colombian consul which is located in one of the richest suburbs of Dublin. Not
the sort of place that is used to seeing an anarchist march - it has many 10
bedroom luxury mansions on an acre of land surrounded by high walls, fences and
security cameras.

As we arrived at the consul which was about 30 minutes walk from the bus stop
the political police arrived and quickly arrested a protester for allegedly
throwing paint at the consul. A second protester was arrested for asking what
was going on. Within five minutes no less than 3 squad cars and 2 vans of
Gardai had arrived on the scene so after finding out which Gardai station the
arrested were being taken to we marched out of the area again.

Most of the protesters then went to the Dun Laoghaire (around an hours walk
away) - we were followed most of the way there by the Gardai vans. A delegation
went into the station to find out what our friends were being charged with and
when they would be released. As expected they were released shortly after the
last buses had stopped running (Dun Laoghaire is a long way out of the centre)
but a couple of people had waited with money we collected for the taxi ride
home.

Nicolás David Neira Alvares is not forgotten!

Pictures on indymedia.ie at

http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=69905


> From www.anarkismo.net
Posted by DissentHead

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