Copenhagen riots & Ungdomshuset protests - News from the 2nd and 3rd day (English translation from Modkraft.dk)
Saturday 3rd March
01:52
The street lights have gone in certain parts of Norrebrogade. The police are patrolling intensely in
the capital. The only trouble so far has been a small group of aggressive hooligans who were
observed in the centre of town and Norrebro around 01:01.
01:01
An unannounced mini-demo in Copenhagen centre has now split up into three smaller groups.
At Dronnings Louises bridge the police have chosen to break up a gathering of about 30 young
people shouting slogans. The group is moving down Norrebrogade. Another group stayed in the centre
of town while another group went down towards Christianshavn.
00:32
150 people are moving from Storkespringvandet in the centre of Copenhagen to Norrebro.
Infront there's a Christiania bike playing music and the atmosphere is good.
23:54
The police are searching and arresting people in and around Norrebros Rundde,
Modkraft's reporter reports.
23:20
The demonstration has dissolved and people are walking quietly towards town.
23:06
The rest of the demonstration is now about 50 people. They're walking on
Meinungsgade in the direction of Norrebrogade. By Norrebrogade and Stefensgade
there's another group of demonstrators, about 70 to 80 people.
Bragesgade is no longer blocked by the police.
22:57
Demonstrators walk at Bragesgade and at Mimersgade. The police have blocked
it so the demonstrators can only walk in the direction of
inner norrebro down Mimersgade. The police are blocking all the sidestreets
with their vehicles.
22:52
The police are getting closer to the 150-200 demonstrators that are left at
the corner of Bragesgade and Norrebrogade. The police are getting out of their vans
and walking towards the demonstrators.
22:49
The police have announced the demonstration is over. People must now leave the
area of Norrebrogade. Some demonstrators are moving away, the rest are remaining.
22:45
The atmosphere is tense at Norrebrogade between police and demonstrators. The police
have sent their vehicle containing police dogs to this area, and have blocked the traffic
at norrebrogade.
22:43
There was thrown a firework at Norrebrogade during the street party. 300 people are moving
towards Norrebros Runddel, where there is a massive police presence trying to
keep the people back. The atmosphere is tense.
22:19
There's about 200 people outside cafe Castro and Norrebrogade, close to Norrebrohallen,
where there's going to be a street party tonight. The police are present in large numbers
and are searching people and looking through their bags.
22:18
At Norrebrogade by Stefanskirken two young girls are walking around handing out green
leaves flyers (?) - possibly celery - with the words "thank you for supporting Ungdomshuset,
it's not everyone who is throwing rocks".
22:17
Sources who are present at the court tell Modcraft that some of the arrested people have not had food
for over 20 hours. Despite this, family and friends are having difficulties in giving
them their homemade sandwiches.
22:16
Tomorrow, Sunday 4th March, there is a demonstation to support Ungdomhuset in Norway,
Trondheim. This takes place outside the Danish Consulate on Munkegaten.
22:06
Another five people are being held for 27 days. These are five high school students who were
all arrested last night under suspicion of having thrown car tyres into the street.
21:36
There is a street party tonight at 22:00 at Norrebrohallen. They're saying
"the fight has just started, we're taking Ungdomshuset back and participants are
being encouraged to bring noisey stuff".
21:34
35 to 40 German activists have blocked highway A7. The highway is from Jutland to Hamburg.
They blocked the road for half an hour before police showed up. All activists disappeared
and escaped the police.
21:28
A citizens group has been created at Christianshavn to prevent more of the destruction and violence
that hit the area last night. The initiative is in cooperation between Christiania and a citizen
groups at Christianshaven. Tonight at 24:00 citizens will patrol the area with white flags
and try to disuade trouble makers from starting riots.
21:17
Information work (infoshop?) for activists and travellers to Copenhagen have been hard hit by arrests and
searches throughout saturday. There is still an info point and cafe in Kafa-X in Korsgade
and during the evening an info point will reopen in Sankt Hans-Torv. Searches and arrests of
many members of Anarchist Black Cross means that the info point in Vestergrog at Vesterbro
and the info cafe at Christiania are closed temporarily. Info phones are still working and the info
group can still help travellers to find places to sleep. They also say there is a community kitchen
at Folkets Hus in Griffenfeldsgade tonight.
21:07
Activists in Aalborg and Svendborg expressed their solidarity with Ungdomhuset on friday night.
In Vestbyen in Aalborg barricades were built, whilst in Svendborg windows
were smashed at Dansk Bank, the local police station and Arbejdsformidlinger.
21:06
Another four people were help in custody for 27 days and a single person has been released
in connection with the nights riots. People who were arrested Friday night will get to court
this evening. The arrested people are being going in groups of 4 to 7 people. Right now the
City Court is looking in the possibly of opening more court rooms
20:30
There have also been solidarity demos in Goteburg. 40 people gathered at Jarntorget and enjoyed
themselves with Swedish hardcore punk and soul from the wildwest. "The attack on Ungdomshuset is
an attack on everyone who wants there to be spaces for alternative politics and culture", writes
one of the participants in an email to Modkraft.dk
20:22
The people's radio are giving Ungdomshuset activists airtime. This happens tomorrow between
12:00 and 14:00 at 106.3fm. The initiative is completely legal and this is not a new pirate
radio (as wrongly reported earlier). The people behind the radio encourage activists to
send in information about the protests. This can happen via their website or on phone no. 27 97 12 55.
These days the peoples radio are looking into the possibility to provide further airtime but they
first need to coordinate the initiative with Norrebro radio who are using the same frequency.
20:00
At 19:56 the police stopped five young men at the corner of Norrebrogade and Faelledvej.
The young men had their identity checked, were searched and then were allowed to leave.
This type of "routine" check has been common at Norrebro after the police cleared Ungdomhuset
on Thursday morning.
19:36
In Vienna a demo in solidarity with Ungdomshuset took place at about the same time as the citizen's
group for Ungdomshuset had a similar demo in Copenhagen. The demonstration in Austria started in one
of the city's large shopping streets and went to the Danish embassey in the centre of town. Infront of
the embassey speeches were held and paint bombs were thrown. There were about 100 protesters and 20 dogs.
It was closely followed by the Austrian police. The demonstrators were shouting "Ungdomshuset bleibt".
The demo finished at 18:00. In Norway's second largest town Bergen there has been demos for Ungdomshuset,
there were about 100 participents. The demo went from the trainstation to the Danish Consulate and then
down to the centre of town. A participent reported that demonstrators stopped traffic.
19:15
114 people were released at about 17:15. They were all arrested Friday night in connection with the
riots at Sankt Hans Torv. Currently a 113 people are in custody and 13 people have been expelled from
Denmark. 130 people have been arrested today during the police action against a number of addresses
against the capital, of the people arrested half of them are foreigners.
18:23
According to sources close to those arrested several of the people in custody are in Sandholmslejren.
According to the source these are some of those arrested in the evening of the 1st of March.
17:56
The police are currently doing thorough checks of people at Norrebrogade. According to an eye witness
police are doing bag and pocket checks of random people. The witness says that police are in the side streets
and are chosing suspicious looking people or people with suspicious looking bags.
17:40
The Citizens Group for Ungdomshuset's demonstration is over. The demo leaders encouraged as a final
ending the participents enjoy themselves and give each other a hug. After this the demonstration
dissolved. Sources at the place said that people are still hanging out and enjoying themselves in
groups. There's still music playing from large speakers.
17:31
Modkraft.dk is currently one of Denmark's largest media. The clearing of Ungdomhuset has not only
made the number of visitors increase, but also made Modkraft one of the largest news portals.
None less than 67,867 unique visitors have visited Modkraft.dk since the 1st March. The daily
average for unique visitors in March is around 26,222.
17:23
The demonstration has now reacher Norrebroparken. It has been peaceful so far. The demonstrators
have shouted slogans such as "hands off ungeren". The police have kept their distance. There was
a massive police presence when the demostration passed Jagtvej to make sure the demostration didn't
suddenly turn towards Jagtvej69.
17:06
A person is being held in custody for 27 days for having participating for having participated
in the riots at Norrebro on Friday night. 10 to 15 people who have been arrested in connection with
the riots have arrived at the City Court. They will be questioned within the next couple of hours.
17:04
Friday, about midnight, 100 people participated in a protest in Aarhus. The activists tell
Modkraft.dk that afterwards there were small fires in the streets and they burned containers
in solidarity with Ungdomshuset.
16:56
Activists protested today in Horsens in protest against the clearing of Ungdomshuset.
There were about 30 people at the demonstration and it remained peaceful. They carried
a coffin with the words "cultural murder" through town at aroud midday.
16:49
A demonstration is now on the corner of Blaagaardsgade. At one of the houses on Aaboulevarde
there is a banner with the text "defend ungdomshuset". Everything is calm.
16:42
The demonstration has now reached the Norrebro part of Aaboulevarde. It is being closely followed
by police as well as a helicopter.
16:20
The demonstration at Raadhuspladsen has just started moving. At the front there is a banner with
the text "Save the Freespaces" and with very small letters "If you can read this, cop, you're
too close". The demonstration continued to grow during the hour it was at Raadhuspladsen. So far
it's been peaceful with a good atmosphere. A spokesperson for Ungdomshuset encouraged in their
speech to continue in the fight for a Ungdomshus and to think of all those arrested. This was a
great joy for the protesters. Johan Olsen from the band Magtens Korridorer protested against that the
police had encouraged people to stay away from the legal demonstration. "This is not okay", he said.
The demonstration route has been changed by the police. It is now going at Aaboulevarden out to
Lundtofegade, up Stefansgade and into Norrebroparken.
16:20
Approximately 20 people were arrested at noon from the Gaderummet commune in Norrebro in connection
with the police's hunt for Ungdomshuset activists, which
started at nine this morning. The police have destroyed five doors at the commune. According to eye
witnesses at the house, the arrested, who were all foreigners, were taken away at 13:30. Before the
police left they took pictures of people and filmed them. The citizens were asked to wear hoodies
and hats before being photographed (?).
16:06
The activists have taken the initiative to bombard Ritt Bjerregaard with letters. The organisers
encouraged people to send letters and emails to Copenhagen's major. "It is now that it should be clear
to her that we all support Ungdomshusets existence and we want a political solution", the organisers
wrote in a press release.
15:33
The demonstration at Raadhuspladsen is getting bigger. There's now about 2000 people there.
15:20
The demonstration at Raadhuspladsen has started. There's about 1500 people present. The police are
visible but they're keeping their distance.
15:00
About 100 people have been arrested today during police action. Copenhagen police announced that the
action took place because they knew those people participated in planning riots.
Ungdomhuset's calling the action fear propaganda.
14:20
The association Opror has suspended their annual meeting to participate in the protest this
afternoon to support Ungdomshuset. The meeting in 3F Lage Post and Service has stopped so
they can take part in the demonstration at Raadhuspladsen in Copenhagen at 15:00. "We do this
to support the idea for more free spaces".
13:26
There's a star demonstration in Copenhagen today at 15:00 at Raadhuspladsen arranged by the
Citizen Group for Ungdomshuset. The demonstration is legal and there's a possibility to participate
from 14:00 from Enghaveplads and Christiania. At Raadhuspladsen there will speeches, music and
party. After that the demonstration shall go towards Sankt Hans Torv. Up there there will be soup, coffee
and cakes. The slogan for today is "This is some shit ritt!" and the organisers want to hold the
politicians responsible and to keep their promise. They had seven years to find a solution and
it is shameful that they're reducing the young people to troublemakers. "It is the council that has
declared the youth war, not the other way around", says the spokesperson for Citizen Group for Ungdomhuset,
Esben Olsen, to Modkraft.dk. He says he thinks the demonstration will gather more than 1000 people.
Originally the demonstration should have gone to Ungdomshuset but the police would not allow it.
13:05
Despite last days violent riots, the support for Citizens Group for Ungdomshuset is growing. An increasing
number of people have contacted the group to support the right for a self-controlled Ungdomhuset in
Copenhagen. "There are new people joining every day. There is a steady stream even the last couple of
days", says spokesperson Esben Olsen to Modcraft.dk. He estimates that there are 670 people connected to
the Citizen group.
12:12
The Anarchist Black Cross, announces to Modkraft, that they have a new info telephone. The group
encourages people who know activists who have been arrested or hurt to call this phone number - 26 56 31 06
11:47
A neighbour to the commune Bumzen in Balders tells Modkraft that the police has arrested 42 people
at the address. They are searching the place at this time. During the search the police have used
tear gas and broken doors and windows. The police does not want to comment on these arrests, but according
to Politiken six to eight places have been searched and Nyhedsavisen reports that 80 and 90 people have
been arrested during these searches. The police announces that they're trying to arrest and expell as
many foreign people as possible. It is still not clear what they are being charged with.
11:36
Part of the group ABC (Anarchist Black Cross) who help activists who have been arrested have been
arrested themselves. The group's papers and phone has been confiscated.
11:17
According to sources the police have been at Det Fri Gymnasium, in Solidaritethuset in Griffenfeldsgade.
In Folks Hus in Folkets Park and in the commune Bumzen in Baldersgade. The same sources report the
police are now gone from both Det Fri Gymnasium and Folks Hus. In Solidaritethuset where there's a shop
and a number of businesses there have been arrests.
10:15
The police are about to search a number of places in Copenhagen. The police have been seen at Folks Hus
and Det Fri Gymnasium
Friday 2nd March
04:10
Modkraft.dk thanks for the coverings of today. There is still battling, the stench of burnt containers
is hanging over the streets and the inner city. There are burnt out cars in many streets and the police
still can't get the activists off the streets. They show up, build baricades and are gone when the
police appear - or throw rocks, molotovs or bottles. Modkraft will start covering events later today.
03:02
Sources reports to Modkraft that there has bee fighting with police at Norrebros Rundde, but the
activists have been forced away.
02:38
The police seem frustrated says Modkraft's reporter. The situation is looking like a repeat of
yesterdays scenario where the police are clearing away burning barricades but can't get the activists
off the streets. The police's frustration is shown when they shout to the demonstrators
"go home for fucks sake". They have succeeded in keeping them away from Ungdomhuset but not off the
street.
02:18
The police's strategy is to stress the activists in the streets by driving at them with their
sirens on. The police are driving their vans in groups of two to twenty. They are trying to get
people off the pavements (?) by driving quickly towards them. By Blaagaardsgade and Norrebrogade
the young people have to squeeze together against the walls when the police vans come to close
at speed. This strategy has meant that the activists are spread across Norrebro but they're not gone
02:13
The activists are gathering at several different places on Norrebrogade and they're building barricades
and setting fire to them. There's small groups of police vans everywhere. Three of these vans have
just driven down Blaagaardsgade where there's still a large fire in the street.
02:07
The police spokesperson Flemming Steen Munch has told Politiken that they attacked the demonstrations
because the people leading it had "given up" after demonstrators had starting digging up cobble stones.
"When the people leading the demonstration gave up we told everyone to back off and after that we
fired tear gas" says Flemming Steen Munch. This can not be confirmed by any of the Modkraft reporters
or eye witnesses. Eight people that were present that Modkraft has spoken to says that the police attacked
immediately after the protest dissolved and no one had a chance to get away.
02:06
A person has been hurt by a tear gas canister, says TV2/News
01:58
Several containers have been set on fire in the following places, Norrebrogade, Blaagaardsgade,
Sjaellandsgade and Mollegade. The street lights have been cut off along Norrebrogade. There are
small groups of demonstrators all over the place. Some of the protestors are only a few hundred
meters away from Ungdomshuset.
01:56
Police have started using the Swedish vans that they had to borrow when their own vans were
damaged during clashes.
01:52
There are burning containers in Blaagaardsgade.
01:42
The police and firemen are present at Norre Alle. Demonstrators are spread over Norrebro.
01:37
The demonstrators are spread over large parts of inner Norrebro. There are burning barricades
in several places, one of them being in the crossing of Guldbergsgade and Mollegade.
01:34
The police are chasing several protesters on foot down Blaagaardsgade.
01:33
A group of officers are on their way on foot towards the burning barricades on Norre Alle
01:33
A group of officers are on their way on foot towards the burning barricades on Norre Alle
01:27
2 more witnesses are telling Modkraft that the police shot with gas and drove towards the demonstrators while they told people to leave. There was no pause between the two actions. The two eyewitnesses, whose identities Modkraft is aware of, have furthermore seen an officer throwing rocks at the demonstrators.
The office was by the corner Elmegade/Guldbergsgade. He was in combat uniform. Witnesses saw him pick up a rock and throw it towards an un-indentified target
01:20
The earlier mentioned unconscious demonstrator is now carried into an ambulance. He is now conscious but is bleeding from a wound in the head, says Modkrafts reporter
01:15
The demonstrators are gathering on and around Norre Allé. They have build barricades with among other things car and set them on fire. There are a lot of people in the area as it is not possible to leave it because of the police surrounding it.
Politiken.dk writes that the police attacked because they wanted to stop the demonstration from getting to Ungdomshuset. Three of Modkrafts reporters agree that the police didn't give the demonstrators a chance to leave the place.
01:04
Modkrafts reporter saw the earlier mentioned demonstrator lie unconscious un the road. He says that so much tear gas has been thrown that it was impossible to see what had happened to the person. »It was impossible to breathe and to see« he says. The police fired tear gas within a minute after telling the demonstrators to leave, so no one had a chance to move.
01:00
The police attacked very quickly. The demonstrators were told to leave and the police moved in from all streets leading up to Skt. Hans Torv at the same time and apparently intended to push the demonstration down Faelledvej. The demonstrators replied with molotovcocktails and rocks.
The police has thrown large amounts of gas in the area
00:58
The demonstrators are fleeing in all direction from Skt. Hans Torv that has been covered in gas. A witness tells Modkraft that by Elmegade a unconscious demonstrator is lying on the street while one of the policevans are burning
00:54
There has been thrown tear gas. The demonstrators are replying with rocks. There was panic when the demonstrators tried to get out of there.
00:53
The police has attacked the demonstration. Molotovcocktails have been thrown and the police attack from all sides at the same time
00:46
The police is staying out of reach by the demonstration on Skt. Hans Torv. There are a lot of masked demonstrators. The police guesses that around 1500 to 2000 activists are out on the streets, writes politiken.dk
00:40
There is a video on YouTube from the on going demonstration by Norreport Station. The video is from around 23.50
00:23
There is party mood on Skt. Hans Torv where people are daning. The demonstration doesn't seem like it will move on. The police has reopened Norrebrogade for trafic.
00.32
Norwegian activists will demonstrate again tomorrow - this time in Bergen
00:11
The demonstration from Gammeltorv is a mobile piratradio-party to honour the illegal radio which was send from Ungdomshuset since 16. december. People were dancing and even through the mood is very intense it isn't as agressive as yesterday. The police is staying a bit away from the demonstration
23:57
The demonstration is now on Norrebrogade only a short way from Skt. Hans Torv where a demonstration starts at midnigth under the concept - follow the green color - the demonstration has grown to 1500 people and the mood is very intense.
23:32
The trafic is blocked by police by Norrebros Runddel. The trafic is lead away from Norrebrogade.
23:21
Around 1000 demonstrators are on Israels Square moving toward Norrebro. The mood is positive and full of energy, say Modkrafts reporter
22:45
Around 800 demonstrators are moving along Norregade in the inner part of the city,
23:37
The danish department for foreign affairs says that there has been at least 50 actions abroad to support Ungdomshuset. Most of them have happened in Europe but a few have been located outside of europe
23:15
Polish activists have demonstrated in Poznan, Warsaw and Wroclaw in solidary with Ungdomshuset and the activists in prison. At least 2 polish activists are in prison in Denmark. The activists delivered a letter of protest to the danish embassy saying "Something is rotten in the state of denmark"
22:29
The demonstration on gammel torv in inner part of the city has between 500 and 1000 participants at this time and more is coming. There is a lot of energy People are yelling and dancing to the music, says Modkrafts reporter
21:10
The news program on DR guesses that the riots so far have costed society 7,4 mio. kr (around 1 million euro) in lost workforce, salary to police, cleaning and destroyed things
21:05
At 13.00 today there was a solidary demonstration in Dublin, Ireland outside the danish embassy. The demonstrators brought music with the danish punkband §119, that came from the musicstage in Ungdomshuset. The embassy locked the doors and called the police
20:51
The arrests in Malmö is critised on the swedish newspage motkraft.net. They write, that the arrests of the three activists are based on materiale for photographing, presented to the media as flammable materiale that they intended to use in Copenhagen.
20:40
The left wing environment in Svendborg (fyn) is planning actions. To local TV2 the activists say that the eviction of Ungdomshuset has made a big impression »People are frustrated, angry and sad. There are kinds of mixed emotions«
20:32
Several danish medias write, that three swedish men have been arrested in Malm. According to Ritzau they are suspected to have broken the law regarding explosives and flammable materiales. Danish media writes that they had planned to participate in the riots in Copenhagen
20:25
Officers from other parts of Denmark are staying in Copenhagen as long as it is needed, says inspetor. But the extra work creates problems with vacation and such
The day before the eviction of Ungdomshuset, 28th of february, officers were send to Copenhagen from other parts of the country. At the many riots after the eviction the polie realised they needed reinforcement, so there was send officers again thursday night. And they will stay as long as needed, says a police inspector from Jutland.
20:18
The meeting that was suppose to have started at 19.00 in Folkets Hus (House of the People) in Stengade has now started
The house is completely filled with people and outside is several hundred people who couldn't get inside. They are playing music outside and no police is visible in the area
19:47
In the finish capital Helsinki 70 activists have made speeches and put up banners on the city's big trainstation protesting the eviction of Ungdomshuset. The banners are among other things with a danish flag and the word "Fuck" in front of it
18:58
Swedish police has stormed a house in Malmö. They wont explain it but a source says that it most likely has a connection with the riots in copenhagen.
There are around 20 activists outside the house but no one but police in the house itself
The house is used for recording punkmusic and for social and political activities
18:49
According to DR the danish police is borrowing 20 vehicles from their swedish colleagues. The cars do however get danish license plates and officers before being used in Copenhagen, writes Politiken.dk
The decision is acording to the police made beause the situation is serious and out of the ordinary but they deny that is a crisis
18:37
There has been happenings and actions in several locations in Europe to support Ungdomshuset in Copenhagen. In Istanbul 20 activists have protested outside the danish consulate.
17:22
After the police stopped a parade moving toward the "West Prison" (main prison in Copenhagen) the demonstrators have left the parade. It had also become smaller since it started
Now people are instead gathering on Blågårds Plads. A source says that there are around a 100 persons
On the webpage for Ungdomshuset following activities are announced for friday:
#19.00: Public meeting for activists in Folkets Park
#22.00: Streetparty from Gammeltorv to Sankt Hans Torv with DJ's and live music
#24.00: Demonstration from Sankt Hans Torv. The concept is "Follow the green flag"
17:00
The little parade from Blågårdsgade is moving towards "West Prison".
The police has followed the demonstration and has now stopped it. Officers are checking identities of demonstrators
16:45
While yelling different sentence about peace, a little gathering of around 30 demonstrators followed by 3 policevans are moving down Blågårdsgade towards Åboulevarden
16:25
Around 50 demonstrators have gathered in front of Blegdamsvejens prison where several arrested from yesterday are located.
Everything is calm and the police has apparently stopped checking people on Sankt Hans Torv next to the prison
16:17
Ungdomshuset is resurrected - in Second Life on the internet. The new virtuel house is placed next to the virtuel TV2 News - because Ungdomshuset is the main source of the tv stations news anyway.
15:57
Solidary action where activists removed advertisements from busstops in Århus last night and replaced them with posters for Ungdomshuset can now be seen on youtube.
15:52
Even though much of every day life has returned to Norrebro, the police is still very present in the area. Sources inform us, that officers are checking people on Sankt Hans Torv
The demonstrators in the main office of the social democrats have left the house under completely calm circumstances and without any interference from the police
14:46
The social democrats have welcome the activists occupying their party office. They haven't asked the police to throw them out.
There is still around 10 activists in the house and 20 outside
Helle Thorning Schmidt, the national leader of the party, who was shortly by the office earlier, should apparently have expressed that she thought the activists should be thrown out
Nonetheless the activists are willing to negotiate.
- "We have offered that we will negotiate with both the social democrats and the city council regarding finding a new house, says the spokesperson
14:30
Masked constructionworkers are emptying Ungdomshuset, writes Politiken.dk The reason for the mask is that the workers don't want to be recognized.
At the same time several sms's are being send around with names of companies that is thought to be working in the house
The work is being surveilled by the police. Curious people are asked to leave the area
A big truck is parked in front of the house and there are several cars with cranes
The constructionworkers are throwing out boxes, paint, furnitures and barricades
The things that have been left in the house is also removed. Politiken.dk writes that the owners must demand them from the owner of the house, Faderhuset
– We have only taken the things having a value as evidence, says the spokesperson for the Copenhagen Police to Politiken.dk
14:03
the citizen group supporting Ungdomshuset is maintaining the plan of a demonstration on saturday (tomorrow). It is starting from two different locations, Christiania and Enghave Plads at 14.00, and meeting on the Townhall square at 15. It is a peaceful demonstration
12:41
»We aren't leaving the building before they come up with a solution« says the group that has occupied the Social Democrats main office in copenhagen and now demand a ungdomshuset in Copenhagen, according to DR
12:19
Per Larsen from Copenhagen Police says to the media that 75 of the so far 217 arrested yesterday will be presented for a judge during today. 34 persons who all were in Ungdomshuset when th police entered has been detained for 27 days
12:09
The office of the party The Social Democrats (second biggest in Denmark, biggest in Copenhagen) has been "squatted" by activists. The office is the party's main office in Copenhagen. A spokesperson for the activists says the reason for the occupation is that the politicians apparently havent understood that the problems with ungdomshuset are political.
– "The reason for this occupation is that the politician apparently haven't understood that this is a political problem. We are trying to focus on this by squatting a political party's office" an activist says to TV2 News
12:03
There were demonstrations and actions in 20 german cities yesterday in solidarity with Ungdomshusets. See more on indymedia.dk
11:02
The police in Copenhagen has asked for more officers from around the country. From nothern Jutland 2 busses full of policemen were sent to Copenhagen around 22 yesterday night. Also the south-eastern part of Jutland has send officers: "To help them now when they are in need" says inspector Jørgen Hoxer to local DR
News from Thursday 1st March