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UK SHAC 7 SOLIDARITY DEMO IN HAMBURG, GERMANY

Thursday, 22nd January

In Hamburg, about 10 activists demonstrated against the conviction of UK SHAC 7 Animal Rights campaigners to multi-year prison sentences in Britain.

In Hamburg today demonstrated about 10 activists in front of the office of the British Honorary Consul, Claus-Günther Budelmann against the conviction of 7 campaigners in Britain. The were accused of a "conspiracy to blackmail of businesses" Just because SHAC have been a political and effective campaign calling for the closure the of Europe's largest animal testing laboratory group HLS, based in the UK and US.

Legitimate protest against the perpetrators of systematic violence against laboratory animals isl be criminalised, and any form of coordinated political campaigns of the 'preventive' law enforcement and judicial. The Animal Liberation movement is currently one of the world's strongest. These repressive measures are a sign that their protests against violence socially mediated effect on animals. SHAC's attack is where it hurts: In the economic system and in the society within which the domination relationship to non-human animals is incredibly strong. With Megaphones and loud voices we made our fellings known to the Honorary Consul and passers-by informed about the facts and made clear that the conviction and imprisonment of the campaigners from the UK willnot be tolerated without resistance.

From original story on German indymedia: http://de.indymedia.org/2009/01/240135.shtml

Further information (in German):

Report of a solidarity demonstration in Vienna with further details about the case in Britain: http://de.indymedia.org/2009/01/240113.shtml

Web page with information about repression against AR activists in Austria: http://www.antirep2008.tk/

Hamburg Animal Rights: http://hamburg.antispe.org/

Interview with the social scientist Melanie Bujok about the repression against the animal rights movement: http://de.indymedia.org/2008/08/225683.shtml