Daily Archives: February 7, 2014

Βοσνία: Εξαπλώνονται οι ταραχές

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Στις φλόγες για δεύτερη ημέρα οι δρόμοι στην πόλη Τούζλα. Χιλιάδες διαδηλωτές έστησαν οδοφράγματα, έσπασαν βιτρίνες καταστημάτων και συγκρούστηκαν με δυνάμεις της αστυνομίας. Διαμαρτύρονται για την διαφθορά και την οικονομική πολιτική της κυβέρνησης. Οι πτωχεύσεις δεκάδων επιχειρήσεων έχουν οδηγήσει σε πρωτοφανή ποσοστά ανεργίας, στην άλλοτε βιομηχανική εργατούπολη του Βορρά.

Οι συγκρούσεις με τους μπάτσους και οι επιθέσεις σε κυβερνητικά κτίρια γίνονται πιο σφοδρές. Οι κάτοικοι της Τούζλα βρίζουν και πετάνε από τα μπαλκόνια νερό στους μπάτσους, ενώ οι γηραιότεροι χτυπάνε άδειες κατσαρόλες.

Χθες, Πέμπτη, οι τραυματίες ξεπέρασαν τους 130, εκ των οποίων οι 104 είναι μπάτσοι.

Οι ταραχές εξαπλώνονται και σε άλλες πόλεις της χώρας (Σεράγεβο, Μόσταρ, Zenica, Bihac).

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/bosnia-privatization-protests-reach-other-cities/2014/02/06/4907df00-8f65-11e3-878e-d76656564a01_story.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/06/us-bosnia-protests-idUSBREA151HF20140206

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/bosnia-police-use-tear/985626.html

https://twitter.com/search?q=%23protesti&src=hash

https://twitter.com/search?q=bosnia&src=typd

Βραζιλία: Βίαιες συγκρούσεις στον κεντρικό σταθμό του Ρίο

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Police and protesters violently clashed in Rio de Janeiro’s main train station in a demonstration against a 10-cent hike in bus fare.

A cameraman for Band TV was hit in the head by either a stun grenade launched by police or a homemade explosive tossed by protesters; it was not immediately clear which.

Band said in a statement that cameraman Santiago Andrade was taken to a hospital by police and underwent surgery. He is in serious condition.

It is the latest protest to hit Brazil since last June, when nationwide demonstrations broke out after a sharp police crackdown on a group in Sao Paulo that was marching against an increase in public transportation fares.

That increase was reversed in the face of protesters’ pressure.

Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes recently approved a 10-cent increase for bus fares starting this Saturday.

About 800 protesters had peacefully gathered on Thursday in central Rio before they started marching to the city’s main train station, some holding aloft signs condemning the billions of dollars spent to host the World Cup, money they want used for better hospitals, schools and infrastructure.

Clashes broke out inside the train station after demonstrators began jumping over turnstiles and police used batons and tear gas to disperse members of the Black Block anarchist tactic.

Police pushed the demonstrators outside and used more tear gas to disperse those gathered, while demonstrators hurled rocks at the officers.

Authorities were forced to close the station, leaving thousands of commuters stranded. Some bystanders were made ill by the tear gas, while others fainted.

Thais Jorao, a 22-year-old protester, said that demonstration was not simply because of the 10-cent bus fare hike.

“If it was a public transportation fare hike when we had good health services and education, you wouldn’t have this many people on the street,” he said.

“On top of this you see spending with the World Cup, things that we really don’t need. We want health, education, decent public transportation.”

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2014/02/rio-fare-hike-protests-turn-violent-20142722055180599.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-26077374

http://metronews.ca/news/world/934249/violent-clash-at-protest-in-rio-over-fare-hike/