Repression against those who oppose Fennovoima-Rosatom nuclear power plant project continues: and it’s getting worse and worse. On Friday 29.4. two protest camp sites got evicted at Pyhäjoki, Finland. Police operations were, on Finnish scale, massive.
Not big. Massive. Present were roughly 20 police vans, officers in riot gear, border patrol’s helicopter, sections from both national SWAT teams, dog units and specially equipped riot vans. Police declared the eviction of both camp sites by presenting a legally vague, written police order without even specified locations of the camp sites or other information. Just an order to leave and a declaration that police will arrest everyone “under the police law” it considers to “be connected to the locations” or “able to disrupt public order”.
The majority of the protest campers and Reclaim the Cape-action week participants grouped up and vanished into the forests without negotiating with the police.
As we speak, both sites are being emptied of infrastructure and belongings. Comrades are being searched and picked from the woods. Those been detained are being helped and awaited outside the cells. New campsite is under construction, but not public.
Thursday 28.4. several participants did a classical non-violent lock-on blockade against the Fennovoima-Rosatom construction. After several hours of blocking, police arrived but soon lost interest to the blockade, and instead advanced towards the action week camp. After police had forcefully taken over the campsite, 11 are still arrested after detention, eight of them international comrades. Some of them under a threat of imprisonment. So far charges are about “aggravated sabotage”, “participating in violent riot” and “(violent) assault of a police officer”.
One comrade is still hospitalised and in a severe condition, apparently due to being assaulted by police.
As usual, the majority of mainstream media has not taken an interest in being neutral or professional. Systematical defamation against those who oppose Fennovoima-Rosatom is being carried out especially by YLE Oulu’s (local department of national broadcast service).
As usual, we shall not bend our heads when confronted by state repression and physical violence. This police operation was a third large-scale operation against the Fennovoima-Rosatom opposers within four days. The sheer volume of police and state resources that have been put to work against us tell a simple story: we have been able to considerably harm Fennovoima-Rosatom and cross the line from inconvenient to possibly dangerous.
Alongside this, we have managed to spark up a culture of resistance not seen in Finland since the civil war on 1918: which undoubtedly has spooked those in power.
If there never was a time to invite every possible comrade to participate this struggle: this is the time to call out for practical solidarity.
In our hour of need we call for support for the arrested and to builders and defenders of the new campsite here at Pyhäjoki – and to join the struggle by giving Fennovoima-Rosatom what it’s asking for. With deep respect to the diversity of tactics, we encourage everyone to present this company and every firm connected to it with feedback: and to present Finnish embassies and local police representatives with their share.
Solidarity is a verb. Practice it. We call everyone everywhere to remember your
captivated and wounded comrades here up north.
Radio Blackout – Torino
Radio Bronka – Barcelona
Radio Klaxon – ZAD Notre Dame de Landes
Police Spies Out of Lives
Contrainformación Anarquista
Luca Zanette
The anarchist library
Khimki Forest
No Mat Cataluña
No Mat Catalunya – Campada
No THT France
NoTav
ZAD – NotreDame de Landes
Usurpa!