Deutsch \\ Français \\ 30 Mar 2009 — warresisters
Stuttgart/Bonn, 29 March 2009. The campaign NATO-ZU/Shut down NATO, which is preparing nonviolent protests and actions of civil disobedience for the NATO summit in Strasbourg, criticises the behaviour of politicians and police in advance of the NATO summit. In stead of deescaling, the conflict is already now being escalated by the authorities using an absurd prognosis of threats. The forceful acting of the police that has been announced, strong border controls, and the conversion of Baden-Baden and Strasbourg and fortress cities protected by the police are aimed at discouraging potential participants from participating in the protests. After the G8 in Heiligendamm in 2007, the German government once again uses the German military for internal security, in contravention of the German constitution. This is to prevent many citizens from using their basic right of freedom of assembly. It seems obvious that to those in power the basic rights of EU citizens are just an inconvenience and can be annulled at will.