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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-18-08 12:38 PM
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The Dark Side of Austria...
Edited on Wed Jun-18-08 12:40 PM by Robeson
... 10 NGO workers and volunteers have been arrested and kept on remand for over 3 weeks. They remain on remand although there are no concrete charges against them. NGO offices, which are not suspects in the police investigations were also raided and emptied, leaving the organisations paralysed. In protest at this random attack on social activism, one of the detainees has now been on hunger strike for 24 days."

http://www.vgt.at/presse/news/2008/news20080613_en.php

And from the Austrian newspaper Die Presse:

"In no uncertain terms Dr Petrovic from the Austrian Green Party once more voices her outrage at the events of the last three weeks concerning the imprisoned animal protectionists.
"Historical comparisons point clearly to the fact that the Animal Rights Movement is obviously so successful that all imaginable obstacles and foul play are being called upon in order that the powers that be and their profitable businesses based on animal suffering can win a bit more time“."


http://www.vgt.at/presse/news/2008/news20080612_1_en.php

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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-19-08 04:26 PM
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1. The AETA is very dark proof of your last paragraph.
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