Prisoners * Conditions in the prison * Trials * Video- and Photo publications * Houseraids
The g20 summit and the euphoric days in the streets of the Schanzenviertel were shaped by the massive anger and motivation to attack, which we did not expect since Heiligendamm and Frankfurt. The wave of repression that followed afterwards, and actually had already started before the summit with the implementation of the new §114ff and preventive policing, reached its climax with the publication of dozens of mug shots, by the special commission „Soko Schwarzer Block“ on December 18th, 2017.
The wave of repression, remained rather unnoticed from comrades in other countries who fought with us on the streets and euphoricly followed the riots in the media. They told us, that they did not recieve any information on the prisonors, the sentenced and the persecution mania by the state.
Part I: Prisoners
The situation in december 2017
The cops implemented a 40 man strong Soko, which searched the internet for pictures and videos, in order to further criminalise activists. About 200 cops are currently sitting in front of their computers, watching special face detection softwares do most of the investigation work. Even when you think, you have nothing to hide or you are sure, you always changed in a dark alley: Solidarity doesn‘t just start, when the repression hits you or your friends. The state, including the media, cops and active citizens, is clearly trying to redefine the riots. We managed to dominate the discurs of these days during the summit, but we have to recognise that in the face of brutal sentences, denunciations and public agitation, we are being pushed back into a position of simply reacting: Day X demos, prison ralleys and a couple of broken windows here and there.
Prisoners and the trials: After the three days of riots in Hamburg, 51 people had been taken into custody. Ultimatly 28 remained in the JVA Billwerder, Hanhöfersand and Holstenglacis until their trials. Being mainly non german, the prisoners came from the Netherlands, France, Siwtzerland, Austria, Spain, Italy, Poland, Hungary and Russia. Additionally several houndred people had to stay in the GeSa (custody) for a short time and had to give their fingerprints and pictures.