Athens: Police surveillance camera deactivated

Athens, 13 Feb­ru­ary 2008

Yet anoth­er police sur­veil­lance cam­era was put out of use today dur­ing a large demon­stra­tion against pen­sion reform and the rest of the Greek gov­ern­men­t’s neolib­er­al poli­cies.

One activist climbed on a lad­der and paint­ed the cam­era lens using an exten­sion, while oth­ers unscrewed a com­part­ment at its base, cut the wires and filled it with foam that solid­i­fied soon there­after. Leaflets against sur­veil­lance and repres­sion by the state were hand­ed out.

CCTV painted with brush on a pole
Decommissioning CCTV camera
Athens, 13 Feb­ru­ary 2008

Yet anoth­er police sur­veil­lance cam­era was put out of use today dur­ing a large demon­stra­tion against pen­sion reform and the rest of the Greek gov­ern­men­t’s neolib­er­al poli­cies.

One activist climbed on a lad­der and paint­ed the cam­era lens using an exten­sion, while oth­ers unscrewed a com­part­ment at its base, cut the wires and filled it with foam that solid­i­fied soon there­after. Leaflets against sur­veil­lance and repres­sion by the state were hand­ed out.

The action was under­tak­en by the Net­work for Polit­i­cal and Social Rights, a group that ear­li­er this year cel­e­brat­ed 20 years in action.

Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcaJ8fCqs1E

Net­work for Polit­i­cal and Social Rights (greek only)
www.diktio.org