Violent protests in Copenhagen — “Ungdomshuset-The Youth House Stays”

Sun­day Decem­ber 17
More than 300 demon­stra­tors were arrest­ed in the Dan­ish cap­i­tal on Sat­ur­day after vio­lent clash­es between police and youths who were protest­ing against the planned clo­sure of a youth cen­tre in the city.

Sun­day Decem­ber 17
More than 300 demon­stra­tors were arrest­ed in the Dan­ish cap­i­tal on Sat­ur­day after vio­lent clash­es between police and youths who were protest­ing against the planned clo­sure of a youth cen­tre in the city.
“Ung­domshuset-The Youth House Stays”


1 — Pro­tes­tors throw stones at police vans in a Copen­hagen street Decem­ber 16, 2006. Riots broke out when hun­dreds of young peo­ple start­ed an unan­nounced demon­stra­tion to avoid evic­tion from Ung­domshuset (youth house). The use of the build­ing was grant­ed to young peo­ple for cul­tur­al pur­pos­es some twen­ty years ago by the City Coun­cil, but now the build­ing has been sold to a Chris­t­ian orga­ni­za­tion.

2 — Pro­tes­tors occu­py the Ung­domshuset (youth house) as a ban­ner hangs from it in Copen­hagen Decem­ber 16, 2006. Riots broke out when hun­dreds of young peo­ple start­ed an unan­nounced demon­stra­tion to avoid evic­tion from Ung­domshuset. The use of the build­ing was grant­ed to young peo­ple for cul­tur­al pur­pos­es some twen­ty years ago by the City Coun­cil, but now the build­ing has been sold to a Chris­t­ian orga­ni­za­tion. A police spokesman said some 300 peo­ple had been arrest­ed. The ban­ner reads ‘Some things are worth fight­ing for — the Youth House nev­er sur­ren­ders (the address is 69 Jagve­jen)’
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3 — A group of youths wear­ing masks and hel­mets demon­strate in a Copen­hagen street Decem­ber 16, 2006. Riots broke out when hun­dreds of young peo­ple start­ed an unan­nounced demon­stra­tion to avoid evic­tion from Ung­domshuset (youth house). The use of the build­ing was grant­ed to young peo­ple for cul­tur­al pur­pos­es some twen­ty years ago by the City Coun­cil, but now the build­ing has been sold to a Chris­t­ian orga­ni­za­tion. The ban­ner reads ‘The Youth House Stays’.

video

http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?q=Copenhagen&edition=i&go.x=27&go.y=9

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Videos!

Video clips from yesto­day can be found on the fol­low­ing links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IClRITwCjsc — Dan­ish TV2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmWP5PPxKFk — Swedish SVT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ljdt6d5Tnk — Clip 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MjcuyU9uHA — Clip 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epiiE2iRnIU — Clip 3
http://politiken.dk/poltv/?ExtID=1237