Squat Milada brutally evicted after an attempt to make a one-off commemorative gig

The Prague’s renowned squat Vila Mila­da, which was evict­ed three years ago after being one of the most impor­tant places for Czech autonomous under­ground scene, had been occu­pied by approx­i­mate­ly 30 peo­ple on Sat­ur­day July 30th to com­mem­o­rate the bleak anniver­sary by an impro­vised hard­core punk gig. Even though the author­i­ties were informed that this is a one-off event which is not an attempt to reocup­py the squat for good but a sym­bol­ic point­ing out of a pas­sive approach of a Czech state to take care of unused build­ings and of the oppres­sion against alter­na­tive cul­ture, the police react­ed with a mas­sive police oper­a­tion includ­ing an aggres­sive attack against the non-vio­lent con­cert-goers, which result­ed in many bloody injuries and in a tem­po­rary arrest of tens of peo­ple. At least 20 peo­ple were bru­tal­ly beat­en up and psy­cho­log­i­cal­ly humil­i­at­ed inside the build­ing out of reach of cam­eras and wit­ness­es and the remain­ing 7 activists hid behind the chim­neys on the roof of the build­ing, fear­ing for their health and risk­ing their lives over a 4‑storey gap direct­ing to ground. After a day-long nego­ti­a­tions and a cou­ple of stu­pid attempts of the Czech police to harass tens of sup­port­ers in front of the build­ing, the squat­ters decid­ed to climb down if the Police lets them to gath­er their belong­ings from the low­er parts of the house. In the ear­ly evening of Sun­day July 1st, they real­ized all of their equip­ment, includ­ing lap­tops, loud­speak­ers, gui­tar com­bos and elec­tric gui­tars, were smashed up by the inter­ven­ing Police riot squad. The own­er of the house is going to bring a law­suit against the activists and more seri­ous offens­es are actu­al­ly threat­en­ing them.