Russia: raid ambientalista, 1 morto

[rossana at comodinoposta.org]

Protestavano contro centro arricchimento uranio in Siberia
(ANSA) - MOSCA, 23 LUG - Venti giovani sono stati fermati per aver 
ucciso una persona protestando contro un centro di arricchimento di 
uranio in Siberia. I fermati sono in gran parte diplomati attualmente 
senza lavoro, qualcuno con precedenti per possesso illegale di armi: 
mazze da baseball, spranghe di ferro, martello e accetta. Due di loro 
sono gia' sotto arresto. La loro protesta era mirata a mettere in 
guardia contro il presunto rischio di radioattivita' legato 
all'attivita' di arricchimento dell'uranio.

Roma, 23 lug. (Apcom) - "Esprimo tutta la mia solidarietà ai familiari 
dell'ecologista ucciso durante il raid contro il campo ambientalista 
allestito in Siberia, E auguro una pronta guarigione agli altri otto 
ecologisti feriti." Lo ha dichiarato il deputato Verde Paolo Cento, 
sottosegretario all'Economia, commentando la notizia riportata 
dall'agenzia Itar-Tass, secondo la quale venti giovani sono stati 
fermati con l'accusa di aver ucciso una persona e di averne ferito altre 
otto a colpi di mazze di baseball, spranghe di ferro, martello e accetta 
nel corso di un raid notturno in un campo ambientalista allestito per 
protestare contro un centro di arricchimento dell'uranio a Angrask, in 
Siberia.
"Chiediamo al governo moscovita - prosegue Cento - di fare piena luce su 
questo grave episodio e di chiarire se corrispondano al vero le 
testimonianze degli aggrediti che hanno parlato di aggressori skinhead 
mascherati che gridavano slogan fascisti.
I responsabili dell'aggressione devono essere puniti e vanno messe in 
atto tutte le condizioni di prevenzione e di sorveglianza necessarie 
affinché aggressioni del genere non si ripetano".

Russian activists denounce 'cover-up' on nuclear protest attack

MOSCOW, July 23 (AFP) Jul 23, 2007
Russian activists on Monday denounced what they said was a police 
cover-up over the killing of a protester near a Siberian nuclear 
facility over the weekend.

The activist group Autonomous Action, which organised the protest, said 
in a statement there had been "insistent requests from police and 
prosecutors to camp participants ... not to make a fuss and to avoid 
speaking to journalists."

The group said the raid on the camp on Saturday, which left one 
protester dead and seven others in hospital, was "not carried out by 
ordinary hooligans, but was a planned attack by Nazis."

Russian prosecutors said in a statement that at least 13 people attacked 
the camp site near Angarsk in the early hours of Saturday with bats and 
knives and that 11 of them aged between 16 and 22 have been detained.

But prosecutors also said that the activists were not environmental 
campaigners taking part in a protest against uranium enrichment at 
Angarsk but were instead anarchists preparing for a gathering at the end 
of the month.

One protester, Igor, contacted by AFP on Saturday, said that the raid 
was carried out by "skinheads" and that the camp had been set up as part 
of efforts to block plans to expand uranium enrichment at the facility.

Igor said local police had visited the camp, which was set up on July 
14, at least four times in recent days to conduct document checks and 
had asked the activists to leave.

The statement from the prosecutors said the raid was likely carried out 
by local men taking revenge for the beating of one of their friends by 
activists from an anti-fascist movement who the attackers claimed were 
in the camp.

Prosecutors have opened a criminal probe into the attack on manslaughter 
and hooliganism charges. Charges for hate crimes carried out by 
political extremists carry heavier prison sentences in Russia.