G8 Initial Report 4 July - Carnival of Full Enjoyment, Edinburgh

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Posted 11:22 06 July 2005:

The Carnival for Full Enjoyment travelled around the streets of Edinburgh on Monday 4th, involving a cast of G8 Summit protesters, clowns, police and local people.

The Carnival for Full Enjoyment travelled around the streets of Edinburgh on Monday 4th, involving a cast of G8 Summit protesters, clowns, police and local people.

The Carnival called upon 'workers, migrants, students, benefit claimers, New Dealers, work refusers, pensioners, dreamers, duckers & divers' to resist the 'daily grind of the institutions that plunge us into overwork, poverty and debt.'

The day started with police and groups of protestors playing cat and mouse through the streets, as police quickly started to stop and search people under the Section 60 imposed all over Edinburgh.

At 12pm groups of people began to gather in and around Princes St. From that time on, and throughout the day, police tried to heavily repress any demonstration using scores of riot police, horses, dogs, and endless batton charges whilst attempting to pen in groups of people.

As a result several clashes occurred in the Princes St and Canning St areas that resulted in more than 100 people arrested, and around 60 protesters treated for injuries caused by the heavy handed policing.

Despite this many streets in central Edinburgh were taken over by protestors throughout the afternoon.

Full reports will be coming soon

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