G8 Protest: More than 10,000 block Heiligendamm

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Thousands of people left Reddelich camp early this morning to take part in the first day of blockades against the G8 summit. The main group which consisted of well over 5000 people moved towards the fence through fields and country roads. Other smaller affinity groups also left towards the fence 'protecting' Heiligendamm. Here there are a few photos of the main blockade which managed to break well inside the designated 'no-protest' zone, and successfully occupied the main road leading to Heiligendamm from the town of Bad Doberan, and just a few hundred meters away from the fence that protects the so-called 'red zone'.

At the time of publishing this report the blockade is still on, and growing in numbers as protesters from an earlier blockade of a military airport nearby are joining in. Police are bringing in water cannons and small tanks, but the protestors are staying put and resisting the blockade, some of which planning to stay overnight.

Here there are a few pics of the blockade so far ....

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Medecins Sans Frontieres provided a visual spectacle to highlight the scandal of people dying in poor countries due to the price of life saving drugs. Credit to MSF's volunteers the water was filthy not to mention freezing.

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Medecins Sans Frontieres provided a visual spectacle to highlight the scandal of people dying in poor countries due to the price of life saving drugs. Credit to MSF's volunteers the water was filthy not to mention freezing.

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From the MSF press release:

People across the developing world continue to die because they do not have access to life saving tmedecines. Existing treatments are are too expensive due to patent protection and needed are not being developed, as people in developing countries do not represnt a lucrative market.. Every day, MSF doctors struggle to provide treatment to patients suffering from infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS leishmaniasis and sleeping sickness.

G8 leaders have singled out innovation and Africa as two of the Priorities for the summit in Heiligendamm, and hold up intellectual property protection as the way to foster innovation. But todays system of patent protection and high drug prices as the way to finance innovation leaves the needs of millions of people across the developing world unmet.

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Successfull blockade of the south east entrance.

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Successfull blockade of the south east entrance.

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