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Solidarity action in Istanbul/Turkey for the 64 punks arrested in
Aceh/Indonesia
Solidarity action in Istanbul/Turkey for the 64 punks arrested in
Aceh/Indonesia
aforum [1] - Mon, 2011-12-26 14:38
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Identity [2]
Solidarity action in Istanbul/Turkey for the 64 punks arrested in
Aceh/Indonesia
On the 11th of December 2011, in the very conservative and religious
province of Aceh in Indonesia, 64 punks who were attending a punkrock
show, were arrested and taken to jail without any criminal charges
whatsoever.
The only reason for them to be victim of that totally arbitrary state
repression was that they are punks. The police shaved their hair off and
removed their piercings, their clothes were taken away from them,
replaced by “decent” ones and they were forced to wash themselves in a
“religious ritual”. Then they were brainwashed and “re-educated” for ten
days through “religious education” and “military discipline”.
[You can't teach punk away, because its dead itll always stay!]
Against this outrageous police action, solidarity actions and
demonstration took place in Moscow, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
China and Malaysia.
On the 24th of December a solidarity concert for the Indonesian punks
was organized in Istanbul with the Hardcore/Punk bands POSTER-ITI and
FRANKENSTEIN to inform people and gather supporters for the protest on
the following day.
On the 25th of December at 3:00 in the afternoon, as a sign of
solidarity with the “Aceh 64”and as a reaction to this ultra-repressive
measure of the Indonesian state, 30 punks and anarchist activists
attacked and vandalized the outside walls of the “Indonesian Consulate
General” located at “Seneryildizi Sokak, No. 22/11 Etiler” in Istanbul,
Turkey.
While playing punkrock music with a portable sound system, those 30
activists spray-painted the consulate with slogans saying: ”Dinleriyik
Yoket (Abolish all Religions)“, “Free Aceh Punx”, “ACAB”, “Punklar burda
(The Punks are Here)” and “Özgur Kal (Stay Free)”. The doors were
covered with stickers and graffiti and two large banners were hung on
the consulate walls saying: ”Free the Indonesian Punks” and “Bütün
Devletler Fasittir, Polisler kiralik Katil (All governments are fascist,
all cops are assassins)”. Afterwards a small but loud demonstration took
place in the very rich and elitist vicinity of the consulate in support
of the 64 Indonesian punks, expensive cars were decorated with anarchist
symbols and some vandalism occurred until the 30 activists dispersed and
vanished.
There was no interference with the police whatsoever and fortunately
nobody was arrested.
flyer that distributed during action:
In the region Aceh in Indonesia, 65 punks were put into police custody
without any criminal charges.
They were arrested just for being different. The police shaved their
hair off and removed their piercings and they will now be brainwashed
through “religious education” and “military discipline”.
We strongly protest against this new fascist attempt to oppress and
punish everybody who does not want to fit into their disgusting
capitalist mainstream. State repression and police brutality is getting
worse and worse every day worldwide and we are sick of it. We will fight
back.
WE MIGHT BE FEW BUT WE STAND TOGETHER!
---------------------
What happened in Aceh?
After years of war and the devastation of the 2004 tsunami, a peace
process was started which resulted in considerable autonomy for
Indonesia's northernmost province. Former GAM fighters won the
elections. One of the changes they brought in was a form of Islamic
Syaria'h law, which is not enforced in any other part of Indonesia.
Currently Aceh is in the run-up to new elections and different
candidates are pitching their image to the public.
In nearly all parts of Indonesia there is a large punk scene. Many young
homeless kids are attracted by the music and the lifestyle and can
support each other in many ways, forming a subcultural community.
Indonesian punks often earn a living by busking on buses or at traffic
lights, and travel the country for free, hitch-hiking on the back of
trucks. But at concerts, which are usually free or cheap and organised
according to DIY ethics, people from all backgrounds come along.
The concert on 10th December 2011 was a benefit gig to raise money for
orphans. Apparently the event started at about 3pm and it was supposed
to continue into the night. but at 21.30, police climbed onto the stage
and demanded that the event should finish. The people there tried to
negotiate for the gig to continue, but the cops didn't seem to care.
Reacting to the cops' behaviour, the punks started singing a popular
resistance song, Darah Juang (blood of struggle), but as it happened,
that song seemed to provoke the anger of the cops who then started
beating people and arresting them.
The arrested punks were taken to the Seulawah National Police School one
hour from Banda Aceh city. That's where their hair was shaved off and
they were forced into the lake. Punks in Aceh who weren't arrested have
found it difficult to get any communication with their friends, because
it seems they are in isolation.
Worldwide solidarity actions:
http://internationala.info/index.php/isyan/anarsist-hareket/3118-ace-pun...
[3]
VİDEO: http://youtu.be/rF_utNujBtM [4]
FOTO ALBUM: http://imgur.com/a/EVwrC#6 [5]
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[3]
http://internationala.info/index.php/isyan/anarsist-hareket/3118-ace-punklaryla-duenya-capnda-dayanma.html
[4] http://youtu.be/rF_utNujBtM
[5] http://imgur.com/a/EVwrC#6
--
Dan Clore
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Skipper: Professor, will you tell these people who is
in charge on this island?
Professor: Why, no one.
Skipper: No one?
Thurston Howell III: No one? Good heavens, this is anarchy!
-- _Gilligan's Island_, episode #6, "President Gilligan"
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Solidarity action in Istanbul/Turkey for the 64 punks arrested in
Aceh/Indonesia
Solidarity action in Istanbul/Turkey for the 64 punks arrested in
Aceh/Indonesia
aforum [1] - Mon, 2011-12-26 14:38
Tags:
Identity [2]
Solidarity action in Istanbul/Turkey for the 64 punks arrested in
Aceh/Indonesia
On the 11th of December 2011, in the very conservative and religious
province of Aceh in Indonesia, 64 punks who were attending a punkrock
show, were arrested and taken to jail without any criminal charges
whatsoever.
The only reason for them to be victim of that totally arbitrary state
repression was that they are punks. The police shaved their hair off and
removed their piercings, their clothes were taken away from them,
replaced by “decent” ones and they were forced to wash themselves in a
“religious ritual”. Then they were brainwashed and “re-educated” for ten
days through “religious education” and “military discipline”.
[You can't teach punk away, because its dead itll always stay!]
Against this outrageous police action, solidarity actions and
demonstration took place in Moscow, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
China and Malaysia.
On the 24th of December a solidarity concert for the Indonesian punks
was organized in Istanbul with the Hardcore/Punk bands POSTER-ITI and
FRANKENSTEIN to inform people and gather supporters for the protest on
the following day.
On the 25th of December at 3:00 in the afternoon, as a sign of
solidarity with the “Aceh 64”and as a reaction to this ultra-repressive
measure of the Indonesian state, 30 punks and anarchist activists
attacked and vandalized the outside walls of the “Indonesian Consulate
General” located at “Seneryildizi Sokak, No. 22/11 Etiler” in Istanbul,
Turkey.
While playing punkrock music with a portable sound system, those 30
activists spray-painted the consulate with slogans saying: ”Dinleriyik
Yoket (Abolish all Religions)“, “Free Aceh Punx”, “ACAB”, “Punklar burda
(The Punks are Here)” and “Özgur Kal (Stay Free)”. The doors were
covered with stickers and graffiti and two large banners were hung on
the consulate walls saying: ”Free the Indonesian Punks” and “Bütün
Devletler Fasittir, Polisler kiralik Katil (All governments are fascist,
all cops are assassins)”. Afterwards a small but loud demonstration took
place in the very rich and elitist vicinity of the consulate in support
of the 64 Indonesian punks, expensive cars were decorated with anarchist
symbols and some vandalism occurred until the 30 activists dispersed and
vanished.
There was no interference with the police whatsoever and fortunately
nobody was arrested.
flyer that distributed during action:
In the region Aceh in Indonesia, 65 punks were put into police custody
without any criminal charges.
They were arrested just for being different. The police shaved their
hair off and removed their piercings and they will now be brainwashed
through “religious education” and “military discipline”.
We strongly protest against this new fascist attempt to oppress and
punish everybody who does not want to fit into their disgusting
capitalist mainstream. State repression and police brutality is getting
worse and worse every day worldwide and we are sick of it. We will fight
back.
WE MIGHT BE FEW BUT WE STAND TOGETHER!
---------------------
What happened in Aceh?
After years of war and the devastation of the 2004 tsunami, a peace
process was started which resulted in considerable autonomy for
Indonesia's northernmost province. Former GAM fighters won the
elections. One of the changes they brought in was a form of Islamic
Syaria'h law, which is not enforced in any other part of Indonesia.
Currently Aceh is in the run-up to new elections and different
candidates are pitching their image to the public.
In nearly all parts of Indonesia there is a large punk scene. Many young
homeless kids are attracted by the music and the lifestyle and can
support each other in many ways, forming a subcultural community.
Indonesian punks often earn a living by busking on buses or at traffic
lights, and travel the country for free, hitch-hiking on the back of
trucks. But at concerts, which are usually free or cheap and organised
according to DIY ethics, people from all backgrounds come along.
The concert on 10th December 2011 was a benefit gig to raise money for
orphans. Apparently the event started at about 3pm and it was supposed
to continue into the night. but at 21.30, police climbed onto the stage
and demanded that the event should finish. The people there tried to
negotiate for the gig to continue, but the cops didn't seem to care.
Reacting to the cops' behaviour, the punks started singing a popular
resistance song, Darah Juang (blood of struggle), but as it happened,
that song seemed to provoke the anger of the cops who then started
beating people and arresting them.
The arrested punks were taken to the Seulawah National Police School one
hour from Banda Aceh city. That's where their hair was shaved off and
they were forced into the lake. Punks in Aceh who weren't arrested have
found it difficult to get any communication with their friends, because
it seems they are in isolation.
Worldwide solidarity actions:
http://internationala.info/index.php/isyan/anarsist-hareket/3118-ace-pun...
[3]
VİDEO: http://youtu.be/rF_utNujBtM [4]
FOTO ALBUM: http://imgur.com/a/EVwrC#6 [5]
This content is anti-copyright. Comments are the responsibility of their
author.
Source URL: http://anarchistnews.org/node/21214
Links:
[1] http://anarchistnews.org/user/3677
[2] http://anarchistnews.org/taxonomy/term/16
[3]
http://internationala.info/index.php/isyan/anarsist-hareket/3118-ace-punklaryla-duenya-capnda-dayanma.html
[4] http://youtu.be/rF_utNujBtM
[5] http://imgur.com/a/EVwrC#6
--
Dan Clore
New book: _Weird Words: A Lovecraftian Lexicon_:
http://tinyurl.com/yd3bxkw
My collected fiction: _The Unspeakable and Others_
http://tinyurl.com/3tyj9cq
Lord Weÿrdgliffe & Necronomicon Page:
http://tinyurl.com/292yz9
News & Views for Anarchists & Activists:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo
Skipper: Professor, will you tell these people who is
in charge on this island?
Professor: Why, no one.
Skipper: No one?
Thurston Howell III: No one? Good heavens, this is anarchy!
-- _Gilligan's Island_, episode #6, "President Gilligan"
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