Re: [pf] Jaggi Singh assaulted by police, disappeared

At 11:59 21/4/2001 -0400, Gary Barrett wrote:
>Tom,
>This very much reminds me of what happened here in Philly during the GOP
convention.  Certain "activists" were targeted and then detained.  That was
especially true of those identified as activist leaders.  The police held
them in detention on grounds that they would soon be processed by the
courts.  But the "red tape" was so delayed that they managed to keep many
people off the streets until most of the convention was over.  Then people
were allowed to go free, only a handful actually charged.  This seems to be
a new twist on how to counter protest.  
>
>
· There are a lot of reports on the Quebec City meeting on the Globe and
Mail's front page:
http://www.globeandmail.com/

· The fate of Jaggi Singh - the fact it /was/ police - is in:

http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/RTGAMArticleHTMLTemplate/D,D/20010421/ws
inghsummit?tf=RT/fullstory.html&cf=RT/config-neutral&vg=BigAdVariableGenerat
or&slug=wsinghsummit&date=20010421&archive=RTGAM&site=Front&ad_page_name=bre
akingnews  [all on same line in browser]
  which starts:

POSTED AT 2:11 PM EDT    Saturday, April 21

Jaggi Singh in jail: confirmed

Related Story [by Naomi Klein: ] 
 •  Even the Green Zone wasn't a safe haven 
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/GAMArticleHTMLTemplate/20010421/UKLEIN?t
f=RT/HTMLRelatedArticleTemplate.html&cf=RT/config-neutral&slug=UKLEIN&date=2
0010421&archive=GAM  [on same line]

By ALLISON DUNFIELD
Globe and Mail Update

Activist Jaggi Singh, de facto leader of the Anti-Capitalist Converence,
has been arrested, a Quebec Crown attorney confirmed Saturday.

According to witnesses, Mr. Singh was grabbed from behind by police
masquerading as protesters on Friday and dragged away in a beige van while
attending a protest against the Free Trade Area of the Americas in Quebec
City.

Anne Couturé, a lawyer for the Crown, said Mr. Singh was arrested Friday
and that a bail hearing has been set for Wednesday, April 25.

All those arrested at the Summit of the Americas this weekend are to be
bused to the Quebec Detention Centre, about 10 kilometres outside of Quebec
City. Court appearances are to be made via video link. 
 ...

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David (who worked in Montreal for a year & has step-relatives in Quebec
City)
(David MacClement) davd@ihug.co.nz 
http://www.geocities.com/davd.geo/index.html#top
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