週一, 2008-07-07 21:33 — 高濤
圖片說明：唔准人遊花園的防暴警察
今次日本為了八國峰會，設置重重關卡，會場遠在北海道洞爺湖畔一座像山上堡壘的酒店，示威者不要說衝入會場示威，就連遠遠瞄一眼也不行，因為你要在二十多公里外的郊野公園紥營，若你有能耐作二十公里長征，你也只能去到距會場五公里範圍，縱有超強的大聲公，相信除了防暴警察和山上的小動物，誰也能聽不到你的反對聲音。
「示威區」設於二十多公里外的三個郊野公園，是日本示威組織者在一個月前與警方爭取到的，限定示威者只能在那裏聚集紮營，如果要遊行示威，最多也只能用腳長征。這令國際示威者不滿，有人提議不理禁令坐火車遊行，聲援日前被捕的四人，結果示威者由星期日峰會舉行前夕進駐豐浦町森林的營地後，便因這個遊行方案爭論不休。日本組織者提醒，由於未經警方批准，被捕的風險達九成五，而即使留在營地的人，也可能受牽連，會議由星期日晚上九時，持續到星期一凌晨近二時，睡醒後又由早上九時多開始，繼續未完的討論，到近中午仍未有共識。
對於這種永遠無法達成共識的會議，不少人變得不耐煩，會議未開完便各自散去。一批堅持遊行的示威者最終成行，但說來好笑，這次遊行只有三數十人，只有一張大橫額，而且出發前申明不會做任何破壞，不會阻礙乘客，如果有警方阻擋，也不會堅持強行登車，只會向傳媒展示他們連這個簡單的示威權利也被拒，就會回到營地。大伙兒在滂沱大雨中無聲無息的走了一段路，還未走出郊野公園徑，就被防暴警察攔著，交涉了一輪不果，帶頭的西班牙示威者向大家交代了警方的說法，便率領大家回程，繼續開會。
法例對遊行的嚴、刑罰的重，以及日本組織者的審慎，令今次八峰會示威者步步為營。今日的遊行，對於向來以「激」聞名的反全球化示威來說，確實有點不可思議。
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* Tuesday 8am – Action at Toyoura camp
Tomorrow (Tuesday) at 8 am, a march will start at Toyoura camp, heading to the direction of the G8 summit. Further details will be given at 7.45am at Toyoura camp gate.
Today at noon, a group of 50 Japanese and international activists walked out of the Toyoura camp to the train station to protest the G8 Summit and express solidarity for three anti-G8 activists who were arrested on July 5th. One kilometer away from the camp, they were stopped by over a hundred police. Police told demonstrators that the walk was an unregistered protest. The activists verbally asserted their rights to walk to the train station, but they were eventually forced to turn back.
The protesters are now staying in 3 different camps, surrounding Lake Toya: Toyoura, Soubetu and Date. About 400 activists are staying in Camp Toyoura, the biggest of the three, including most of the international activists.
Melissa Cohen, a British member of the activist Legal Team that is providing support for activists during the G8 Summit said today: “For those of us who are used to European contexts, it is hard to accept the level of repression we are confronting here. Here people are in danger of guilt by association. This creates a highly repressive environment and makes it very hard for social movements to fulfill their democratic function.”
Lisa Suzuta, 35, a Japanese feminist activist said “A lot of us feel anxious, nervous. If my friends get arrested, they will be heavily interrogated, even at nighttime. Constant interrogation and intimidation for 23 days without trial is very hard to go through, and it’s a common practice here. It’s almost like torture. Also the pressure on the family is very hard to accept, house searches at parents’ houses even though they are not involved, and the shame to the neighbors.”
“In Japan, the undemocratic character of the G8 is clearly illustrated through the extreme repressive measures used towards demonstrators, leaving no space for any critical or creative protest,” said Ingrid Beher, a 42 year-old German activist. “The creation of constant fear inside the citizens of Japan is one way of keeping this system in place”.