In Jerusalem it is not only the Palestinians who fight for justice. When I stopped at Sheik Jarah on my journey, I was meet by mostly Jews who where demonstrating. That day I came directly from one of my many stops by the Silwan valley and I was troubled from what I had seen. This was for me a light in the dark. Finally I came across people who both where Jews and could see the trouble that settlements was bringing to the area.
Sheik Jarah is a part of East Jerusalem that slowly is being taken over, with plans already made to expand the whole area. Some internationals stay in the houses of the families that have gotten an eviction notice. And this keeps the take over at bay for some time, but not actually stopping it. At the demonstration some people where asking what they could do to stop or work against the spreading of settlements and some advice where given. But it seemed that nothing was really working.
“when you get back to Denmark they well believe you more then they believe us”.
I do not know how true this is. On some levels yes, I have been there and so what I talk about is first hand experience, but still I am not sure how much effect it has when looking at the broad picture.
Published on August 23, 2010 4:54 pm.
Filed under: Palestine / Israel Tags: demonstration, jerusalem, jew, palestine
Palestinian and international activists protest over stolen agricultural soil in the small town of Belaen outside of Ramallah, in the Palestinian Territory. The local settlers have taken 60% of the usable soil in the area leaving the population with little to grow there crops on. The settlers have been sentenced to give 1/3 of the land back but this has not happened yet. The demonstration evolved into a small riot, with stones, teargas and a lot of running.
Published on August 18, 2010 4:26 pm.
Filed under: Palestine / Israel, Photography Tags: boy, chield, demonstration, men, palestine, palestinian, protest, stone
Nina is one of the 250 activists that now running a principal case, to try and get to the the conclusion that the mass arrests during the COP15 was illegal to conduct by the police. Over a thousand got arrested during the demonstrations and very few ended up being charged.
Published on May 6, 2010 7:34 pm.
Filed under: Photography Tags: activist, cop15, demonstration
At May first I went by the Anti fascistic demonstration. They went by the spot where the youths house was at Jagtvej 69 called “Ungdomshuset”. On the picture above they are walking by the empty lot that is now used or parking. This is my series from the Ungdomshuset.
Published on May 3, 2010 1:16 am.
Filed under: Photography Tags: demonstration
A group calling them selves “The republican Constitution Movement“, was gathered by the queens palace in Copenhagen on the day of her 70Th birthday. They are moving for an election for whether we should have a monarchy or not. The banner of the day states that they would rather vote for the queen and follow the normal democratic procedure then have her sit there because of history, royal relations etc. Lately there has been a lot of talks concerning the amount of money that is used to keep this living museum alive and running. Restoration of old houses, hosting parties and so on. Only 1 out of 7 in Denmark is ready to vote against the royal family, so more campaigning is needed to achieve this goal.
Published on April 18, 2010 1:50 pm.
Filed under: Photography Tags: democracy, demonstration
During the summit there have been some demonstrations going on as one could expect. The police here leaves nothing to chance, to they take as many as they can and holds them over night in the special “climate prison” as preemptive arrests. On the 12Th of December during the biggest demonstration yet, 1.000 people was arrested and held over night. only 4 ended being charged. A lot of criticism has been put on the police but a law here that got passed just before the COP15 summit gives the police the rights to hold anyone back that they feel can pose a threat. below is 5 pictures that show some of the demonstrators.
Published on December 16, 2009 2:18 am.
Filed under: Photography Tags: climate, cop15, demonstration
Yesterday I went to the first of many demo stations that will be held in junction with the climate conference that will be held in Denmark later this year. 1200 people from different organisations tried to break the police barricades, enter a coal power plant in Copenhagen and stop the coal from being transported inside. They did not succeed in entering, but the plant did get closed down for security reasons. 150 did get close enough to get arrested, while the majority got shut down and sent home.
I must say I’m looking forward to next fey month.
Published on September 27, 2009 6:31 pm.
Filed under: Photography Tags: climate, demonstration
After a night out with Copenhagen’s left wing youth I must say the holiday spirit is at a all time low. It was a sympathy demonstation in protest of the killing of the 15 year old activist in Greece. I’m hoping to be able to distance this tragic event before the 24th. Below is my 10 pictures from that night.
Published on December 13, 2008 5:22 pm.
Filed under: Photography Tags: activist, demonstration
