August 29, 2008
Yoani Tells Us What Happened At the Protest Tonight
Yoaní Sánchez has told her story of what happened at the protest of Gorki's arrest which was held during concert across from the US interests section. It is posted in its entirety at Penultimos Días, but here is an excerpt:
El concierto empezó poco después de las 19:15 hrs, en medio de una fuerte presencia policial. De cada cinco asistentes al concierto, calcula Yoani, tres eran de algún tipo de fuerza represiva. “Evidentemente, dice, lo estaban esperando”. Cuando el concierto llevaba una hora de empezado, justo al final de una canción que estaban entonando juntos Polito Ibáñez y Pablo Milanés, un grupo de seis personas aprovechó el fade in del audio para gritar tres veces “¡¡Gorki, Gorki!! y levantar un pequeño cartel que decía solamente el nombre del rockero preso: GORKI. Al instante se creó un círculo de violencia extrema, en el que policías de civil y otros vestidos de verde golpearon a las mujeres y se ensañaron con los hombres que estaban alrededor del cartel. Hubo tonfas, golpes de kárate, patadas, sobre todo con Ciro y Hebert, y una persona de nombre Emilio Marill, de quien hasta el momento se desconoce el paradero.
My loose and quick translation:
The concert began a little after 7:15 in the middle of a strong police presence. For every 5 people in attendance there were three people of the repressive forces, Yoani estimates. Evidently, they were waiting for it. When the concert had been going on for an hour, just at the end of a song that Polito Ibañez and Pablo Milanés were singing together, a group of six people took advantage of the audio fade to scream "Gorki! Gorki! Gorki! "and raise a small poster that said only the name of the imprisoned rocker: GORKI. Instantly, a circle of extreme violence formed in that which civil police and other green-dressed officials struck women and took no mercy on the men who were around the poster. There were karate hits, kicks, mostly on Ciro and Hebert and a person named Emilio Marill, whose whereabouts are unknown at the moment.You can read the rest of the harrowing experience HERE
H/T Aymee
Posted by Claudia4Libertad at August 29, 2008 01:27 AM
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