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«Nueve heridos en las protestas contra la OMC en Hong Kong»:http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/72628/0/CUMBRE/OMC/ (20 Minutos)
‘Me rociaron con gas pimienta varias veces, en el cuerpo y en los ojos. Me golpearon en el lado izquierdo de la cabeza, (que) ahora está hinchada’, dijo Leung a Reuters después de salir del hospital en el que recibió tratamiento.
La policía rociaba a los manifestantes en la cara con un líquido naranja cuando se acercaban a las líneas policiales. Imágenes de televisión mostraron a algunos policías con lo que parecían ser escopetas.
Cerca del lugar donde ocurrieron los incidentes, en el puerto de Hong Kong unos 100 manifestantes, en su mayoría surcoreanos, saltaron al agua, donde quedaron flotando con salvavidas de color naranja, agitando sus brazos en una protesta en la que representaban estar ahogándose.
‘La OMC nos sumerge en la muerte’, gritó un hombre.
Alrededor de 10.000 personas que se oponen a la liberalización comercial se dieron cita en Hong Kong para manifestarse durante la reunión de la OMC, que se celebra entre el 13 y el 18 de diciembre.
Entre ellos, participaron en las protestas cerca de 2.000 agricultores y pescadores surcoreanos que temen que se destruyan sus medios de vida si el gobierno recorta los subsidios agrícolas como parte de un nuevo acuerdo comercial.
«Social movements storm Hong Kong streets in protest over negotiations»:http://www.focusweb.org/content/view/776/36/ (Focus On the Global South)
In the most intense confrontation yet between demonstrators and the police since the start of the ministerial, around 5,000 protesters from across the world came within just 200 meters off the Hong Kong Convention Center where the World Trade Organization negotiations are being held.
Demonstrators managed to breach several levels of barricades by outrunning the police and catching them unawares, confused, and in disarray. Several small groups first broke off from the main protesters’ block, managed to break into rows of police, paving the way for the rest of the demonstrators to proceed, forcing the police to regroup.
The main block separated into various smaller blocks, moved towards the streets leading to the Convention Center, and completely surrounded the last police barricade before the Center from all sides. At least thirty protesters managed to cross the last barricade and reached the entrance of the Convention Center.
When the demonstrators succeeded in kicking down the wooden walls surrounding a nearby office tower, the police started firing tear gas on the demonstrators, forcing them to disperse. Hundreds of protesters were then seen coughing, vomiting, and grimacing in pain.
Up to 2,000 mostly Korean and other international delegates managed to regroup just another 100 meters from the frontline of the protests. “We will not go away until the WTO is derailed. It is not us who should be dispersed, it’s the WTO,” one speaker said.
Despite the press’ consistently demonizing and caricaturing the protesters, Hong Kong locals had become more and more supportive of the protests. At various points during the march, locals clapped and cheered on the protesters. Many even chose to get off the sidewalks to join the march.
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