Dawn raids against anti-fur activists in Austria

May 20, 2008

Starting at 6:00 a.m. today, houses, flats and storerooms belonging to animal rights activists were raided and the inhabitants arrested all across Austria. In several cases activists were woken by armed police and brutally handcuffed. They could only look on helplessly as their homes and possessions were ransacked by police.

Doors were kicked in by balaclava-wearing armed special units of police (WEG), who treated the activists as if they were dangerous terrorists.......

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Source: Dawn raids against anti-fur activists in Austria

Link: Austria ARAs Raided
Link: Convicts face a sentence from 5 month up to 5 years in prison


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