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 | | From: | bing at mail.cxo | | Subject: | Greenpeace Action in Bucarest ended: Violence against activists and journalists | | Date: | Tue, 16 Nov 2004 21:16:08 -0600 |
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 | Greenpeace Action in Bucarest ended: Violence against activists and
journalists
Images can be seen at: http://campanii.ngo.ro/rosiamontana
Greenpeace, November 16th, 2004, 9.56 a.m.
Press Information after the Greenpeace action in Bucarest:
25 Greenpeace activists were taken by the police after two minutes. The 25
were taken in custody in a subway station. Also Anamaria Bogdan, the
Romanian Press officer of Greenpeace, Anamaria Bogdan, was taken in
custody as well. The police acted violent not only against the activists but
also against the present journalists. As far as Greenpeace knows for this
moment, nobody got hurt.
For questions please call Herwig Schuster at the location,
0043-664-4319214.
Greenpeace blocks one of the entrances of Victoria Palace
Act, not just talk: Save Rosia Montana!
Bucharest/16th of November 2004
Today, 25 Greenpeace activists from Romania, Austria, Germany and Hungary
protested against the planned mining activities in Rosia Montana. The
activists blocked one of the entrances at Victoria Palace, the office of
the Romanian prime-minister Adrian Nastase. Additionally they put up two
banners saying "Act, not
just talk: Save Rosia Montana!" in English and Romanian and a box with
petitions signed by people and asking the prime minister to stop the
project.
"350.000 people voted to save Rosia Montana" was written on the box,
representing the number of petitions collected by Greenpeace and Formula
As in the last year.
"These petitions show how big the resistance of the public against this
project is. This is the voice of the people and the prime minister and
authorities should listen to it. This is why we are here today, to make
this voice heard and get a clear commitment to ask the Ministry Council
to withdraw the exploitation license", said Anamaria Bogdan Greenpeace
programme campaigner.
Gabriel Resources, the main shareholder of Rosia Montana Gold Corporation
(RMGC) intends to realizes Europe's largest open-cast mining operations in
the locality of Rosia Montana in the Apuseni Mountains. The activities of
the company imply the relocation of more than 2000 people from the area, as
well as the destruction of unique national and international natural and
archeological sites. "Also this mining project will represent a major
obstacle in the way of Romania's accession to the European Union in 2007
because it does not fit the sustainability criteria, which is an
important request from EU", says Anamaria Bogdan. "Quite contrary, it
endangers entry because of its size, costs and human and natural
consequences." The project was heavily criticized by many Romanian and
international NGOs, scientific bodies and groups. Politicians have
expressed their opposition to this initiative several times, Adrian
Nastase being one of them. But nothing concrete was done to stop the
project. After 25.000 signatures sent to Nastase during the summer and one
open letter addressed to him a month ago, both asking him to stop the
project, Greenpeace thinks it is important that Adrian Nastase makes
something concrete to stop once and for all the activities of the
company.
"We know that we chose a provocative way to draw the attention of the prime
minister on this issue, but all other approaches, coming both from us and
other NGOs, did not give any result. Because of all the problems that this
project poses, it should not be realized and we are asking the prime
minister to act according to the wish of the people which he is
representing and whose interests he is
supposed to defend", declared Anamaria Bogdan from Greenpeace.
For further information you can contact:
Anamaria Bogdan, Greenpeace press officer, 00 40 721 632396
Andrei Bogdan Bindea, Greenpeace project responsible, 00 40 745 820816
Herwig Schuster, Greenpeace programme campaigner, 00 43 664419214
MMag. Franko Petri
Press Officer Greenpeace in Central & Eastern Europe
Vienna Office
Siebenbrunnengasse 44
1050 Vienna/Austria
tel: ++43-(0)1-5454580-29
mob: ++43-(0)676-5147246
fax: ++43-(0)1-5454580-98
email: franko.petri@greenpeace.at
email int.: frankopetri@hotmail.com
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