Threatened with Arrest 27. júlí 2006 12:33 mótmæli við kárahnjúka eyjabakkasvæði mótmælendur lögregla The protestors who had closed the road to Hraunaveita, near the Eyjabakkar area in the central-east highlands yesterday were met with police who tried to move them. When protestros refused to budge, police threatened to arrest them. Employees of Arnarfell, the company working to raise the Ufsarstífla dam in the area were unable to work for the whole afternoon yesterday. The protestors, who were both Icelandic and foreign, said that they were raising public awareness of the fact that 45 thousand Icelanders had signed a petition sent to the Government for the protection of the Eyjabakkar area. Police from Seyðisfjörður escorted the protestors off the premises and matters ended peacefully. This is the first time this year that police has to infere with protestors in Iceland. News News in English Mest lesið Tók hnífinn með af því að honum fannst hann „töff“ Innlent Kosningavaktin: Íslendingar ganga að kjörborðinu Innlent Þórður Snær mun ekki taka þingsæti Innlent Rússar segja til hvers annars líkt og á tímum Stalíns Erlent Segir fund ráðherra og lögreglustjóra til marks um spillingu Innlent Taldi vegið að æru sinni innan hundaræktarsamfélagsins Innlent Ný geðdeildarbygging utan Hringbrautarlóðar Innlent Milljónir ekki komið til Íslands þótt þær gætu það Innlent Rýnt í stöðuna í Úkraínu: Næstu mánuðir skipta sköpum Erlent Neitar að segja ef sér þrátt fyrir hávær áköll Erlent
The protestors who had closed the road to Hraunaveita, near the Eyjabakkar area in the central-east highlands yesterday were met with police who tried to move them. When protestros refused to budge, police threatened to arrest them. Employees of Arnarfell, the company working to raise the Ufsarstífla dam in the area were unable to work for the whole afternoon yesterday. The protestors, who were both Icelandic and foreign, said that they were raising public awareness of the fact that 45 thousand Icelanders had signed a petition sent to the Government for the protection of the Eyjabakkar area. Police from Seyðisfjörður escorted the protestors off the premises and matters ended peacefully. This is the first time this year that police has to infere with protestors in Iceland.
News News in English Mest lesið Tók hnífinn með af því að honum fannst hann „töff“ Innlent Kosningavaktin: Íslendingar ganga að kjörborðinu Innlent Þórður Snær mun ekki taka þingsæti Innlent Rússar segja til hvers annars líkt og á tímum Stalíns Erlent Segir fund ráðherra og lögreglustjóra til marks um spillingu Innlent Taldi vegið að æru sinni innan hundaræktarsamfélagsins Innlent Ný geðdeildarbygging utan Hringbrautarlóðar Innlent Milljónir ekki komið til Íslands þótt þær gætu það Innlent Rýnt í stöðuna í Úkraínu: Næstu mánuðir skipta sköpum Erlent Neitar að segja ef sér þrátt fyrir hávær áköll Erlent