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 Formaður og gjaldkeri Vorstjörnunnar kærð fyrir efnahagsbrot Innlent Mikil reiði á Þingeyri vegna flutnings fóðurstöðvar Arctic Fish Innlent „Langflestir Grindvíkingar búa utan Grindavíkurbæjar“ Innlent Metþátttaka í ólöglegri göngu: „Það er mikill hugur í fólki“ Erlent „Ég vorkenni því fólki sem lét narra sig í þessa vegferð“ Innlent Greindi þátt almennings og fjölmiðla í máli „strokufangans“ Innlent Ráðherra vill tryggja betra eftirlit með Sjúkratryggingum Íslands Innlent Handtóku ökumann eftir eftirför á Sæbraut Innlent Vonar að Rauði krossinn endurskoði afstöðu sína Innlent Segir tölurnar sláandi og vill bregðast við Innlent
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 Formaður og gjaldkeri Vorstjörnunnar kærð fyrir efnahagsbrot Innlent Mikil reiði á Þingeyri vegna flutnings fóðurstöðvar Arctic Fish Innlent „Langflestir Grindvíkingar búa utan Grindavíkurbæjar“ Innlent Metþátttaka í ólöglegri göngu: „Það er mikill hugur í fólki“ Erlent „Ég vorkenni því fólki sem lét narra sig í þessa vegferð“ Innlent Greindi þátt almennings og fjölmiðla í máli „strokufangans“ Innlent Ráðherra vill tryggja betra eftirlit með Sjúkratryggingum Íslands Innlent Handtóku ökumann eftir eftirför á Sæbraut Innlent Vonar að Rauði krossinn endurskoði afstöðu sína Innlent Segir tölurnar sláandi og vill bregðast við Innlent