The following is a statement on the recent arrest of compañero Yorch of the Okupa Che in Mexico City. This is total bullshit as all our documents and the statements from the neighbors showed that we had house peace. Only after, one of them told us it was for heterdaad, meaning that they claimed to have caught us in the act. When we asked why they wanted to evict us they first stated “because squatting is illegal”. 5 police vans appeared and suddenly 30 cops were standing in the small street.
We provided cops with documents showing that we had been living there since the 21st of February, and neighbors told us they could indeed confirm our house peace if the cops asked them.Īfter over an hour of waiting we suddenly got the message that they would evict us and that we had 5 min to leave.
The beginning of the action went really calmly. The neighbours were all supportive, bringing us tea and chatting with us. This appartment had been empty since four to six years, according to the neighbors. The same morning it got illegaly evicted. On the 24th of January, a squat in the center of Amsterdam got revealed by Autonomous Shelter, a squatted appartment on Noorderdwarsstraat 9. The daughter of the owner and Pablo ( the neighbour and owner of the company next door) showed up and provided us with some much-needed entertainment. It wasn’t the first time this place has been squatted, it was squatted in 2013 and again in 2018.Īfter the last eviction in 2021, some renovations took place but apart from that nothing much happened, the place remained empty. But as some of the members of our collective are in a vulnerable position we decided to force contact with the owner/ police by dropping a banner & speaking to the neighbours. We had already been inside for a week and had evidence of this. Many people showed up to show support and protect the occupation. On the 18th of February, we made it public that we squatted Zeeburgerpad 22.
But of course, no one is safe if they’re sleeping in the streets, so we’ll be back. Thanks to the presence of a large number of friends outside, people inside managed to get away safely without getting arrested. Not much later we were forced to pack our bags and leave again. Saturday afternoon we announced a new squat on Zeeburgerpad 22.
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