Police in Geneva shooting with rubber bullets.

22:20 Annemasse Aparently two demonstrations have started ,one going to the town hall and the other to town center both under heavy police presence.

21:15 Geneva There are now 100 police in l'usine. Lawyers and other supporters are on the way.

21:45 Geneva Police are asking people for identification. Police broke into the room of the Independent Media Center, where radio and videostreams are being produced.Some people have been stopped, but no arrests have been confirmed. (summary on l'usine raid)

21:00 Geneva Police has broken into L'usine right now. They have raided the first floor and are now outside the media center, where 25 people are trapped.

20.33 A teargas grenade exploded in the feet of an international journalist tearing off part of his leg. He is currently in hospital. During its evacuation, the police officers threw aggressive and abusive remarks to the injured journalist

20:30 Geneva Police are charging near the maison d'associations using rubber boulets, pain-balls and a lot of tear gas.

20:15 Geneva The social center "L'Usine" has been surrounded by police. "L'Usine" houses an independent media center. 100 people are trapped inside, while about 200 are outside supporting them.

19.55 Geneva Local kids from housing estates are fighting the police in the city center. Police are responding with tear gas, two cops taken away in ambulances. The police are trying to prevent them joining up with the rioting in the centre. Live reports coming in on the Lausanne radio stream.

19.34 Geneva 30 rioters on Rue du Stand; police firing rubber bullets and pushing them towards usine.

19.16 Geneva March attacked with tear gas and concussion grenades. Baton-charges taking place and rubber bullets fired, stones and molotov cocktails being thrown in response. One cop injured.

17.47 Lausanne Cops have left the camp at Bourdonette and the 200 people there are free and will not be arrested. The lawyer has convinced the police that arrest was illegitimate. It is now hoped that those already arrested will also be freed.

17:09 Lausanne Ocupants of the "legal" camp are being taken away one by one. Around 800 people were in the camp when police turned up. Some 50 people have already been arrested, whilst others have been severely beaten. Others are resisting arrest by doing a sit down protest. Police are trying to identify everyone but people refuse to provide their identity documents. The "unoficial" camp has not been harassed so far.

16:08 Lausanne Report from imc switzerland that the camp is going to be evicted. Also, reports that the police will transport all people somewhere to identify their identities (not an arrest as such). So far, already confirmed 150 at least taken away. Around 100 police have surrounded the camp, 50 from one side, 50 from the other. They are taking away tables as well as people. It is a big clearance, and really quick. About half of the police are at the back end of the camp. People are still peacefully sitting down on the ground.

15.45 Geneva Riots at Rue Basses, Boulevard Helvetique, museum, Place du Molard.

15:27 near Route de Malagnou: around a hundred police are attacking demonstrators in front of the Museum of Natural History near the Route de Malagnou. Some barricades are building up and the strategy of the police is quiet uncomprehensive to provocate the crowd. They just shot teargas.

13:30 Lausanne At the legal camp, people are staging a big sit-down protest. Police demands to see everybody's ID were refused. Police are dragging people away one by one, and making many arrests. Note that not providing ID is not a reason for arrest under Swiss law.

12:30 Annemasse/St Cerques After a meeting with the activist delegation a decision has been taken to lift the barricades. The demonstrators had been there since 6:30 in the morning and are now very tired.

12:30 Geneva The official demo at 3pm was cancelled. One person fell from a bridge and was badly injured. He is now being brought to hospital after initial reluctance of police to let ambulances pass.

12:30 Lausanne The legal camp is now completely surrounded by police, who brought in hundreds of plastic cuffs. 600 to 800 people are there. Many from the Lausanne demos were pushed back into this camp, and are now holding meetings. The police are demanding identity checks.

12.25 Lausanne/Aubonne Village is besieged by the police. Activists begin to be seriously concerned. The police are blocking all the possible escape routes and the atmosphere is very tense. Activists are expecting an invasion into the camp site.

12:15 @ the border French (from Annemasse) and Swiss (from Geneva) demos have joined up at the border!

12:00> Geneva 100 000-strong demo. (pictures)

12:00Aubonne Police have allegedly cut the rope holding an activist suspended from a bridge. He fell from about 20 meters height breaking many bones. He was brought to a hospital. His condition is serious. Urgent CALL FOR ALL LAYWERS, JOURNALISTS, DOCTORS, PARLIAMENTARIANS to inspect the situation. (latest update | pictures)

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