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 Rekinn eftir tvo mánuði hjá skattinum og samdægurs tilnefndur sendiherra á Íslandi Erlent Lést eftir skyndileg veikindi við klettastökk Innlent Aserar og Armenar skrefi nær friði eftir sögulegan fund í Hvíta húsinu Erlent Segjast ekkert hafa vitað um hætturnar í Reynisfjöru Innlent Samdráttur og vítahringur í boði stjórnvalda Innlent Geimfari Apollo 13 látinn Erlent Féll fjóra metra í vinnuslysi í Kópavogi Innlent Amma ræsti neyðarhnapp við enn eina árás dóttur sinnar Innlent Flokkarnir dæla milljónum í áróður á Meta Innlent Hundarnir þegar aflífaðir en ákvörðun um lógun ólögmæt 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 Rekinn eftir tvo mánuði hjá skattinum og samdægurs tilnefndur sendiherra á Íslandi Erlent Lést eftir skyndileg veikindi við klettastökk Innlent Aserar og Armenar skrefi nær friði eftir sögulegan fund í Hvíta húsinu Erlent Segjast ekkert hafa vitað um hætturnar í Reynisfjöru Innlent Samdráttur og vítahringur í boði stjórnvalda Innlent Geimfari Apollo 13 látinn Erlent Féll fjóra metra í vinnuslysi í Kópavogi Innlent Amma ræsti neyðarhnapp við enn eina árás dóttur sinnar Innlent Flokkarnir dæla milljónum í áróður á Meta Innlent Hundarnir þegar aflífaðir en ákvörðun um lógun ólögmæt Innlent