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 Íslensk kona í haldi: Hótelherbergi á Tenerife þakið blóði Innlent Kosningavaktin: Íslendingar ganga að kjörborðinu Innlent Breytinga að vænta á fylgi Flokks fólksins Innlent Boeing þota hrapaði í garð íbúðarhúss Erlent Dagur hvetur alla Sjálfstæðismenn til að strika sig út Innlent Á bak við auglýsingarnar um Dag en skráður í Samfylkinguna Innlent Sást á öryggismyndavélum þegar Diego var numinn á brott Innlent Lögreglumenn furðuðu sig á vígahnetti Innlent Sjálfstæðismaður vill ekki að sitt fólk striki Dag út Innlent Frægasti köttur landsins týndur 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 Íslensk kona í haldi: Hótelherbergi á Tenerife þakið blóði Innlent Kosningavaktin: Íslendingar ganga að kjörborðinu Innlent Breytinga að vænta á fylgi Flokks fólksins Innlent Boeing þota hrapaði í garð íbúðarhúss Erlent Dagur hvetur alla Sjálfstæðismenn til að strika sig út Innlent Á bak við auglýsingarnar um Dag en skráður í Samfylkinguna Innlent Sást á öryggismyndavélum þegar Diego var numinn á brott Innlent Lögreglumenn furðuðu sig á vígahnetti Innlent Sjálfstæðismaður vill ekki að sitt fólk striki Dag út Innlent Frægasti köttur landsins týndur Innlent