Hans Abrahamsson
Actor · b. 1949
Hans Eric Abrahamsson is a Swedish researcher and senior lecturer. He is an associate professor in Peace and Development Studies at the School of Global Studies, Gothenburg University, Sweden.
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Movie7.4DocumentaryThe actions of the Italian police against peaceful demonstrators durign G8 in Genua in 2001, one of whom died and a hundred of whom sustained serious injuries, was described by Amnesty International as one of the most severe breaches of democratic rights in a European country since the SecondWorld War. Under the pretext of wanting to arrest members of the anarchistic Black Bloc, police stormed into the Diaz school complex which at the time housed journalists covering the event, and spent over two hours raining blows on defenceless women and men.
The Summit
2013 · 6 votes
Movie9.0DocumentaryOn June 14, 2001, during the ongoing EU summit, the police surrounds Gothenburg political center. This is the prelude to the most violent confrontations between police and protesters in Sweden for decades. The threat to democracy is a film about the events that preceded what is increasingly starting to resemble a major assault on democracy. The film follows the preparation of the extra-parliamentary left for the protests against the summit and reflects thoughts and ideas on how, as an individual and a collective, one can make his voice heard in today's society.
Hotet Mot Demokratin - om Göteborgskravallerna 2001
2002 · 1 votes