First occupants Bungehuis discharged with police van – AD.nl

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24-2-15 – 11:13 Police proceeded to evacuation UvA building in Amsterdam. © anp.

Update One by one, the occupiers, loud applause of onlookers, the Bungehuis brought out by police officers. They lead them to arrest vans parked at the property. The police have taken the initiative to the evacuation and occupiers already out, did so without coercion.

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Among those arrested was also Rudolf Valkhoff, lecturer at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), reports Parool. He is a lecturer in Cultural Studies, an education that will disappear completely. ,, He is the father of a little study, ” said one of his students. ,, He always committed to the preservation of the study and therefore is frequently at odds with the UvA Board. ”

End occupation
On twelfth day is still an end to the occupation of the Bungehuis in Amsterdam. Police this morning around 09:15 started the eviction, after the students had no answer given to a judge’s ruling last week that they had to leave the premises of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). Students demand more democracy in the institution.

The ME this morning arrived at the building on Spuistraat and penetrated to remove anyone from a window Bungehuis. Horrible ,, the UvA prefer to use police force, then they want to enter into dialogue with us, ” said a spokesman for the group in a reaction.

According to one of the students who have been out, “hangs in an atmosphere of passive resistance. Resistance without violence. Some are the property of, because we have been here for a week. It is for everyone an individual choice. Everyone is going to battle on his own way. “

The students who stand outside the occupiers support inside with loud singing. Sounds boos as a few policemen come out. Meanwhile Spuistraat is marketed for traffic.

The group of students announces ‘plans on the desk’ to have follow-up actions, but attaches importance to first get everyone back on the loose. The students began the occupation to demand more democracy in the educational institution.

Mayor
Twice were the activists to the table with a delegation from the University of Amsterdam in the residence Mayor Van der Laan. According to the activists, the administration of the university not shown itself ready to listen. ,, Throughout the occupation, the UvA has not opened a dialogue, but we just want to put financial pressure and threat of violence. We feel therefore compelled to continue the resistance tooth and nail. We will always remain committed to a democratic and transparent system of higher education. ”