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Dozens of Riot Police Deployed to Evict ‘Anarcha-Queer-Feminist Squat’ in Berlin - Videos

© Paul ZinkenPolice officers are taking away a demonstrator in Rigaer Street who protests against the eviction of the occupied house "Liebig 34" in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. Police in heavy riot gear began clearing out a notorious Berlin leftist squat on Friday morning, encountering only passive resistance from residents as they carried them individually down a firetruck's ladder. Police spokesman at the scene Thilo Cablitz said some 1,500 police had been called out to aid in clearing the so-called Liebig 34 squat in the capital's Friedrichshain neighborhood, named after its address Liebigstrasse 34. (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP)
Police officers are taking away a demonstrator in Rigaer Street who protests against the eviction of the occupied house Liebig 34 in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. Police in heavy riot gear began clearing out a notorious Berlin leftist squat on Friday morning, encountering only passive resistance from residents as they carried them individually down a firetruck's ladder. Police spokesman at the scene Thilo Cablitz said some 1,500 police had been called out to aid in clearing the so-called Liebig 34 squat in the capital's Friedrichshain neighborhood, named after its address Liebigstrasse 34. (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP) - Sputnik International
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People have been rallying in Berlin to protest the eviction of an ideologically-based collective housing project known as the 'Liebig34 squat', which has been based in the city’s Friedrichshain district since 1990, soon after the demolition of the Berlin wall.

Dozens of police officers were called in to take action against the self-proclaimed “anarcha-queer-feminist” commune after they barricaded themselves inside an apartment block in Berlin's Friedrichshain district.

Following a brief altercation, officers broke into the complex via a balcony, according to local media, as an armoured vehicle was seen parked in close proximity to the building, with a police unit standing on the roof. Electricity and water had been cut off in the complex to facilitate a "forced eviction" of the commune activists, who, law enforcement stated, initially refused to leave the premises voluntarily.

After some time had passed, punctuated by brief clashes between the black-clad, largely masked protesters and Berlin police, the activists tweeted that people were being "gradually dragged out of the house."

One of the videos posted on social media shows an officer escorting a person out of the building, after police dispersed a group of protesters in the street.

The building, known as the Liebig 34 squat, and adorned with a variety of  graffiti patterns and flags, was home to the "anarcha-queer-feminist house project," or “squat”, as indicated by their social media account. "You will never evict queer feminism," the activists posted online, as officers raided  the building.

Previous protests last week drew thousands of Berliners, rallying against the decision to evict the project, which has been in the Friedrichshain district of the German capital since 1990. In June, a regional court granted the owner of the apartment building an eviction permission, confirming the order on 15 September.

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