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Published: October 24th, 2008

Peaceful environmental activists who were protecting an old-growth forest in Tasmania, Australia, have been violently attacked by timber workers as they were blocking the road for them.

The timber workers attacked the car that the protestors were using to block the road using a sledgehammer and kicking in its windows. They later dragged out a 22-year-old protestor and kicked him repeatedly.

The brutal attack was caught on tape by one of the protestors:

Via Ecowar

Simon Leufstedt
Simon Leufstedt is the founder and editor of Green Blog – an environment blog with authors from around the world. He is also the admin of Enviro Space - a place to meet, discuss and interact with other people who share your interests and ideas.
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  • What was that guy doing with the camera in the tree?
  • this is not a good thing people who use vilance against protestors should go to jail for a long time
  • You know, a number of years ago a similar situation occured in British Colombia. The logging giant, INTERFOR, attacked a peaceful protest camp I was involved with. It was a huge mess, a couple of activists dissappeared in the bush for a number of days before they finally came out of hiding!
  • Cracklin' Rose
    Those that attacked that young fellow should be arrested and put away for a very long time. Also, wouldn't it make sense to fire workers who go to such extremes? Or, have they frightened their bosses as well?
    Bullies never win. I'm sure they'll find that out one day. I hope it's soon.
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