各位朋友，
香港政府在12月17日至18日粗暴鎮壓和大規模拘捕了反對世貿的示威者，民間監察世貿聯盟緊急呼籲大家一起向香港政府和世貿表達抗議、顯示團結。
昨天，世貿第六次部長級會議進入第5天，數千名本地及海外的示威者從維多利亞公園出發，前往舉行會議的灣仔會展中心抗議。傍晚5時，他們被幾千警察截停，
其後警方在沒有任何警告的情況下，先用胡椒噴霧和水炮，再用催淚彈驅散人群。事件導致至少60多位示威者受傷，其中3位需要留醫。受傷者都在出院後即時被
警方拘捕。
大約900名示威者在告士打道和平靜坐，但被警方重重包圍，長達10小時。他們更得不到食物和其他任何補給。最後，於18日凌晨3時半，他們全部被拘捕，送往觀塘警署。
民間監察世貿聯盟會繼續堅持反對世貿組織的抗爭，並在計劃進一步行動營救被捕人士，他們大部份為海外示威者。請留意我們的消息。
海內外朋友在收到此信息後，可以先向香港政府和世貿組織遞送抗議信﹕
香港政府
傳真﹕(852) 2509 0577
特首曾蔭權收
世貿組織
電話:(41-22) 739 51 11
傳真:(41-22) 731 42 06
總幹事 Mr. Pascal Lamy
副本送: 民間監察世貿聯盟秘書處
如有進一步查詢，請聯絡﹕
區美寶 電郵﹕pawto2005@yahoo,com.hk 電話﹕852-93250030
民間監察世貿聯盟
2005年12月18日晨
Dear friends,
Urgent appeal by Hong Kong People's Alliance on the WTO
We write to request your immediate solidarity action against the Hong Kong government’s mass arrest and violence against the anti-WTO demonstrators on 17th and 18th December 2005. On the 5th day of the WTO MC6 in HK, thousands of local and overseas demonstrators marched from the Victoria Park to Wanchai Convention and Exhibition Centre where the WTO meeting was being held. They were stopped by thousands of HK Police
around 5 PM. Soon the police used pepper spray, fire hose and
subsequently tear gas bombs were fired upon the demonstrators without any warning. 60 demonstrators suffered injuries and 3 were hospitalized.
All of them were detained by the Police soon after discharged from the hospital.
Around 900 demonstrators peacefully sat in at the Gloucester Road but were surrounded by hundreds of armed police for ten hours. They were denied of food and other backups. Subsequently they were all arrested around 3.30AM of 18th December 2005.
The HKPA is trying our best to continue our struggle against the WTO and to plan more local and international actions for the immediate release of those who were/are being arrested, who are mainly non-HK residents.
18th December 2005
Suggested action:
Please send protest letter to the following persons:
Mr. Donald Tsng
Fax :(852) 2509 0577
E-mail :ceo@ceo.gov.hk
Mr. Pascal Lamy
General enquiries
Tel: (41-22) 739 51 11
Fax: (41-22) 731 42 06
email: enquiries@wto.org
cc to HKPA secretariat
For more information, please contact:
Mabel Au (pawto2005@yahoo.com.hk)
Phone no. 852-93250030