Onrustig Amsterdam

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On the eve of the Maagdenhuis trial, visual artists occupy the Nachtwachtzaal in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam in order to enforce their right to co-determine the government's cultural policy. On the outside walls of the museum others have painted texts. After 18 hours they leave the museum and walk in a demonstrative march to the Leidse Dwarsstraat, carrying a banner that reads "Dismissal of Prosecution". They join the many students who have gathered behind the Palace of Justice. With sound trucks the students let their opinions about the process be heard. A group of construction workers also joins the students. After the two student leaders were sentenced to four and six weeks in prison, the students marched towards the Spui and occupied the Lutherse Kerk, the auditorium of the Amsterdam Municipal University, in protest against the harsh sentences. After the police appear, they leave the building. In the evening 400 demonstrators join a protest march. They were not admitted to the Oudemanhuispoort, after which they returned to the Spui, where they got into a fight with the police. The police are carrying out charges and the students are throwing stones from behind the barricades. The police sweep the Koningsplein and the Leidsestraat, using a water cannon, and some passers-by also receive blows. With archive material from the occupation and eviction of the Maagdenhuis.

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