Demonstrations|The perceptions of the Finnish police and the human rights organization Amnesty about the arrests in Jyväskylä differ. According to the police, the arrests were not made in connection with the Elokapina protests, but were related to disrupting the rally event.
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Amnesty said on Tuesday that the police arrested the organization’s impartial protest observer at the Elokapina demonstration.
The police confirm that they have arrested four people in the port of Jyväskylä, three of whom were later suspected of causing serious damage to the incident. According to the police, one of them was released shortly after the arrest.
The police investigation revealed that the equipment found in the possession of the suspects could not have caused serious damage to the target.
Human rights organization On Tuesday, Amnesty published an update on social media, according to which the police had arrested the organization’s impartial protest observer at the Elokapina demonstration in Jyväskylä.
According to Amnesty, the observer had filmed the police’s actions in a public place, when the police had arrested not only the Elokapina protester but also the observer.
The observer was taken to the police station, from where he was released quite soon.
According to Amnesty, no reason was given for the arrest, and they were not told to the observer at the police station either.
Amnesty has shared the update through, among other things, the message service in X mixed on his Instagram account.
In update it is reported that the observer had talked with the police earlier on Friday. According to the organization, he had told that he was an Amnesty observer and had given his contact information to the police.
In the update, it is written that he had told the police again when he was arrested that he was a protest observer.
In addition, he had an Amnesty attention vest on display, the update says.
Inner Finland The police said in a press release published on Wednesday afternoon that the arrests they made in Jyväskylä did not take place in connection with the demonstration.
According to the police, there was an attempt to disrupt the rally event in the port of Jyväskylä on Friday, and the police arrested four people at the scene, three of whom were later suspected of causing serious damage to the event.
The police emphasize that it was not an expression of opinion but the suspected commission of a crime, and the attempt to commit gross damage is also punishable.
However, according to the police, the tools found in the possession of the suspects could not have caused serious damage to the target, so it was an invalid attempt.
The suspects were released after questioning and technical examinations on Saturday afternoon.
One those arrested were soon released, as it became clear at the police station that he was not involved in the actual case, but that he was supposed to film the suspected crime and the subsequent possible arrest. According to the police, he was not registered as arrested or taken to police jail.
The police say in the press release that the person who was quickly released was not wearing or otherwise visible Amnesty vests during the incident. Later it turned out that the attention vest was in his backpack.
Amnesty deputy director of human rights work Mariko Sato tells HS that several protest observers trained and authorized by the organization were present at the Elokapina protests on Friday.
He emphasizes that according to Amnesty’s point of view, the arrest has in any case taken place in connection with surveillance.
“Our observers have been observing the activities of the Elokapina, not participating in the events. They haven’t been able to know in advance whether something might happen in the situation that would make the police suspect a crime,” says Sato.
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