10-04-15 20:31 pm – Source: Reuters / Het Parool
Action-carrying students in occupied Maagdenhuis © ANP
Update
The occupiers of Maagdenhuis Amsterdam must leave the building at midnight. If they do not, they have to pay a penalty of 1,000 euros per day.
That decided the Amsterdam District Court today in a lawsuit that the University of Amsterdam (UvA) had brought against the protesters. The UvA student demonstrators demanded that the building would be leaving within four hours.
The University has let mean the verdict around 20:00, which means that students must leave by midnight. “We are pleased that the verdict is there, and hope that everyone from themselves leave the Maagdenhuis’ says Louise Gunning, president of the Board of Directors. “It is now up to the triangle to decide when they want to vacate the property.
The triangle, the consultative body of police, municipal and justice, said in a response that they assume that the Board of Directors’ judgment will use to make the students agree on an orderly exit from the Maagdenhuis.
No homogeneous group
The university administration had no confidence in a concluding festival that want to keep the student demonstrators Saturday and Sunday. During the ‘Festival of Science’ were speakers, workshops, discussions and musical performances on the program. The court, in the arguments of the University of Amsterdam, who fears that much damage will be caused by the festival. “There are insufficient guarantees that the festival will run safely and orderly,” said the judge.
She also agreed with the university administration that there is not a homogeneous group, which is not clear who speaks for whom.
According to the counsel of the UvA the occupiers have done in recent weeks for 500,000 damage in the property and there have been incidents with injuries. “There are ceilings destroyed, there are rooms broken and there’s been graffiti.”
The occupiers let you know not to leave tonight. “We go Monday for 12 hours voluntary way. Before that there is no question of voluntariness, “one of the occupiers. The possibility of intervention by the police take the occupiers for granted. Their lawyer said that there was only a bill of 245 euros for the repair of the door
Restaurant
Harriet Bergman of the New University commented: ‘. We hope that the board of the University of Amsterdam’s eviction notice shows only Monday. We are going through with the festival. When we put out we go on the Spui, it is still nice weather. And for the penalty we would have to pay, there will probably again donations in. “
The Central Works UvA responds to Twitter. “Too bad the New University did not accept the outcome of negotiations. Then this would not have happened. “
The unions are sorry that it probably will come to an eviction. “We regret that there now seems to be an evacuation,” said board member Jan Boersma FNV Government
(By: Editors).
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