Similar actions from fascists, supported by police Czech people assist protestors - old man handing out cobblestones, water being poured from appartments onto riot police. About 60 people in police custody as of 2200 hrs on September 26. Main police focus to keep control of Congress Centre, not make mass arrests Evening social events at Opera cancelled. Some of this information from a mobile phone inside a jail, until cut off. Legal observers denied access to jails Czech Ministry of Interior breaks off relations with OPH, the Czech based legal monitoring group.
Police surround crowd and pick out medics, then remove all press.
Protestors told to leave one by one giving passport details - attempts to break police lines leads to police using gas and baton charges on crowd. Demonstrators outside Ministry of Interior. Reports of extreme police brutality 10-20 people arrested so far.