The 29th G8 summit took place in Évian-les-Bains, France, in June 2003. As is usual for G8 summits, there were a range of protests. A number of non-G8 countries were invited to the summit (Algeria, Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa) as well as the President of the Swiss Confederation and representatives of the UN, the World Bank, the IMF and the WTO, providing "an opportunity for an exchange of views on growth and international co-operation". Évian-les-Bains or Évian is a commune of France, in the Haute-Savoie département. ... The Group of Eight (G8) is a grouping of eight of the worlds leading industrialized, democratic nations: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, (the G6, 1975), Canada (the G7, 1976), and Russia (not participating in all events). ... This article is about the United Nations, for other uses of UN see UN (disambiguation) Official languages English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic Secretary-General Kofi Annan (since 1997) Established October 24, 1945 Member states 191 Headquarters New York City, NY, USA Official site http://www. ... Logo of the World Bank The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, in Romance languages: BIRD), better known as the World Bank, is an international organization whose original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by WWII. Now, its mission has expanded to fight poverty by means... The flag of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is the international organization entrusted with overseeing global financial system‘s current trade account balances of member states. ... For other uses of the initials WTO, see WTO (disambiguation). ...

The protests, as well as the usual demonstrations, included a protest at the Aubonne bridge in Switzerland, in which two activists suspended themselves from the bridge via a rope, with the rope stretching across the bridge, halting traffic and displaying a banner. As well as arresting various protestors, the police also cut the rope, causing one of the protestors to plunge 20m into a rocky river, resulting in multiple fractures (the other activist was caught by other protestors and pulled back onto the bridge). In January 2005, following a long campaign, a judge said that the police involved should be charged with causing bodily harm by negligence.

External links

• Official website
• Campaign relating to police behaviour at a protest at the Aubonne bridge