Prisoner Support

from infoshop, 9 February 2009: "In the night of January 13th 2008, an incendiary device, composed of gas canisters and gasoline, exploded in the entrance of the commissariat of Evomos (region of Thessaloniki), and damaged the windows in the facade and the ventilation system. Shortly after, the police arrested the 26 year old anarchist Ilias Nikolau, who does not live far from there..." more

from greenisthenewred, updated 17 February 2009: "Marie Mason, a longtime environmental activist and mother of two, was sentenced this afternoon to 21 years in prison, as a “terrorist,” for non-violent property crimes in the name of defending the environment. It’s a historic sentence, the longest yet for any of these Green Scare cases. ..." more

from indymedia.ie, updated 28 January 2009: “I don’t feel I’m going to do anything illegal tonight, but I’m going to go into an arms factory and smash it up to the best of my ability so that it cannot actually work or produce munitions... [which] have been provided to the Israeli army so that they can kill children.” - Elijah Smith, one of the EDO 9... more

from greenisthenewred, 26 January 2009: "Seven animal rights activists in the U.K. were sentenced to up to 11 years in prison Wednesday 21 January 2009 for “conspiracy to blackmail” in their campaign to shut down the notorious animal testing laboratory Huntingdon Life Sciences. The judge in the case called the grassroots campaign “urban terrorism” run with “almost military precision.” The UK prosecution is quite similar to charges brought against seven animal rights activists in the United States, dubbed the SHAC 7..." more

received from email, 21 January 2009: "Well, well, well... Within 24 hours the website that was hosting our sit in for some reason took our site down... Well, we have posted on many file storage sites the file you need to run in your internet browser. Next monday, January 26th 2009, visit the below websites and run the file in the an internet browser, and pass the news on! Even better, download the file AHEAD of time just to be safe..." more

from various sources, 21 January 2009: "On Friday the 16th of January 2009, the Paris court of appeals ordered the release on bail of Yldune Lévy, one of the suspects in the investigation of vandalism of high-speed railways lines. Julien Coupat's partner left Fleury-Mérogis (Essone) Prison shortly after 6:30pm. “Right now I want to be home with my parents and I hope Julien gets out very soon,” the young woman stated..." more

from Czytelnik CIA, 21 January 2009: "As a group of people who came from many countries and who took part in the struggles in Greece over the past weeks, it is now clear to us that there is no such thing as a "Greek problem", that the situation that sparked the intense riots here is the same that the people are facing everywhere abroad. The murder of Alexandros Grigoropoulos on December 6th 2008 was not the source of this conflict, it only opened and made more clear a conflict that was already ongoing not only here but everywhere around the planet..." more

from John Bowden, 9 January 2009: "Should a decision to politically support and build campaigns on behalf of particular prisoners who are engaged in a struggle against the prison system be wholly contingent upon the type of offence that preceded their imprisonment? Are some prisoners, no matter how politicised they've become whilst in prison and committed to the struggle, unworthy and undeserving of support because of lifestyles, forms of behaviour and criminal activity engaged in prior to arrest and imprisonment?" more

from email, updated 18 January 2009: "In solidarity with SHAC campaigners in court on this day for sentencing (and all other animal rights prisoners). On Monday 19th January 2009, 7 SHAC campaigners will be sentenced at Winchester Crown Court for conspiracy to blackmail Huntingdon Life Sciences. The 7 have done nothing more than help to co-ordinate and join peaceful protests aimed at closing down this evil hellhole. They could each potentially be sentenced to up to 14 years in prison..." more

from various sources, 23 December 2008: "Four peaceful animal rights campaigners have today been convicted of serious offences (in the UK). Most journalists like to avoid reporting the real issues and the truth regarding the SHAC campaign... Huntingdon Life Sciences are in the business of poisoning healthy animals to death. They are a contract testing operation that tests products for others. They have three sites two in the UK and one in the US. Five hundred animals are put to death every day by HLS..." more

from email, 22 December 2008: "Earth Liberation Prisoners Support Network, information bulletin (19th December 2008). "Jonatan, the 20-year old Swedish eco-activist who carried out a number of eco-sabotage actions, has been sentenced to 15 months imprisonment. He has also been given a 36,000 SEK fine... SHAC 7 prisoner Andy Stepanian has been released from prison. He has been moved to a half-way house and is expected to be granted his full freedom in a few months time... earlier this year, ten Austrian animal rights campaigners were arrested and remanded for crimes they clearly did not commit. Five of the former prisoners, all connected to the Basisgruppe Tierrechte group, have written the following open letter about their case..." more

from email, 20 December 2008: "In this last comuniqué the catalonian anarchist prisoner Amadeu Casellas explains how and when will be release from prison after dealing last September with the penitentiary system authorities in order to stop the hunger strike that he held for 76 days. It's important to spread this new writing because probably many comrades were awaiting news about his struggle... more

from email, 20 December 2008: "Announcing a new website and listserve for Green Scare prisoner Marie Mason. Mason is facing 20+ years in prison for two acts of environmentally-motivated property destruction in which no one was injured or killed. Mason is a long-time writer for 'Fifth Estate' magazine and a former editor at the 'Industrial Worker'..." more

from athens-imc, 17 December 2008: "An effort to gather information about the total arrests and convictions all over the country from 6/12. Information is by lawyers, comrades, and in some cases the local press/media. Every effort has been taken to include verified information..." more