World Wide Prisoners List

www.brightonabc.org.uk

 

 

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FINLAND

Antti Rautiainen, 471/05, Jokelan Vankila, PL 70 05401, Jokela, Finland Anarchist prisoner jailed for non-payment of fines imposed on him after he refused to be conscripted into the army, expected release date early Jan 06.

Claudio Lavazza c.r. huelva mod.16 carretera la ribera s/n 2161 Huelva, Spain.

Giorgio Rodriguez, (Giorgio can speak english), C.P Madrid VI(Aranjuez), Ctra National 400, Km 28, Apdo 2000, 28300 Aramjuez, Madrid, Spain.

Giovanni Barcia C.P.Madrid V (Soto del Real), Ctra Comarcal 611, Apdo 2000, 28791 Soto del Real, Madrid, Spain.

 

SOLIDARIOS CON ITOIZ:

Ibai Ederra, Carcel de Pamplona,C/San Roque. Apdo. 250, 31080 - Iruñez - Pamplona, Navarra, Spain. On the 15th of March 2004, Spanish eco-activist Ibai Ederra was arrested and remanded into custody, for sabotaging dam construction. He is one of the eight members of the campaign Soliderios con Itoiz, who were put on trial in their absence and convicted of sabotage of the construction of the Itoiz dam. In 2001 Iñaki Garcia Koch was the first of the eight to be captured and imprisoned, but he has now been released (Nov 2004).

 

BARCELONA ARRESTS:

And there are 5 the anarchists arrested in Barcelona end of 2003.They are also accused of participation in terrorist organization, attempted terrorist murder (for the sending of a bomb package to the Greek consulate in Madrid), illegal possesion of weapons and explosives and arson.The first person who declared before the judge was Joaquìn, who admitted manufacture and sending of the embassy bomb. Rafa admitted setting explosives in a bank and decided to not answer other questions, as also Roger, Igor and Carol did. Roger was released on bail in Nov 2004.

Carolina Forné Roig, C.P. de Ávila, Ctra. Vicolozano-Brieva, s/n., 05194 Brieva, Ávila

Rafael Tomás y Gaspar, C.P. Madrid III, Ctra Pinto a San Martín de la Vega, Km 5, 28340 Valdemoro, Madrid

Igor Quevedo Aragay, C.P. Madrid V Soto del Real, Apdo. 200, Colmenar Viejo 28791, Madrid

Joaquin Garces Villacampa, C.P. Madrid IV, Ctra Nacional V km 27,7, 28600- Navalcarnero - Madrid

For more info see: www.presosalacalle.tk or http://direct.action.at/freedom

 

TWO ARRESTS ON SABOTAGE AND ARSON CHARGES

Around eight o'clock on Thusday morning (09/02/2006) a comrade got arrested as he was going home from work. Several masked up men belonging to the antiterrorist police stormed the place where he was working and forced him into a van. Our comrade got then driven to his house in the neighbourhood of Horta where a house raid began. The police took fingerprint samples from all over the house and took away computers, hard drives, and paperwork. During the raid also another comrade is arrested but he is then released without charges the following day. At the same time another comrade's house is raided in the center of town and he is arrested. On the same day a picket in front of the police station where our comrades were kept gathers around 150 people. On Saturday 11th the two comrades declared in front of the judge who confirmed their arrest decreting preventive imprisonment waiting trial. They are being accused of public disorder and several acts of sabotage including an arson attack to the Sabadell Bank and to the C.I.R.E. (Centre de Iniciatives por la Reinsercio), an enterprise which exploits cheap prison labour in Catalunya. The main investigation in fact is focused on the CIRE, which has been targetted several times in the past among which a low intensity bomb on the 17th January 2005, an arson attack on the 22nd October 2004 and an unexploded bonb which nevertheless caused the evacuation of the entire building. On Friday 10th, people gathered in front of the court house where the two were waiting to declare, the police brutally charged the group of people sitting outside, causing various injuries. On Sunday people met again for a demo outside the Modelo prison where the comrades were being kept, but once again the demo got charged by the police and Ruben, one of the two comrades got ghosted to Brians prison. On Tuesday Ignasi got trasferred to the prison of Quatre Camins.

Ruben Masmano Bernel, (Modulo 1 de C.P. Brians), C.P. Can Brians, Apartado 1000, 08760 Martorell, Barcelona, Spain See Ignasi below for details...

Ignasi Antolino Ibanez, (Modulo 4 de C.P. Quatre Camins), Apartado 335, 08430 La Roca del Valles, Granollers - Barcelona, Spain

Organise and take action now against Spanish embassies, consulates and companies!
The relevant Spanish institution responsible for the detainees can be faxed FAX: (Spain Int. code +34) 93 556 99 13. A useful Spanish phrase to include is "EXIGIMOS LA LIBERTAD INMEDIATA DE NUESTROS COMPANEROS RUBEN E IGNASI!", which means we demand the immediate release of our comrades Ruben and Ignasi. Please send details of any actions taken: coordinadora@riseup.net

If you want to help economically the bank account is the following:
Banco Oficina D.C. Número de cuenta, BBVA 0182 - 4209 - 47 - 0201518073
for more info check the web page www.presosalacalle.tk or write to coordinadora@riseup.net

 

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SWITZERLAND

Marco Camenisch, Poeschwies, Postfach 3143, 8105 Regensdorf, Switzerland.
In 1980 anarchist and eco-activist Marco Camenisch was arrested, and after a year being on remand, the court pronounced a 10 year prison sentence, for direct action against a pylon and a nuclear power station for ecological reasons. In 1981, together with 5 other prisoners, he escaped from prison - a prison warder died, another was seriously injured. Marco wasn't part of the group which shot them. After ten years of clandestine living and strugging, Swiss federal police and media claimed him responsible for the killing of a border police officer. After a shootout with the Carabinieri, he was arrested in 1992 in Italy, served 9 years and was extradited back to Switzerland, where he remains in prison. In June 2004, he got a further 17 year prison imprisonment for the murder of the border guard, though he always denied his involvement in the murder (see his statement before the court on freecamenish website). As he escaped from prison in 1981, he'll also have to serve the 8 years he had left when leaving with 5 fellows. The court didn't find him directly guilty of murdering the prison guard during the escape, but he was considered jointly responsible for it.

www.freecamenisch.net

 

US PRISONERS

The FBI have arrested people in connection with ELF/ALF actions that took place over several years. Those arrested are facing extremely serious charges and are being held on remand:

Chelsiea Gerlach #130678, Lane County Jail, 101 West 5th Street, Eugene, OR 97401, USA

Darren Thursten #701415, Multnomah County Inverness Jail, 11540 NE Inverness Dr., Portland, Or 97220, USA

Sarah Harvey Coconino County Jail, 951 E Sawmill Rd, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA

Chelsea Gerlach #1308678, Lane County Jail, 101 W 5th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401, USA

Kevin Tubbs #1213751, Lane County Jail, 101 W 5th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401, USA

Stanislas G. Meyerhoff, 11121084, FCI Sheridan, P.O. Box 5000, Sheridan, OR 97378, USA

NOTE: Lane Country Jail will not accept letters written on colour paper. Nor will they accept letters which have been corrected with liquid correction fluid (what in Britain is known as "Tipex" and what in America is called "whiteout"). The authorities are also rejecting letters if they come in an envelope over a quarter of an inch thick (thats approximately 6mm in metric). Basically they are using any excuse what so ever to reject mail. So please, when you're writing please write on white paper with a black pen. Or if you print your letters on a computer, print your letter with black ink again onto white sheets of paper.

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John Wade 38548-083, FCI Petersberg Low, PO Box 1000, Petersberg, VA 23804, USA. Serving 37 months for a series of ELF actions against a number of targets including McDonalds+Burger King, urban sprawl, the construction industry and an SUV dealership.

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Christopher McIntosh 30512-013, FDC Seatac, Federal Detention Center, P.O. BOX 13900, Seattle, WA 98198, USA. Sentenced to 8 years for an arson action against a McDonalds restaurant which was claimed jointly by ALF and ELF.

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Tre Arrow, CS #05850722, Vancouver Island Regional Correction Center, 4216 Wilkinson Rd., Victoria, BC V8Z 5B2
Canada. Named by an informer as being involved in the arson against the logging trucks at Eagle Creek, USA.www.trearrow.org

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Cassidy Wheeler #14282456, OSP, 2605 State St, Salem, OR, USA. Cassidy Wheeler is a 24 year old anarchist/activist currently serving an 8 and a half year sentence for petty theft. He will be released in January 2010. He believes his harsh sentence is due to his involvement in anti-government action.

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Eric Wildcat Hall, #BL-5355, Unit 1/A, 10745 Route 18, Albion, PA 16475-0002, USA
Serving 35-75 years for helping ship arms to Central American indigenous activists.

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Robert Lee Thaxton, MCCF, #12112716, 4005 Aumsville Hwy, Salem, OR 97301, USA: Rob, a long time anarchist organiser, publisher and writer, is one of the few from around the world who faced serious charges for the global day of action on June 18^th, 1999. When it kicked off in Eugene, Oregon in the US, Rob threw a rock at a cop who was charging at him in an effort to escape. He was arrested and sentenced to 88 months in all for Assault II and Riot. He’s clearly been used as scapegoat – the one that didn’t get away. He appreciates zines (send individually from a recognised distributor/publisher). Donations to and info from: AAA, PO Box 50634, Eugene, OR 97405, USA. www.defenestor.org/roblosricos/main.htm

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Brian McCarvill. #11037967, OSP 2605 State St, Salem, OR 97310, USA.. Brian is serving an absurd 30+ year sentence related to a custody battle and a violent altercation with the Child Service's Department. He's a dedicated prisoner rights activist.

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Robert 'Seth' Hayes #74A-2280, Clinton Correctional Facility, PO Box 2001, Dannemora,NY, 12929, USA, Former Black Panther imprisoned for over 30 years

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Fran Thompson #1090915 Chillicothe Correctional Center, 1500 W Third Street, Chillicothe, MO 64601, USA, An eco-activist serving life for shooting dead, in self- defence, a stalker who had broken into her home.

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Helen Woodson, c/o the Nuclear Resister,POB 43383,Tucson, AZ 85733,USA. After serving a long sentence for the following three actions, Helen was released, but is now back in prison after being sentenced for her latest rounds of actions and has been given a final total of 8 years and 10 months additional prison time.Helen was initially serving a total of 27 years for three separate actions. 1) She robbed a federal reserve bank of $26,000 before setting fire to the money whilst distributing a statement denouncing the materialism and obsession with wealth and power that caused environmental destruction. 2) She mailed warning letters with .38 calibre bullets affixed to various Government and corporate officials. These letters stated that their actions were like bullets fired into the heart of creation. 3) Using a jackhammer, she carried out a Ploughshares direct disarmament against a Minuteman II missile silo.

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Zolo Agona Azania, Pendleton Correctional Facility, PO Box 30, Pendleton, IN 46064, USA,

A politically conscious activist, who has been on and off death row since 1981 having been wrongly convicted of the murder of a cop during an armed robbery. The Indiana Supreme Court recently reversed the death sentence but are allowing the State Prosecutors to seek it for the third time. He is therefore preparing to go through another jury trial. Zolo has asked for people to print and distribute information about his situation. For more info see

http: //www.prariefire.org/freezoloazania.html or email crsn@aol.com

 

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James Rio Johnson, #8952263, SCRI, 777 Stanton Blvd., Ontario, Oregon 97914, USA: James has been active in anarchist projects since the early 80s, then independently. He’s in isolation and frequently moved, for killing a drug pimp who victimised women he cared about. Donations to and info from AAA, PO Box 11331, Eugene, Oregon 97440, USA.

 

David Gilbert, #83A6158, Clinton Correctional Facility, P.O. Box 2001, Dannemora NY 12929

After about 5 years of organizing in the above ground movement during the sixties, David joined the revolutionary underground, spending a total of 10 years living clandestinely, actively resisting imperialism with arms as part of the Weather Underground group. On October 20, 1981, he and other comrades were captured at Nyack, NY during an attempted expropriation by a unit of the Black Liberation Army working with white revolutionaries (known as the Revolutionary Armed Task Force- RATF). During the expropriation attempt, 3 officers were killed. Charged and convicted of felony murder, David is serving a 75 year (minimum) to life sentence.

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Leonard Peltier, #89637-132, USP Terre Haute, 4700 Bureau Road South, Terre Haute, IN 47802, USA

Leonard was an American Indian Movement (AIM) activist framed by a COINTELPRO operation for the murder of two FBI agents in 1975 and is serving two consecutive life sentences. He’s gravely ill at the moment and is being denied a transfer to the medical facility. His support group can be contacted: LPDC, PO Box 583, Lawrence, KS 66044, USA, www.freepeltier.org / email: lpdcomit@aol.com

Harold Thompson, West Tennessee High Security Facility, P.O. Box 1050, Henning, Tennessee 38041-1050, USA

Harold has been in prison since 1979, serving a life sentence plus about 90 years. He is a passionate anarchist and jailhouse lawyer who never gives up. He has also recently been busy challenging prison policies on receiving anarchist and other political literature. For more on Harold check out: http://membres.tripod.fr/HHTHOMPSON/welcome.html

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Ted Kaczynski, #04475-046, US Pen. Admin. Max. Facility, PO Box 8500, Florence, Colorado 81226, USA:

Ted is serving multiple life sentences for the infamous Unabomber bombing campaign against individuals involved in developing destructive technologies.

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Jerome White-Bey, # 37979,South Central Correctional Centre, 255 West Highway 32,Licking, MO 65542-9069, USA

Jerome is an anarchist prison activist who set up the Missouri Prison Labour Union www.mplu-support.tk to fight slave labour in prisons.

The Free Jerome White-Bey Support Campaign and Legal Defense Fund Committee is requesting your financial support. Please mark your donation for Jerome White-Bey and send it to:
Anthony Rayson, South Chicago ABC, PO Box 721, Homewood
Illinois 60430, U.S.A.

 

Bill Dunne, #10916-086, Box 1000, Marion, Illinois 62959, USA: Bill was sentenced to 90 years for trying to liberate a political prisoner.

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Ojore N. Lutalo, #59860, CN-861, MCU, Trenton, New Jersey 49444, USA: Ojore is a Black Liberation activist and anarchist. He was jailed in 1975 for expropriation, paroled in 1980 but re-arrested in 1982 for an attack on a drug dealer and sentenced to 20-40 years.

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Sundiata Acoli, #39794-066, Box 3000, USP Allenwood, White Deer, PA 17887, USA: Sundiata is a former Black Panther first imprisoned in 1969 in the Panther 21 case. Upon release he joined the Black Liberation Army. After a police ambush in 1973 at which a comrade and a cop were killed, Sundiata was sentenced to life plus 30 years for murder. In his early 60’s, he is one of the longest held political prisoners in the world. For more info contact: Sundiata Acoli Defense Campaign, PO Box 5538, Manhattenville Station, Harlem, New York 10027, USA.

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Russell Shoats #AF-3855, SCI Greene, 1040 East R. Furman Highway, Waynesburg, PA 15370-8090, USA: Russell is serving multiple life sentences since 1972 for Black Liberation Army actions. He’s currently active in the struggle against the notorious control units.

Shaka Shakur, #28443, Indiana State Reformatory, PO Box 30, Pendleton, IN 46064, USA: Shaka, a black prison activist and organiser, was sentenced to 30 years after being stitched up for armed robbery. For more info contact SSDC, PO Box 565, Madison, WI 53701, USA.

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Sekou Odinga, #05228-054, 3901 Klien Blvd., Lompoc, California 93436, USA: Sekou is a former Black Panther and also later involved with the Black Liberation Army for 12 years. Chased and shot at by the police he shot over his shoulder and was sentenced to 25 years for attempted murder of a policeman, plus a further 20 years for liberating Assata Shakur and expropriating an armoured truck

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MOVE was a mainly black revolutionary group with an ecological perspective who were consistently persecuted by Philadelphia police during the 70’s. This culminated in the police firebombing of their commune in 1985 in which 11 people died. The ‘Move 9’ were framed for the murder of a cop and sentenced to up to 100 years each. The 9th defendant, Merle Africa died in prison in 1998 under suspicious circumstances. For more info contact Friends of Move, PO Box 14129, London WC12 8GR, UK:

Debbie Simms Africa, #006307, Janet Holloway Africa, #006308, Janine Phillips Africa, #006309, SCI Cambridge Springs, 451 Fullerton Ave, Cambridge Springs, PA 16403-1238, USA

Michael Davis Africa, AM4973, Charles Simms Africa, AM4975, SCI Grateford, PO Box 244, Grateford, PA 19426-0244, USA

Edward Goodman Africa, AM4974, SCI Mahanoy, 301 Morea Road, Frackville, PA 17931, USA

William Philips Africa, AM4984, Delbert Orr Africa, AM4985, SCI Dallas, Drawer K, Dallas, PA 18612, USA.

Mumia Abu-Jamal AM8335, SCI Greene, 175 Progress Drive, Waynesburg, PA 15370-8090, USA: Mumia is an ex-Black Panther, radical journalist and MOVE supporter who was framed for the murder of a cop in 1981. The death sentence for mumia has been overturned, but his defence team has 180 days, to put together an appeal against his sentence being comuted to life. For more info contact International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal, PO Box 19709, Philadelphia, PA 19143, USA. Or see www.freemumia.org

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FREE FREE!

Surveillance by the police and FBI, media hate-mongering and arrests have been on the increase in Eugene, alleged ‘home of the Black Bloc of Seattle’. On June 16^th, 2000, two anarchists were stopped by police for a routine traffic violation at 1am, and ended up detained until 8am, where they were transported to the Lane County Jail and booked in on charges of Criminal Mischief and Arson 1. The media were told the two were being held on suspicion of an arson attack on a car showroom in Eugene the same night. Free’s house was searched for such dangerous items such as matches, and other activist households were visited. On June 23^rd, they were indicted on nine felony counts and one misdemeanor. These include charges relating to another attempt at arson at an oil company. For further information, contact the defence committee: freefreenow@mutualaid.org or see www.freefreenow.org

Jeffrey Luers (Free), #13797671, OSP, 2605 State Street, Salem, Oregon 97310, USA. Serving an outrageous 22 years and eight months.

 

 

 

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THE ANGOLA 3

Still known by their campaign name (The angola 3), Albert Woodfox, Herman Wallace, Robert "King" Wilkerson ( King was released at the beginning of 2001).The three of them formed the first Black Panther Party Chapter inside, an for there activities were framed for the killing of a prison guard. All three spent long terms in isolation, Herman & Albert would appreciate letters of support.

Herman Wallace #76759 Camp J, Cuda 4/Left #9 , Louisiana State Penitentiary , Angola, LA 70712, USA

Albert Woodfox #72148, CCR Upper B Cell 13, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, LA 70712, USA

For more info see www.angola3.org

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MEXICO: ZAPATISTA PRISONERS

Latest Zapatista prisoners communiqué: There are still five Zapatista political prisoners imprisoned in the states of Tabasco and Queretaro. Angel Concepcio'n Perez Gutierrez and Francisco Perez Vazquez have been sentenced to 25 years, and Carrillo Vazquez Lopez to 9 ½ years in prison in Tabasco. Sergio Geronimo Sanchez Saenz and Anselmo Robles Sanchez have completed their sentence but are still being held in Queretero prison.
This is the latest communiqué from La Voz de Cerro Hueco in Tabasco:
December 2, 2002
To the Local, National, and International Civil Society:
To the Chiapan, National, and International Press:
We Zapatista political prisoners of La Voz de Cerro Hueco (the Voice of Cerro Hueco) send spirited greetings to all from Tabasco: We political prisoners from Zapatista support bases continue resisting in prison, as do the comrades of Quere'taro. We prisoners in Tabasco are indigenous c'holes from Chiapas that are in a situation of bad conditions. We sleep on the ground and when it rains we are totally flooded with water as is the situation for other people in other parts of the world but in prison it is much worse because we are imprisoned without committing any crime and we continue having to listen to the federal government lie that there are no more Zapatista prisoners, but in Tabasco and Quere'taro we are still in prison, resisting.
But in the same way as us, our communities continue to be faced with problems of pursuit and harrassment by the Mexican Army and paramilitaries. Meanwhile Luis H. Alvarez, the so-called Commissioner for Peace continues to divide the indigenous through the municipal presidents of Chiapas and this, which in no way contributes to peace, is done to justify his massive salary and also to continue counterinsurgency efforts. Because he has already forgotten about the three conditions and has done nothing for them we, as Zapatista support bases who are imprisoned, say that he has contributed nothing to the dialogue, it is the government that continually deceives and mocks the indigenous of Mexico and not the indigenous themselves.
We believe that the EZLN has always respected their word and because of this they don't talk anymore as it is better that silence builds the hope of our communities in resistance because the Mexican government doesn't have time to listen, it only has time to put into practice in this country Bush's orders which only make Mexico grow poorer. With more than half of Mexico in poverty what are we the indigenous to say and in addition only for the fact of supporting just causes in poor communities the powerful say that we are or we support terrorists.
However, everyone that is familiar with the Zapatista struggle will not be left deceived because they know that it is a peaceful struggle where our most powerful weapon is reason, because no one can obstruct the recognition we demand of our rights as indigenous communities.
For a Liberty with Justice and Dignity
LA VOZ DE CERRO HUECO
Angel Concepcio'n Perez Gutierrez
Francisco Perez Vazquez
Carrillo Vazquez Lopez
Sergio Geronimo Sanchez Saenz (Queretaro)
Anselmo Robles Sanchez (Queretaro)
Send letters of support (preferably in Spanish) to: La Voz de Cerro Hueco, Av Diego Duguelay 36c, Barrio El Cerrillo, San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico:

bajlum_vozcerrohueco@hotmail.com

www.chiapaslink.ukgateway.net has an uptodate list of prisoners. email: chiapaslink@yahoo.com

 

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CHILE

There are around 50 political prisoners in chile. When the dictatorship fell in 1990 none of the laws changed, just the face and name of the regime. Therefore many who took up arms in the 80's are still inside and many continue to struggle against the 'democracy' presented by the rich & ruling class, penalised under anti-terrorist and interior state security laws. All political prisoners in chile have suffered double-sentencing, in military courts aswell as civil tribunals. All suffer psycological and physical torture.

The Mapuche tribe are actively fighting to defend their land and their forests from multinational companies. The following people Mapuche Land
Rights prisoners and in need of support:

Pascual Pichun Paillalao(Lonko-Mapuche Chief)
Carcel de Traiguen -Coronel Gregorio Urrutia N° 129,
Traiguén, IX Región, Chile.
Serving 5 years for intimidation and terrorist fire-raising in second
authority.

Aniceto Norin Catriman (Lonko-Mapuche Chief)
Carcel de Traiguen - Coronel Gregorio Urrutia N° 129,
Traiguén, IX Región, Chile
Serving 5 years for intimidation and terrorist fire-raising.

Víctor Ancalaf Llaupe(Mapuche leader) Complejo Penitenciario El Manzano Concepción - Dirección
Camino a Penco N°450 Casilla 70, Chile
Initially sentenced to 10 years for terrorist fire-raising. This
sentence was later
reduced to 5 years on appeal.

Jose Nain Curamil(Mapuche leader)
Centro Detención Penitenciaria Pedro Aguirre - Cerda N° 80 y Los
Confines s/n°, Angol, IX Región-Chile.
Serving 5 years and a day for fire-raising

Patricia Troncoso Robles Centro Detención Penitenciaria Pedro Aguirre - Cerda N° 80 y Los Confines s/n°, Angol, IX Región-Chile.
Serving 10 years for terrorist fire-raising

Florencio Jaime Marileo Saravia
Centro Detención Penitenciaria Pedro Aguirre - Cerda N° 80 y Los
Confines s/n°, Angol, IX Región-Chile.
Serving 10 years and a day for terrorist fire-raising

José Patricio Marileo Saravia
Centro Detención Penitenciaria Pedro Aguirre - Cerda N° 80 y Los
Confines s/n°, Angol, IX Región-Chile. Serving 10 years and a day in prison for terrorist fire-raisingJaime Huenchullan Cayul
Centro Detención Penitenciaria Pedro Aguirre - Cerda N° 80 y Los
Confines s/n°, Angol, IX Región-Chile.
On Remand accused of theft and intimidation.

Juan Carlos Huenulao 20/02/2005 Tricauko
Centro Detención Penitenciaria Pedro Aguirre - Cerda N° 80 y Los
Confines s/n°, Angol, IX Región-Chile.
On Remand accused of terrorist fire-raising

For more info on the Mapuche prisoners in Chile check out
http://www.mapuche.nl/espanol/lista_presos.htm

Kamina Libre
The Kamina Libre collective, created in 1996, with the main objective of taking action for the release of all chilean political prisoners and mapuche (indigenous) prisoners who, as with many native american communities, live a daily battle to protect their lands and culture from the onslaught of transnational developers.They have made great headway for prisoners rights within the high security prison in santiago, chile, through riots, hunger strikes and disobediance. For example they gained the solidarity of 30 odd, men in the prison to refuse visits for almost a year, untill the glass partition was brought down and people were allowed daylong visits with upto 7 people in place of 4 direct family only, no ontact visits. They have also secured the right to vegetarian meals and later to prepare their own meals; refused the imposition of prison uniforms; overthrew the censorship of reading materials and can now receive any kind of political material except anything to do with E.T.A.
Most recently the collective obtained the release through 'benefits' (day release pending full release) of compainero. Alvaro Rodriguez after their 3rd hunger strike in 13 months.

Write to them via kaminalibre@yahoo.es
or in english via Santiago ABC stgo_cna@hotmail.com

 

 

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