Joe R. Golowka JoeG at ieee.org Anarchist FAQ - http://www.infoshop.org/faq
"I have never read Marx. Well, I read a few pages then decided he was a bore. Karl didn't invent the class struggle, he merely wrote about it in a way that impressed some people, using lots of big words. While it can certainly be useful to know about the history of the working class, you don't need to have studied Marxist theory to know that being bossed around is degrading" - Dave Coull ----- Original Message ----- From: "Revolt News" <Revolt.News at pmail.net> To: <a-infos-en at tao.ca> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 9:49 AM Subject: (en) Prague protest letter/email - please send it
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> Protesters arrested at the S26 demonstrations in
> Prague are being tortured in jail. See
> http://www.ainfos.ca
> for details
>
> Please take the time to email the letter below
> to the addresses at the end of this post. If
> you have time add your own comments and also
> fax and/or post it.
>
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> Stop the torture in Czech jails
>
> I am extremely concerned about the reports
> coming from Prague of 'S26' prisoners being
> tortured in jail by the Czech police. A press
> release from INPEG in Prague reveals that
>
> Women have been strip searched by male officers
> and have been forced to perform physical
> exercises for their enjoyment
>
> Many individuals are being denied water, food,
> and sleep; some are able to get food only if
> they pay guards, women and fascists are more
> likely to get water
>
> Many people released have reported that before
> reaching police stations, officers took
> individuals to isolated areas and beat them
> severely.
>
> Two Norwegians that went to a police station on
> Trisparni Street near Vlatavska to report a
> stolen mobile phone witnessed behind briefly
> opened doors that a number of people were
> handcuffed to the wall and being beaten
> severely. This has also been confirmed by many
> reports from released persons that in the
> processing rooms groups of 40 to 60 people were
> asked to spread eagle while they were beaten,
> heads were knocked back, legs were kicked in,
> and numbers of men had their groins twisted or
> punched. Additionally people handcuffed were
> tossed down stairs.
>
> There is one report that 22 people were crammed
> into a 4 square meter cell.
>
> 30 People were detained at the Olsanska jail in
> an outdoor courtyard overnight with no blankets
> or food. They were later moved to Balkova near
> Pilsen. Two Germans that were detained in
> Lupacova, Praha 3 on Wednesday for approximately
> eight hours were held with an Israeli, an
> American,a German, and an Italian. The Israeli
> had been beaten severely, had difficulty
> walking, a black eye, and likely had a broken
> rib. He has been denied medical attention
>
> People with diabetes were not fed, people that
> needed medication were not given it, the British
> Embassy had to intervene to get medication into
> the jail.
>
> A Norwegian woman held in jail with 30 other
> women witnessed a German woman with a badly
> injured leg where medics were denied.
>
> Right to legal representation and advice, right
> to interpreters, right to food and water, right
> to basic medical attention, and the right to a
> phone call have all been ignored on a widespread
> scale.
>
> I demand the immediate release of all the
> prisoners and wish to be informed when you have
> done this
>
> Signed
>
>
>
>
>
> Address:
>
>
> -----
>
>
> Please send this mail to the following
> president at hrad.cz,
> ssi1 at mvcr.cz,
> ministr at mzv.cz,
> posta at vlada.cz,
> th_fr at gmx.net
> wsp at wsp.justice.cz
>
> If you have time consider also sending it
> To the addresses below. Remember more attention
> will be paid to faxes/letters then email and
> most to phone calls.
>
> Czech Ministry of Justice: wsp at wsp.justice.cz
> Czech President, Vacslav Havel:
> president at hrad.cz
> Czech Embassy: 0207 243 1115
> British Embassy in Czech Republic: 0042 0257
> 530278
> fax: 0042 0257 530296 info at britain.cz
> UK Foreign Office: 0207 270 3000 0207 238 4586
>
> Czech Centre zykan at london.czech.cz
> cclondon at czechcentre.org.uk 0207
> 291
> 9920 fax 0207 4368300
>
> The Presidential office fax number:
> 00 420 2 24310851
>
> The Minister of Interior:
> 00 420 2 61433560
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