Eurorepression update.
Matthew X
profrv at nex.net.au
Thu May 13 06:37:40 PDT 1999
At a demo during the recent No Borders protest camp in Strasbourg (SchNEWS
366) Ahmed Meguini, co-founder of the French anti-racist group Mouvement
Spontane (Spontaneous Movement), was violently arrested, receiving a broken
wrist from the French riot squad. From his arrest on 24th July to his trial
date on 21st August, Ahmed was held in solitary confinement, which meant,
amongst other things, he was not allowed to receive visitors. At his trial,
Ahmed was sentenced to 8 months but luckily 5 of these will be probation
which means he will be out in 3months. He also received a fine of 700 Euros
(£500). Incidentally Ahmed was the only person from the No Borders camp who
was locked up the entire time before his trial and the charges against him
were the heaviest. This Saturday (24th Aug) there will be a benefit to help
pay his fines at the Radical Dairy, 47 Kynaston Rd, Stoke Newington,
London, with food and DJs. www.noborder.org
Crap Arrest of the Week For being Ash-Holes! 17 people were arrested
earlier this year during a protest against incinerated waste being shipped
to the Danish island of Langoya. They bared their bums in a collective
moonie with the words ASH HOLES spelt out on their backsides.
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Justice? * The 'Fair Justice For All campaign' which represents the
families of people imprisoned after the Bradford riots last year (SchNEWS
313) are holding a rally on bank holiday Monday outside the city court
house. They are protesting against harsh sentences given to 94 people
convicted of riot, people such as Istifar Iqbal, who received 11 months for
picking up, but not throwing, two stones and Ashraf Hussain, who got four
years for throwing three stones. Campaigners contrasted the length of the
sentences with maximum terms of 18 months given to white youths who rioted
on the Ravenscliffe estate the day after the disturbances in Bradford. This
'special treatment' is also reflected in the team that was appointed to
look into the causes of last years riots. Muslims on the community cohesion
review team told one member of the review team "At the first team meeting
we were informed our purpose was not to focus on any one community, but to
look for solutions to bring communities together. This was disappointing,
as I felt that the specific issues of the Muslim community needed to be
investigated and dealt with. Often Muslim participants would tell me in
private of their frustration with this review. When I asked why they didn't
speak up at the meetings they answered: "What's the point? They're not
going to listen."
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