amsterdam - BENEFIT VOKU for Presos em Luta - please come and/or spread
info...thanks...
On March 23, 1996, a "riot" took place in the Fortress of Caxias (a prison
near Lisbon, Portugal), provoked by the interests of the State - aiming to
put an end to the diverse prisoner struggles at the time. Of the180
prisoners there, the big majority suffered beatings for several days
afterwards. Some of them ended up with multiple fractures and cerebral
commotions, and one prisoner got blinded by plastic bullets, shot by the
mercenaries of the State. This riot passed the prison walls and installed
itself in the public opinion, generating a debate where some opinions went
so far as to question the existence of the prison itself and its role in
society. Thirteen years later, the State wants to blame 25 of those
prisoners, accusing them in a judicial process, of mutiny, arson and
prison damages, while trying to silence a whole context of corruption,
impunity and of serious violations of the human dignity, as well as the
struggles of resistance of the two previous years in the portuguese
prisons!… But it takes just a glimpse to the press between 1994 and 1996
to verify the scandalous systematical violation of the "prisoner's
rights". And that the hunger strikes, work strikes, letters and bulletins
opposing and resisting to such cruel reality, were a part of the
everyday-life of the prisoners in those times. Against such "whitening" by
the state, against the forgetting of the context in which the "riot"
happened, some individuals and groups made an important publication.
"Presos em Luta" wants to bring back to light the events that happened
between 1994 and 1996, in almost all of the Portuguese prisons, to show
repudiation before such an absurd process, to dismantle the farce of the
accusation, and to denounce the repressive performance of the state
organisms, which had an active role in the increase of the terror lived in
the portuguese prisons in the 90s – and that even today, sadly, continues.
The publication needs to be reprinted as soon as possible. The first 1500
copies were mainly distributed outside prisons, and among friends, and
they were gone in a very short time. It is a free publication, but it
costs a lot of money to print. So, please come and bring your friends to
the people's kitchen, have delicious food, and support Presos em Luta!
More info on: www.presosemluta.tk
Solidarity and freedom for the 25 of Caxias!
AGAINST THE THEFT OF OUR LIVES… NO COURTS, NO PRISONS!!!!!!!!
info...thanks...
On March 23, 1996, a "riot" took place in the Fortress of Caxias (a prison
near Lisbon, Portugal), provoked by the interests of the State - aiming to
put an end to the diverse prisoner struggles at the time. Of the180
prisoners there, the big majority suffered beatings for several days
afterwards. Some of them ended up with multiple fractures and cerebral
commotions, and one prisoner got blinded by plastic bullets, shot by the
mercenaries of the State. This riot passed the prison walls and installed
itself in the public opinion, generating a debate where some opinions went
so far as to question the existence of the prison itself and its role in
society. Thirteen years later, the State wants to blame 25 of those
prisoners, accusing them in a judicial process, of mutiny, arson and
prison damages, while trying to silence a whole context of corruption,
impunity and of serious violations of the human dignity, as well as the
struggles of resistance of the two previous years in the portuguese
prisons!… But it takes just a glimpse to the press between 1994 and 1996
to verify the scandalous systematical violation of the "prisoner's
rights". And that the hunger strikes, work strikes, letters and bulletins
opposing and resisting to such cruel reality, were a part of the
everyday-life of the prisoners in those times. Against such "whitening" by
the state, against the forgetting of the context in which the "riot"
happened, some individuals and groups made an important publication.
"Presos em Luta" wants to bring back to light the events that happened
between 1994 and 1996, in almost all of the Portuguese prisons, to show
repudiation before such an absurd process, to dismantle the farce of the
accusation, and to denounce the repressive performance of the state
organisms, which had an active role in the increase of the terror lived in
the portuguese prisons in the 90s – and that even today, sadly, continues.
The publication needs to be reprinted as soon as possible. The first 1500
copies were mainly distributed outside prisons, and among friends, and
they were gone in a very short time. It is a free publication, but it
costs a lot of money to print. So, please come and bring your friends to
the people's kitchen, have delicious food, and support Presos em Luta!
More info on: www.presosemluta.tk
Solidarity and freedom for the 25 of Caxias!
AGAINST THE THEFT OF OUR LIVES… NO COURTS, NO PRISONS!!!!!!!!
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