Thessaloniki: Hunger strike escalation!

Hunger strike escalation. Now refusing liquids. Demonstration call out.

Forwarded message from Prisoner Solidarity


THESSALONIKI HUNGERSTRIKERS NOW REFUSING WATER
SOLIDARITY URGENTLY NEEDED

Five Anti-capitalists, inprisoned on false charges
following demos around the EU summit in Thessaloniki,
Greece have been on hungerstrike for between 36 and 53
days.

For more details see  http://www.freesimonchapman.org/

The hunger strikers, who have all been in hospital
since Friday (07/11/03) night, last night (09/11/03),
also began refusing liquids.

This dramatic escalation in their protest was in
response to a denial of their rights, especially since
their admission to hospital.

Their demands illustrate their desperate situation:
* contact with their lawyer.
* to be allowed to make phone calls.
* privacy when using the toilet.

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They are there for us. We are here for them.
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A demonstration outside the Greek Embassy is called
for tomorrow, Tuesday, at 11:30am and then again from
5 to 7, starting at the Embassy:
1A Holland Park,
London
W11 3TP
 http://www.greekembassy.org.uk/pages_en/contact.html
Contact on the day: 07970 113770


You can also ring the secratary of the prison (english
spoken) to enquire about the condition of the
prisoners and let her know your feelings at their
treatment.

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Latest information:

When lawywers for the hungerstrikers arrived at the
hospital they were surrounded and threatened by armed
police who prevented them from entering the prison,
dispite previous assurances from the director of the
prison that they would be allowed in.

There have also been persistant rumours that the
hungerstrikers will be split up and sent to seperate
prisons some miles away. In their presant condition,
after several weeks without food, any journey could be
dangerous.


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weitere informationen / further information:

english:
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk
 http://thessaloniki.indymedia.org/?lang=en
 http://www.freesimonchapman.org

deutsch:
 http://at.indymedia.org
feature: solidaritaet mit den thessaloniki 7 (mit updates):
 http://at.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=33841