Category Archives: Revolutionary Prisoners News
Belarus: The case of anarchist Alexander Zaitsev
In December 2021, we received information that Aleksandr Zaitsev, who declared his commitment to the anarchist movement, was in pre-trial detention in Volodarka. It took us quite a while to verify this man’s story and get to the bottom of it.
In 2020, Zaitsev actively participated in protests against the regime and was detained at least once in November under “people’s” article 23.34. While in detention, Zaitsev met a man who introduced himself as Dmitry Sergeenko. Comrades from the Pramen team found the real name of this man – Dmitry Akulich, who had been working for many years with the Interior Ministry as a provocateur and prison agent. Akulich actively begins “developing” Zaitsev and by summer both are already planning a radical action: they want to set fire to Sukalo’s dacha. To paint a pretty picture of the investigation, Akulich says that he got in touch with the group “Stork fly” and they paid for him to buy two five-liter bottles of gasoline.
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Greece: Freedom to P. Georgiadis! No prosecution of comrades E.M. and M.T.!
On February 14, the imprisoned comrade Polycarpos Georgiadis, accused of aggravated possession of weapons, as well as comrade M.T. and comrade E.M. are being tried on misdemeanour charges.
On September 23, 2020, the anti-terrorist police proceeded to arrest the comrade after an anonymous – of course – phone call and a search of a warehouse he keeps in Koukaki. The broad findings of this search (a quantity of explosives, detonators and bullets) would, under normal circumstances, constitute misdemeanours of simple possession of explosives and ammunition.
Without any further evidence, however, the charges were upgraded to felonys and were linked by the media to the actions of armed revolutionary organisations. Two important moments of this unfortunate connection were first the attempt to present a proclamation of the O.L.A. organization found on a usb stick of the comrade as an original, a scenario that came to light a few days later, and then the association of bullets found in the warehouse with actions of the organization in A. This scenario also runs up against the fact that the comrade was in prison at the time.
The scenario is well known: an anonymous phone call leads to the arrest of a militant, with a crudely prepared indictment and the media filling the monstrous gaps in the case with anti-terrorist hysteria. Our duty, also familiar: to stand by the comrade, putting the brakes on another operation to eliminate the enemy within.
Microphone Gathering, 11/2 Thessaloniki 19:00
Rally-March, 12/02, 20:00, Exarchia Square
Solidarity call , 14/02, 09:00, Court of Appeal in Athens
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Translated by Act for freedom now!
A DNA MIXTURE THAT COULD BE ANYONE’S, EVEN YOURS! (GREECE)
A DNA MIXTURE THAT COULD BE ANYONE’S, EVEN YOURS!
This text was written on the occasion of the 2nd degree trial that will be held on February 9th ,2022 , for the case of Vanggelis Stathopoulos and Dimitris Hatzivassiliadis. In the first instance, the former was sentenced to 19 years’ prison for his practical solidarity with the wounded Hatzivasiliadis and the latter was sentenced to 16 years’ prison for the Revolutionary Self-Defence case. Previous writings of the assembly mention the targeting of the comrades and their political persecution. Here we are focusing on and attempting to highlight the role of DNA in the recent targeting of militants.
Over the past 15 years we have increasingly seen political persecution and even detention on the pretext of finding DNA or a DNA mixture. It has begun to be used sparingly and methodically in cases of militants, with the aim of establishing itself alongside other flimsy police guilt-construction papers, such as anonymous phone calls, cooked evidence and fabricated statements. In terms of the past most prevalent, we heard it in the case of Aris Sirinidis in 2009, later in the case of Irianna and Periclis in 2017, then in the Tassos Theofilou case in 2012. Continue reading A DNA MIXTURE THAT COULD BE ANYONE’S, EVEN YOURS! (GREECE)
Greece: Message from Thessaloniki Police HQ of resistance of the imprisoned anarchist Thanos Xatziagkelou
Message of resistance of the imprisoned anarchist Th. Xatziagkelou
When the hours begin to count down to the complete loss of freedom from the teeth of confinement, each moment acquires its own distinct existential meaning. A smile, a touch, the warmth of a comrade’s voice in a cold phone call, the chants outside the interrogation are the flames which burn your heart, reminding you that nothing ends. Battles have casualties. The war itself has casualties. But nothing was given to us, nothing was given to us bloodlessly because we extended our hand. Nothing was won through prayers.
“This inhuman, insidious white of your empty eyes reminds me of the armistice in battle…”
In this life, everything is won through faith and dedication to the field of social antagonism. With consistency in the battles and a relentless tension, a persistence on the offensive horizon. Through my small contribution to the evolution of the class struggle, beyond my contradictions and mistakes, if there is something that characterises me it is social consciousness and the commitment to the revolutionary duty. These are the two things that, on some evenings, become a noose around your neck and do not let you sleep. Screams, sobs, and even silences awaken, and they anger you, they enrage you, they arm you. Responsibility, comrades. We have responsibility. For all those restless nights I feel proud, because all of those nights I chose for my eyes to look at the stars. I remain unyielding, unrepentant, and angrier than ever, because I defend my proud captivity against the dead freedoms of decay.
“These a bit roughly, for the restoration of the black.”
All my thoughts, love and support remain adamantly on the side of these two people that are imprisoned next to me, giving the most important struggle of all of us. The struggle against the absurdity of repression. As for me, I will remind you that the revolution against tyranny is an account that remains open. And revolutionary violence ought to be a non-negotiable, one-way street.
Comrades, until we meet again on the battlefields, let us not compromise with anything less than everything.
Down the state, long live Anarchy
Thanos Xatziagkelou, Thessaloniki Police HQ
Thursday, 10/2/22.
original translation in English
EL:
Μήνυμα αντίστασης του αιχμαλώτου αναρχικού Θ. Χατζηαγγέλου
Όταν οι ώρες αρχίζουν να μετράνε αντίστροφα για την ολοκληρωτική απώλεια της ελευθερίας από τα δόντια του εγκλεισμού, η κάθε στιγμή αποκτάει το δικό της ξεχωριστό νόημα ύπαρξης. Ένα χαμόγελο, ένα άγγιγμα, η ζεστασιά μιας συντροφικής φωνής σ’ένα ψυχρό τηλεφώνημα, οι φωνές έξω απ’τον ανακριτή είναι οι φλόγες που σου καίνε την καρδιά, θυμίζοντάς σου πως τίποτα δεν τελειώνει. Οι μάχες έχουν απώλειες. Ο ίδιος ο πόλεμος έχει απώλειες. Όμως τίποτα δεν μας χαρίστηκε, τίποτα δεν μας δόθηκε αναίμακτα επειδή απλώσαμε το χέρι. Τίποτα δεν κερδήθηκε με προσευχές.
BOLIVIA: STREET AGITATION IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PRISONERS.
Chile: Anarchist Comrades Luis and Ignacio Avaca are released from prison!
Comrades Luis and Ignacio Avaca are released from prison!
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In November 2020, an explosive package explodes in the Talca police station, slightly injuring a policeman. The action is claimed by “Entes sin Rostro, nada ni nadie que ustedes conozcan” (Faceless Entities, nothing and no one you know).
In May 2021, in a large operation, the police managed to capture Luis and Ignacio Avaca, after the investigation carried out by OS-9 personnel and the South Prosecutor’s Office. The comrades – twin brothers – were taken to the Talca prison and then transferred to Rancagua while the investigative process was underway.
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