[LAF] Political Arrests in Belgrade

Mon Sep 7 13:29:57 UTC 2009

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Political Arrests in Belgrade

On Saturday, Sept. 4, five political activists were arrested in Belgrade on
trumped up charges. The five, Tadej Kurep, Ivan Vulović, Sanja Dojkić, Ratibor
Trivunac and Nikola Mitrovic, are activists in or associates of the
Anarcho-Syndicalist Initiative, the Serbian section of the International
Workers’ Association (IWA).

The arrests are allegedly related to a direct action which took place at the
Greek Embassy on Aug. 25. Negligible damage was done; a crack in one window, a
tiny burn mark on the facade and a circled A graffiti on the embassy as a act of
symbolic solidarity with Thodoros Iliopoulos. The prosecutor however imagines
this as an act of “international terrorism” and would like to charge our
comrades with such. If the state allows such charges to be pressed, they could
be facing 3-15 years in prison.

As it is, the five were arrested, harrassed and are to be held in custody for at
least one month while the case is organized.

Although one of the accused, General Secretary of the IWA Ratibor Trivunac
clearly and publically declared that he knew nothing of the action, he was
arrested. It is not the first time that authorities have come after him or his
comrades for no other reason than the fact that they are radical critics of the
state.

We are calling on people around the world to take action now!

If you can organize a protest at a Serbian Embassy, Consulate or other
Diplomatic Mission, please do so ASAP. Rather than one day of action, we think
actions can be spread out over a few days, but we think it’s best not to wait!
Try to make an action by Sept. 15-16.

Also, send faxes and protest letters! We are including a list of addresses on
this page. If you like, you can also send a letter to the government through
this page. You can write your own text or use out sample text. Our page can keep
a log of signatorees so we may pass them on to the comrades in Serbia so they
know which organizations and people have sent protests.

Please send us information about your demos, protests or articles on the case!

FREE THE FIVE NOW!

ADDRESSES OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA:

http://www.mfa.gov.rs/Worldframe.htm

You can send a protest letter from:
http://asi.zsp.net.pl/free-the-anarchists/emailpage/

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