Prison Struggle – Dark Nights

Update on anarchist prisoners Mpe, Dilan & Pablo – May Day 2026 (Indonesia)

Posted on 2026/07/22 by darknights

Update: On Thursday, July 23, 2026, comrades from the Mayday 2026 Bandung anarchist prisoner cluster, namely Mpe, Dilan and Pablo, will begin their first trial at the Bandung District Court.

The detained anarchists were arrested in the days after the 1st May demonstration in Bandung. They are accused of riot, malicious destruction of public facilities, after a clash happened on May 1, 2026, at Jalan Cikapayang (Cikapayang Pasupati Intersection), Bandung City, during which the police were attacked.

The serious charges pertain to offenses causing fires or explosions endangering public safety, committing collective violence against persons or property in public, and criminal conspiracy. Plus, the comrades are accused of preparing and using molotovs. Mpe is accused of being the “leader”, which as an anarchist, is absurd. The arrested comrades were beaten and abused by cops over a three week period during their interrogations where a responsible lawyer was not present. Intense psychological pressure and physical violence was used against the detainees to try to make them give false statements.

A total of thirteen (13) individuals were arrested and detained during the investigation into the riot.

• Three (3) of them were juveniles and were subsequently released under mandatory reporting obligations.
• The remaining ten (10) detainees are:

1. Ripan Ripandi
2. Muhamad Rafly
3. Ismail
4. Dani Maulana
5. Rangga
6. Cikal
7. Haikal
8. Fadel
9. Fadil
10. Hadi Isan

Free the prisoners – Topple the state!

PDF: Detention figures report from Palang Hitam / ABC on the repression in Indonesia

Posted on 2026/07/18 - 2026/07/18 by darknights

Latest report from Palang Hitam on the repression in Indonesia

PDF: Indo-Report_07-10-26

DETENTION REPORT
Palang Hitam, July 10th, 2026

This document details the amount of cases currently being handled by Palang Hitam. If we had more funds at our access we would be able to provide more support for the other cases we continue to be made aware of. Please contact palanghitam (no scums) riseup (acab) net if you can help us help the comrades in prison. It is needed to supply the prisoners with funds for their costs, for their families, those who need it, and for those who need lawyers as the police appointed lawyers work with the cops and prosecutors to screw the defendants. When we are able to employ the professional lawyers, the torture and abuse is able to be stopped. This is important as many of the defendants are being hurt and threatened until they give false testimony. In one case in Surabaya, one young man died from his injuries due to torture. The Densus88 anti-terrorist unit are mapping the anarchist movement and its internal relationships using threats and torture. The unit are using widespread data surveillance and spyware software, which they send to blogs and social media accounts to infiltrate the phones and devices of the comrades. We recommend the use of computer and phone security, realizing its limits. Indonesian officials are reported to have attended the summit convened by the American administration against the “far-left terrorism” and we remind all those on the streets and those in cyberspace to remain aware to the strong possibility of further repression. When revolutions go half way, we dig our own graves.

Palang Hitam International

Prison transfers and updated addresses for the arrested Italian anarchists

Posted on 2026/06/29 - 2026/07/18 by darknights

Update: Seven people arrested on June 16 in a crackdown targeting anarchist groups have been released by a judge. They were being prosecuted under Article 270 bis of the Italian Penal Code, which concerns subversive association with terrorist aims. The judge ruled that this offense had not been established. Two other people arrested during the operation remain in separate cases, facing charges of “speech terrorism” after leaflets were seized during searches. Source: Secours Rouge

Here we share the current addresses of the Italian comrades from the last operation. It is importsant to note the solidarity account for donations and also because these are “fixed” directions of high security prisons where the comrades are supposed to spend their pre-trial detention.

Update 28/06:

Yesterday, June 27th, Stefano and Toni were transferred.

We share updated addresses:

Stefano Marri
Pietro Rosetti
Terni Central Prison
Strada delle Campore 32
05100 Terni (TR)

Andrea Toniolo
Francesco Benedetti
Rossano Central Prison
Contrada Ciminata Greco 1
87064 Corigliano Rossano (CS)

There is still no confirmation about Nico and Arnau but we know they were also transferred yesterday.
Micol remains in the AS2 of Rebibbia.

Micol Marino
C.C. Rebibbia femminile,
via Bartolo Lungo 92,
00156 Roma

A PostPay account has been opened to support comrades:

Giovanna di Romano
IT67E3608105138259570159586

PostPay Card Number:
5333174809836489

Greece: Update on the transfers of the comrades charged in connection with the bank expropriation in Kato Tithorea

Posted on 2026/06/24 - 2026/06/24 by darknights

Update on the transfers of the comrades charged in connection with the bank expropriation in Kato Tithorea

Following the interrogation on Friday, May 15, before the investigating judge and the subsequent decision to order pretrial detention for six suspects, the comrade subject to this measure was taken to the Western Attica Criminal Investigation Department in Ano Liosia, while the other five suspects were transferred to GADA. On Monday, May 18, the comrade was transferred to the Korydallos women’s prison; the following day, Tuesday, May 19, one of the five comrades was transferred to the Korydallos men’s prison. Three days later, on May 22, three more comrades were transferred to the prisons in Trikala, Larissa, and Malandrino, respectively. This morning, May 26, the last comrade was transferred to the prison in Nafplio, after more than two weeks of detention at GADA.

The vindictive—yet predictable—scattering of our comrades across prisons throughout Greece, with the intent of limiting their communication and psychologically breaking them, comes as no surprise to us; after all, we are well acquainted with the mechanisms of the State and its collaborators.

“We do not fight for the liberation of political prisoners out of charity or humanitarianism. Through the struggle for their liberation, we reclaim the hidden history and the experience of the struggle. But above all, we reclaim the concept of the political legitimacy of counter-violence.” (Action Directe Prisoners’ Collective)

Source: athens.indymedia

Fort Worth, Texas, U$A: Eight Federal Prairieland Defendants Sentenced Today to Prison Terms Ranging From 30-100 Years for Common Protest Activity

Posted on 2026/06/24 - 2026/06/25 by darknights

FORT WORTH, TX – Eight Prairieland defendants were sentenced in federal court today, three months after their convictions on a variety of federal charges, including riot, material support for terrorists, attempted murder, possession and conspiracy to use explosives, and conspiracy to conceal documents. Family members and supporters, who sat stunned as US District Judges Mark Pittman and Reed O’Connor delivered sentences ranging from 40-100 years in prison, called the punishment cruel, callous and starkly disproportionate to the defendants’ actions. In a rally and press conference held after the sentencing, supporters expressed defiance and vowed to continue fighting for the Prairieland defendants’ freedom.

The eight Prairieland defendants sentenced today are Savanna Batten, Zachary Evetts, Autumn Hill, Meagan Morris, Maricela Rueda, Daniel Rolando Sanchez Estrada, Benjamin Hanil Song, and Elizabeth Soto. All defendants, with the exception of Sanchez Estrada were convicted of rioting, providing material support to terrorists, conspiracy to use an explosive, and use of an explosive device, which referred to the consumer grade fireworks used on July 4. Sanchez Estrada was convicted of concealing a document—political literature—and, along with Rueda, conspiracy to conceal documents. Song was additionally convicted of attempted murder of an officer and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime. Continue reading “Fort Worth, Texas, U$A: Eight Federal Prairieland Defendants Sentenced Today to Prison Terms Ranging From 30-100 Years for Common Protest Activity” →

Update Tahanan Anarkis May Day Bandung 2026 / Freedom for Mpe and the Mayday defendants (Indonesia)

Posted on 2026/05/28 by darknights

One of the detainees arrested during the May Day 2026 protests in Bandung, RR alias Mpe, who was previously accused of being the “leader of an anarchist group,” has now been charged by the police under terrorism laws. He has also reportedly been placed in isolation and denied access to legal counsel of his own choosing, raising serious concerns over the violation of a suspect’s right to provide testimony freely and without coercion, intimidation, or pressure.

In this case, the police appear to be employing the same narrative pattern used during last August’s unrest: identifying a supposed “mastermind,” “leader,” or individual believed to have planned and orchestrated the riots. Law enforcement authorities maintain that prosecuting those considered to be the driving force behind unrest can prevent similar incidents from recurring in the future. In practice, however, such an approach has often functioned as an authoritarian mechanism for criminalizing groups deemed disruptive to political stability, while simultaneously diverting public attention away from structural grievances and redirecting it toward specific individuals. Continue reading “Update Tahanan Anarkis May Day Bandung 2026 / Freedom for Mpe and the Mayday defendants (Indonesia)” →

Trial statement by comrade Daniela Klette, accused of bank robberies and membership of Red Army Faction (Germany)

Posted on 2026/05/20 by darknights

Daniela is on trial for a specific period in the history of the Red Army Faction (RAF), which disbanded in 1998. She is alleged to have participated in two RAF actions: the shelling of the US embassy in Bonn in February 1991 in protest against the illegal invasion of Iraq by the US military, the attack on the still-unfinished Weiterstadt prison in March 1993, and the attempted attack by a combat unit on a Deutsche Bank computer center in Eschborn in February 1990. Daniela lived underground for well over 30 years before her arrest in Berlin at the end of February 2024. Membership in the RAF is subject to a 25-year statute of limitations.

Daniela’s Plea

Now this first lengthy trial against me is coming to an end. During the course of the proceedings, the assessment that existed from the beginning has been confirmed, and it has become abundantly clear: the investigation and the proceedings are politically motivated. The aim here is to enforce domination and subjugation at all costs. The prosecution underscored this once again in its closing arguments. It’s not about individual acts, and not so much about me, but about delegitimizing a history of radical left-wing resistance and punishing it with deterrent force.

Full article here

June 11 2026: Solidarity Without End

Posted on 2026/05/16 by darknights

This year as we are marking the International Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason and All Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners we are thinking about the nature of solidarity as ever-changing and never-ending. Our solidarity is not just for those who are imprisoned, but for all those who are harassed, intimidated, deported, hunted, on the run, tortured, and even killed — not just for individuals but for the struggles they are a part of. Just as repression ebbs and flows and state tactics adapt, transform, and innovate, so must our practice of active solidarity. We must adapt to the changing terrain and needs of our movements.

Solidarity does not end when trial ends and a verdict is reached, when a hunger strike has gotten its demands met, or even when somebody is released from custody back into the arms of their family and friends. The consequences of state repression last long beyond big moments and media attention. Whenever one cycle of struggle winds down as the target of the state, another will take its place. Whenever one comrade is released from prison, another will be taken in. Our support must continue to ripple out beyond our friends and immediate networks. It must extend beyond the borders of states into all lands and territories where people are fighting. It must expand beyond the present moment, honoring comrades of the past and thinking of what legacy we will leave for those who come after us. Continue reading “June 11 2026: Solidarity Without End” →

Text of the 8 arrested comrades/comrades in the May 11 case + Soli-demo call-out (Greece)

Posted on 2026/05/13 - 2026/05/13 by darknights

In the early hours of May 11, 2026, a group of comrades expropriated a bank in Kato Tithorea. Approximately 5 hours later, 5 of them were arrested after a coordinated repressive operation by the police and house invasions. 8 comrades, anarchists, found themselves hostages in the hands of the state.

We have been charged with an inflated indictment that includes bank expropriations and weapons possession. The comrades are being held at the GADA [police HQ in Athens] and some comrades at the Vyronas Prison. Today, 12/05, we went through the prosecutor and were given a deadline to appear before the investigator on Friday, 15/05 at 9am at Evelpidon, building 9.

LONG LIVE ANARCHY

SPYROS DRAVILAS PRESENT

HARRIS TEMPEREKIDIS PRESENT

SEBASTIAN OVERSLUIJ PRESENT

The 8 comrades for the May 11th case

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Call for a solidarity rally for the 8 comrades of the expropriated bank in Kato Tithorea.

On the morning of May 11, an armed robbery takes place at a bank branch in Kato Tithorea. After a police operation and pursuit in the surrounding areas, four comrades and one comrade are arrested. Another comrade is arrested in Loutraki and two comrades in Athens. The prosecuting authorities create an inflated indictment that includes robberies, hostage-taking, ATM bombings, vehicle thefts, possession of weapons, etc. The comrades are transferred to the GADA and on 12/5 to Evelpidon where they are given a deadline of Friday 15/5.

From the very beginning, the media has attempted to depoliticize the comrades, giving them a thousand and two characteristics, in an attempt to assassinate their character. The state and the punitive mechanisms triumph over the dismantling of the “gang” that they succeeded in creating. But the answer to all of them is one and they have written it themselves from within the cells of GADA: LONG LIVE ANARCHY!

We call for a solidarity rally on Friday, 5/15 at 9:00 a.m. at the Evelpidon courts. We support the call for a solidarity rally at GADA today at 6:00 p.m.

NO COMRADE LEFT ALONE IN THE HANDS OF THE STATE

UNTIL THE COLLAPSE OF THE LAST PRISON

Solidarity Fund for Imprisoned and Persecuted Activists

Open Letter from imprisoned anarchist Komar (Surabaya-Indonesia)

Posted on 2026/05/13 by darknights

My friends and brothers and sisters,
inside and outside these walls,
Peace be upon you.

I’m writing this letter to let you know that, God willing, I’m doing alright. A while ago I came down with a mild fever, but alhamdulillah, I’m still holding on, still under His grace and protection. I hope all of you are safe, healthy, and kept well. Aamiin.

My dear friends,

I’ve lost count of how many letters failed before this one finally made it out. There are barely any writing supplies in here, and when there are, they never last long. Even now, as I write this, I’m still being kept in quarantine. I don’t know for how much longer. Though honestly, I don’t expect anything from being moved to another block. To me, it’s all the same. The only thing I truly want, the only thing I keep hoping for, is FREEDOM. I want to go home. I want to eat my mother’s cooking again. I want to sit with my family. Continue reading “Open Letter from imprisoned anarchist Komar (Surabaya-Indonesia)” →