The anarchist K.K. was arrested on 7/11/2024 in Missolonghi and is now on remand in the prisons of Kassavetia, accused of placing an explosive device in an investigative van outside the A.T. police station in the town of Messolonghi on 11/10/2024.
Gathering – Solidarity demonstration : 01/12/2024, 12.00 – X. Trikoupi Square, Missolonghi
source + translated by Act for freedom now!
The anarchist comrade Marianna, just one day after her second consecutive surgery and while remaining hospitalized as a multiple trauma patient for 15 days at Evangelismos Hospital, was transferred to Korydallos on Friday morning.
The pressures from the scum of the anti-terrorism unit, who operate in perfect collaboration with the investigator handling the case, resulted in the comrade being discharged and taken to the women’s prisons of Korydallos, where there isn’t even a hospital and thus no possibility to provide her with the appropriate care for her injuries.
We make it clear in all directions, whatever happens to our comrade, it will have consequences and will not go unanswered.
We call for a solidarity gathering for our imprisoned comrades Marianna M. D.Z. and D., on Monday, November 18 at 18:30, at Korydallos Prison, with a pre-gathering at the Korydallos Town Hall.
SOLIDARITY WITH THE IMPRISONED COMRADES MARIANNA, DIMITRA, AND DIMITRIS
HANDS OFF THE INJURED ANARCHIST COMRADE MARIANNA
KYRIAKOS XYMITIRIS ONE OF US A COMRADE FOREVER ON THE STREETS OF FIRE
Assembly of Solidarity with Prisoners, Fugitives and Persecuted Fighters
Source: athens.indymedia
We know the comrades through their continuous and consistent participation and action in social struggles. We stand unconditionally next to them, as well as to their family, friendly and social environment. We will not tolerate any anti-terrorist operations on people close to them, such as those that this agency has got accustomed to doing for many years. Against the fear that the cops are trying to spread and the mud of the media, we all stand by them.
Thursday 7/11, 10am Evelpidon courts
SOLIDARITY TO THE ANARCHIST COMRADE DIMITRA Z.
SOLIDARITY TO THOSE DETAINED FOR THE CASE
HANDS OFF THE ANARCHIST COMRADE MARIANNA
HONOUR FOREVER TO THE DEAD ANARCHIST COMRADE KYRIAKOS
Solidarity assembly for imprisoned, fugitive and persecuted fighters.
Via & translated by Act for freedom now!
Saturday 2/11 solidarity gathering outside Evaggelismos hospital. About 100 comrades gather outside the hospital where the injured anarchist comrade Marianna M. is being held in a critical condition.
Sunday 3/11, 17:00 L. Strefi Exarxeia area. Continuation of the assembly in solidarity with the injured anarchist comrade Marianna M. and the arrested person, following an explosion on 31/10 in an apartment in the Ampelokipoi area of Athens. We don’t forget our anarchist comrade Kyriakos X., who died….
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1/11/ , We are calling for an emergency meeting in solidarity with the injured anarchist comrade Marianna M., after an explosion, yesterday 31/10, in an apartment in Ampelokipi area in Athens..
We know M. from her continuous and consistent participation and action in the social struggle. We stand unreservedly by her side, as well as with her family, friendship and comrade environment. We will not tolerate any anti-terrorist operation on people close to it, such as those that this agency has been accustomed to for many years.
Against the fear that the cops are trying to spread and the mud of the media, we all stand by the comrade.
Assembly: Strefi Hill, Saturday 2/11, 14:00 exareia Athens
Gathering: Evangelismos hospital, Saturday 2/11, 17:00
HONOUR FOREVER TO THE DEAD COMRADE
NO ONE – NOBODY ALONE IN THE HANDS OF THE STATE
Solidarity assembly for imprisoned, fugitives and persecuted fighters
updates will follow
Via & translated by Act for freedom now!
We are calling for an emergency meeting in solidarity with the injured anarchist comrade Marianna M., after an explosion, yesterday 31/10, in an apartment in Ampelokipi area in Athens..
We know M. from her continuous and consistent participation and action in the social struggle. We stand unreservedly by her side, as well as with her family, friendship and comrade environment. We will not tolerate any anti-terrorist operation on people close to it, such as those that this agency has been accustomed to for many years.
Against the fear that the cops are trying to spread and the mud of the media, we all stand by the comrade.
Assembly: Strefi Hill, Saturday 2/11, 14:00 Exarcheia Athens
Gathering: Evangelismos hospital, Saturday 2/11, 17:00
HONOUR FOREVER TO THE DEAD COMRADE
NO ONE – NOBODY ALONE IN THE HANDS OF THE STATE
Solidarity assembly for imprisoned, fugitives and persecuted fighters
updates will follow .
Via & translated by Act for freedom now!
Solidarity presence on the occasion of the appeal trial for Operation Diamante and presentation of the special issue of “Bezmotivny” (Genoa, Feb. 14, 2024) + Some considerations from the trial against Gianluca and Evelin
Solidarity presence at the appeal trial for Operation Diamante and presentation of the special issue of “Bezmotivny”
Genoa, Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Solidarity presence: 8:30 a.m., in front of the Genoa Court, Portoria Square.
On Feb. 14, the appeal hearing of the trial involving defendant anarchist comrade Gianluca, arrested in March 2022 and still under house arrest with all restrictions, will be held.
The first-instance trial had ended on July 5, 2023 with an acquittal for the comrade indicted in the same case and a sentence for Gianluca to four years and six months in prison (plus 15,000 euros fine) for “illegal possession of explosives” (Articles 1 and 2 of Law 895/67) and “attempted crime” (Article 56 c. p.).
Solidarity with the imprisoned and indicted comrades!
Debate: 5:30 p.m., at the documentation space ” Il Grimaldello,” Via della Maddalena 81/R.
Operation Scripta Manent (2016) and the subsequent trial (2017-’22) also involved 13 convictions for the publication of the latest edition of ” Croce Nera Anarchica ” and the management of some websites. Similarly, a number of subsequent operations involved revolutionary publications: operation Sibila (2021), aimed particularly against “Vetriolo,” and the more recent Scripta Scelera (2023), aimed at “dismantling” the fortnightly “Bezmotivny.” Beginning with the publication of the special issue of “Bezmotivny,” we discuss the reasons for these proceedings: the war policies of the Italian state, the warning it intends to give to the revolutionary movement, and the need for the state to strike at the theoretical-practical combination of anarchism.
To follow: aperitif benefit prisoners.
https://spazio-di-documentazione-il-grimaldello.noblogs.org/ – grimaldello@canaglie.org
PDF: Solidarity presence at the appeal trial for Operation Diamante and presentation of the special issue of “Bezmotivny” (in Italian)
Continue reading “Italy: Solidarity presence on the occasion of the appeal trial for Operation Diamante and presentation of the special issue of “Bezmotivny” (Genoa, Feb. 14, 2024) + Some considerations from the trial against Gianluca and Evelin”
We publish a series of updates translated from Spanish on the hearings that took place last week, beginning July 18, in the context of the trial of anarchists Francisco Solar and Mónica Caballero in Santiago, Chile. In particular, we publish those on the July 19-20 hearings and an informational update (in Spanish) on all the hearings from solidarity radio stations. Francisco and Mónica’s presence during the trial in the coming weeks will be via videoconference, while for the final phase, the closing arguments and the reading of the sentence, they will be back in court. During the July 18 hearing, prosecutor Álex Cortez said that for the prosecution he intends to impose a sentence of more than 150 years on Francisco and between 20 and 25 years on Mónica , while during the July 19 hearing Francisco reiterated his assumption of responsibility for all the actions, arguing their reasons and revolutionary significance. To supplement what has been published about the first day of the trial (updates, propaganda agitation activities and the live broadcast of the solidarity radio frequencies), we also include a brief and additional photographic account of the July 18 hearing.
To contextualize the trial and the actions for which the comrades stand accused today, we also invite you to read the following articles, updates, and statements: “Assuming responsibility” (Francisco Solar, December 2021), “Statement in view of the upcoming trial” (Mónica Caballero, Francisco Solar, April 2023), “Statement on the struggle of anarchist and subversive prisoners in Chilean jails” (Mónica Caballero, Francisco Solar, Joaquín García, Juan Aliste, Marcelo Villarroel, July 2023), “Declaration Facing the Beginning of the Trial” (Mónica Caballero, Francisco Solar, July 2023), “They are not the first, nor will they be the last. In view of the beginning of the trial against Mónica Caballero and Francisco Solar, accomplice words from the anarchist and subversive anti-authoritarian brotherhood in prison” (Joaquín García, Juan Aliste, Marcelo Villarroel, July 2023), and “Trial against Francisco Solar and Mónica Caballero for the actions of the Cómplices Sediciosos – Fracción por la Venganza and the Afinidades Armadas en Revuelta: Agitation and propaganda, live on solidarity radio frequencies, presence outside the court (July 18, 2023).”
Revolutionary solidarity with Francisco Solar and Mónica Caballero!
More pictures from the July 18 solidarity presence
Some of what happened today at the solidarity presence at the hearing for Mónica and Francisco [photographs are at the bottom of the article, ed.]
Let’s overflow in solidarity with comrades!
(Published in Spanish on the Coordinadora por la libertad de lxs prisionierxs politicxs 18 de Octubre facebook page)
The trial against Mónica Caballero and Francisco Solar has begun.
Around 08:30 this Tuesday morning [July 18, ed.], in Santiago’s Centro de Justicia, oral arguments began on the first day of the oral trial by which authorities intend to punish anarchist comrades Mónica Caballero and Francisco Solar for attacking the former minister of the first Piñera government (nefarious repressor Rodrigo Hinzpeter), the 54th police station, located in the northern zone, and the Tánica building in the rich quarter.
The day was held in the Rondizoni building, with the presence of Mónica, transferred from San Miguel prison, and Francisco, transferred from La Gonzalina prison in Rancagua.
At the beginning of the hearing, the defense of the comrades asked for the removal of the excessive and ridiculous security measures, which consisted of handcuffs on the wrists, chains on the feet and a yellow vest, a request that was withdrawn only for the latter, maintaining the remaining measures.
Nicolás Toro, Francisco Solar’s lawyer, during a special broadcast of free anarchist radio stations in support of Mónica and Francisco, said that the trial because of its magnitude could last until September and that as a defense they are trying “to see the different legal aspects that will allow us to have the lowest possible sentences in relation to this attack by the state, this revenge.” The lawyer also referred to the pressure exerted by the media: “Mega has already launched a totally biased service, where they try to criminalize the actions of our comrades. We are facing this situation permanently,” he explained. Continue reading “Chile: Trial against Francisco Solar and Mónica Caballero for the actions of the ‘Cómplices Sediciosos – Fracción por la Venganza’ and the ‘Afinidades Armadas en Revuelta’: updates on the July 18-20 hearings and continuation of the trial”
On July 5th, the court of Genoa will hold the hearing for the sentence in the trial against anarchists Gianluca and Evelin, who were arrested on March 16th, 2022, within the Diamante investigation and charged with fabrication and possession of explosive and explosive material. During the hearings on June 7th and 8th, the prosecutor requested a sentence of 9 years and 6 months (plus a fine of 30,000 euros) for Gianluca and 5 years and 6 months (plus 15,000 euros) for Evelin. We recall that Gianluca — who is also under investigation in the Sibilla proceeding against the anarchist paper ‘Vetriolo’ — is still under house arrest with all the restrictions for the Diamante trial (the comrades were transferred to house arrest after a period of imprisonment in Rome’s Rebibbia prison), while Evelin was released in April 2022 following the re-examination hearing on the precautionary measures.
Along with the poster for the solidarity presence of July 5th, we also enclose some texts (in Italian) concerning the investigation and trial: “Ci troverete al nostro posto, che al vostro non ci sappiamo stare. A proposito dell’inchiesta Diamante” (‘You will find us in our place, we don’t know how to be in yours. About the Diamante investigation’, May 2022) [PDF], “Breve resoconto dell’udienza preliminare del processo di Genova contro Gianluca ed Evelin” (‘Short account of the preliminary hearing of the Genoa trial against Gianluca and Evelin’, December 2022) [PDF] and “Aggiornamenti sul processo di Genova a Gianluca ed Evelin” (‘Update on the Genoa trial against Gianluca and Evelin’, April 2023) [PDF].
SOLIDARITY PRESENCE AT THE SENTENCING HEARING OF THE DIAMANTE TRIAL
On July 5th, the first-degree verdict of the ‘Diamante’ trial involving anarchist comrades Evelin and Gianluca as defendants will be handed down at the Genoa court. We will be there for a warm greeting to them and to renew our hatred against the State and the judiciary.
Revolutionary and complicit solidarity with Gianluca and Evelin. For anarchy!
WEDNESDAY, JULY 5th, 2023, 9 A.M., IN FRONT OF THE COURT OF GENOA.
Source: La Nemesi
Via & translated to English by Act for freedom now!
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Update on the review hearing for re-examination of the precautionary measures in operation Sibilla and statements of some of the comrades under investigation (Perugia, 14th March 2023)
The hearing for re-examination of the precautionary measures for anarchists in operation Sibilla of 11th November 2021 took place on March 14th in the bunker courtroom inside the prison of Capanne in Perugia. It concerned the comrades for whom measures were ordered on charges of incitement to commit a crime (414 criminal code), aggravated by the aim of terrorism, in connection with the drafting, publication and distribution of the first six issues of the anarchist newspaper “Vetriolo” and other articles and interventions.
Among the comrades under investigation are Alfredo Cospito, on hunger strike for over 140 days, and Gianluca, currently under house arrest for a year now for the investigation Diamante.
This second re-examination resulted from the Court of Cassation’s ruling last June granting the prosecutor Manuela Comodi’s request, annulling the previous order of the review court which had revoked the precautionary measures in December 2021.
Alfredo Cospito participated in the hearing by video link from the Milan prison of Opera and three comrades under investigation were present in the courtroom in the Peurugia prison of Capanne. The hearing took place behind closed doors, while there were around 40 comrades in solidarity outside. The three comrades under investigation who attended the hearing in the bunker courtroom spoke (two of them with written statements) and each greeted Alfredo warmly. Alfredo made a long statement, in which he was very lucid and was loaded with his usual sarcasm (‘I prefer comedy to melodrama’).’I want to start with the words of my instigator,’ he began, quoting a stance of the current minister of justice Nordio going back to 2019 concerning 41 bis. The comrade then reiterated the meaning and perspective of the hunger strike against the detention regime, which he called a ‘medieval muzzle’ and a ‘metastasis that will spread to political dissent’. Alfredo said he does not accept this non-life and will go on until the end. “For anarchists, who have no organisation, the given word is everything.” That is why he will keep his word, going on to the bitter end. “I will leave with dignity. I hope that those who love me understand that.” The comrade wished to point out that, in the situation in which he is imprisoned, “the only remnants of light I see are the acts of my anarchist brothers and sisters around the world”, “Thank you anarchists. I love you”. Finally, he concluded: “Abolition of the 41 bis regime. Abolition of life imprisonment without parole. Solidarity with all anarchist, communist and revolutionary prisoners in the world”.
Unfortunately, due to the peculiarities of 41 bis, designed specifically to gag prisoners, Alfredo’s full statement is not currently available. We will release it as soon as possible.
After a ridiculous intervention by prosecutor Manuela Comodi who swore that the ‘Perugia public prosecutor’s office is totally uninvolved in the 41 bis measure’, in open contradiction with the words of her boss Cantone (also present in court today), the hearing was closed and the court reserved its decision on the precautionary measures against the investigated comrades.
The decision to move the venue of the hearing to the bunker courtroom of Capanne prison was an obvious attempt to remove the initiative in solidarity with Alfredo away from the city centre. This aim was not achieved because after the hearing the solidarity presence reconvened at the canteen of the University of Perugia, where a banner was unfurled, leaflets were distributed and megaphone interventions were held for over an hour.
Awaiting the release of Alfredo Cospito’s text, we attach below the statements of two comrades under investigation.
Continue reading “Perugia, Italy: Update on the review hearing for re-examination of the precautionary measures in ”operation Sibilla” and statements of some of the comrades under investigation”
“In the framework of the international call to the Italian embassies. We join and self-convene from Montevideo-Uruguay to express our solidarity with the anarchist comrade Alfredo Cospito, who is currently fighting incessantly against the 41 bis isolation regime that tries to annihilate him, without succeeding. We encourage any action that springs from creativity, rage and love.
Solidarity is not just a written word!
Alfredo Cospito out of 41bis!
No one is left behind!
Long live anarchy!”
Continue reading “Montevideo, Uruguay: Rally at the Italian embassy in solidarity with Alfredo”