[Italy-editorial] [Fwd: [repression] Maarten's situation in Gbg]

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Altri dettagli su goteborg. Scusate se e' in inglese, ma non 
posso davvero tradurre ora.
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Oggetto: [repression] Maarten's situation in Gbg
Data: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 17:09:19 +0300
Da: XXXXX
Rispondi-A: antirepressionnetwork at lists.riseup.net

This is the latest (3.9.) update of Maarten's case. In the 
end of the
message there's also an address to which you can send him 
support letters.

If Maarten is found guilty and convicted (prison, in the 
worst case) it will
affect the atmosphere of following trials. As far as I know, 
two weeks later
there will be a trial against ex-police chief Håkan Jaldung, 
who was
responsible of surrounding of Hvitfeldska school (demonstrators'
accommodation space) a day before the demos.

Two Finnish men are also charged for trying to break out 
from the surrounded
school - "violent rioting". These men only participated in 
the non-violent
break-out attempt by white overalls. Charges were 
temporarily postponed
until Case Jaldung is clear and over.

If Maarten is found guilty in violence against policeman and 
if Jaldung is
released, our situation here in Finland doesn't look too 
promising either.
So, pressure to Sweden as much as possible! These trials, as 
well as other
Gbg2001-cases - are not dealed with on juridical, but 
political basis.  No
more political prisoners in Gothenburg.

Yours,
XXX

Today (3-9-2004) Maarten had a hearing about his Häkte (remand)
imprisonment, untill the date of his trial.

His lawyer argued that as Maarten had been able to move 
freely for the last
3 years in Holland, and he had a place to stay in 
Gothenburg, there wasn't a
good reason  for not releasing him, untill the 23rd of 
September. He also
stated that there was no chance Maarten would flee, as he 
had reported
himself to the Amsterdam Courthouse just several days before.

The prosecutor said that as in Holland there had been 
actions for and by
Maarten not to be extradited, which he held against him. He 
was also rather
angry about the video shown, as evidence by the defence, 
which he saw
yesterday for the first time. He confirms that it is Maarten 
standing
casually on the containers, on the tape, while not hitting a 
police-officer.
But he concluded that this must have happend at a later 
stage. This is in
fact impossible as this was the last moment when people 
climbed the
containers, and Maarten was arrested directly after he was 
pushed off.
Something which is confirmed by witnesses, but was not of 
much interest to
the prosecutor.  The case-report was gone through step by 
step, as the
prosecution cliamed that contradictory statements by 
officers were not off
much importance as police can also not recall all details 
all the time. That
is not say the police witnesses cannot be trusted on other 
accounts.

The hearing lasted  about 2 hours after which the judge took 
at least 15
minutes bihind closed doors, to decide. Eventually Maarten 
was sent back to
remand prison, because he wasn't sure Maarten woouldn't 
attempt to flee.
Maarten will be therefore be in the Gothenburg remand-prison 
untill his
trial comes up. An institute which  has been critisized by 
Amnesty
International for years now.

You can still write to Maarten at the following address:

Maarten Blok
Häktet
Box 216
40123 Göteborg
Sweden





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