persbericht NO Border support d.d. 17 sept
il-legalteam - 20.09.2002 15:28
Naar aanleinding van een rechtszitting afgelopen dinsdag 17 sept. nieuw persbericht met stand van zaken rondom Ahmed, No Border-participant die NOG STEEDS vast zit (in Engels)
Last pressrelease after courthearing on 17th regarding Ahmed, "No-border"-prisoner in France
Press Release from the Collective to Support Ahmed
Ahmed Meguini, who has been incarcerated in the Elsau Jail in
Strasbourg since July 26 2002, had a hearing on Tuesday, September 17, in front
of the Appeals Court in Colmar, for his third request for release from
pretrial detention, which was rejected once again, even though he
presented every possible guarantee that he would appear for trial
(proof of residence, proof of work, pledges from friends and family...).
Eleven of his friends who had come to support him were welcomed by an
inordinate police presence around the courthouse (fifteen police vans)
and were obliged to leave identity cards at the entrance. Even Ahmed's
mother herself was subjected to this control.
Ahmed exemplifies the repressive judiciary persecution that has been
targeting the participants of the No Border camp. The attorney general
began his argument by calling the participants and "organized group"
aimed at "urban guerrilla warfare"! He denounced the actions of which Ahmed
is accused, as being extremely serious; however, Ahmed has always denied
these accusations.
The judicial authorities do wish to see Ahmed arrive in handcuffs at
his sentencing appeal, on October 8 at 8 a.m., at the Colmar appeals court;
the prosecutor himself had made this sentencing appeal, as he felt that
Ahmed's sentence was not stiff enough, despite the fact that Ahmed was
condemned in the face of numerous prosecutorial inconsistencies and
procedural errors.
We denounce the juducial persecution that Ahmed has been subjected to
since his arrest and we demand his release. We demand an immediate
halt to all prosecutions against people from the Strasbourg Collective to
Support Ahmed since the occupation of hte Ministry of Justice district
office in Strasbourg. We demand an immediate halt to all prosecutions
engaged against participants of the NO BORDER camp.
We will not be terrorized.
Collective to Support Ahmed.
 Website: http://noborder.org
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