Eco-activisten veroordeeld tot 9 en 12 jaar cel
whoever - 27.05.2007 00:27
De eerste drie eco-activisten binnen de operatie Green Scare werden veroordeeld tot respectievelijk 12, 12 en 9 jaar cel.
De activisten werden veroordeeld onder de terrorisme-wetten. Wat er ondermeer op neer komt dat hun civiele vrijheden tijdens het gevangenschap extra streng beknot zullen worden.
Meer informatie op de website van De Standaard: http://www.standaard.be/Artikel/Detail.aspx?artikelId=DMF26052007_030
en op Indymedia Portland: http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2007/05/360026.shtml
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2007/05/360012.shtml
Een overzicht vind je hier: http://portland.indymedia.org/en/topic/greenscare/
Er is een nationale oproep in de VS om de rechtzaken van nog vier andere activisten te komen ondersteunen ter plekke. Hun rechtzaken gaan door op:
June 1, 9AM: Nathan Block & Joyanna Zacher
June 4, 9AM: Daniel McGowan
June 5, 9AM: Jonathan Paul
Laten we een kaarsje branden, of er in solidariteit met onze gedachten bij zijn op die momenten!
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2007/05/359947.shtml
Friends,
This past week, three people indicted along with Daniel have been sentenced. There has been a plethora of media coverage.
Below are some links to these articles as well as well written opinion pieces.
Many have written asking us what they can do in light of these decisions and we have asked that people engage their community and write letters and opinion pieces to the media. We have provided more information on this below.
Thank you everyone for checking in and seeing how we are doing. Daniel will be sentenced on June 4th. More on that coming soon.
Family and Friends of Daniel McGowan
Weigh in on the Register Guard blog entry entitled "Eco-sabotage: Terrorism or activism"
http://www.registerguard.com/blogs/index.php/talk/comments/eco_sabotage_terrorism_or_activism/
U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken has begun sentencing 10 environmental activists involved in arsons and other acts of sabotage that spanned several years. Operation Backfire is the largest ever prosecution of radical underground environmental activists in the U.S. So far, federal prosecutors have successfully argued that the “terrorism” label should apply to at least some of the actions.
Do you agree? Is this terrorism? Activism run amok? Vandalism? What is an appropriate punishment for those involved?
Recent sentencing articles:
Chelsea Gerlach's sentencing
Earth Liberation Front arsonist sentenced to nine years
By Jeff Barnard, The Associated Press, 5/25/2007
Kevin Tubbs' sentencing:
Second arsonist labeled `terrorist', By Bill Bishop, The Register-Guard,5/25/07
Stanislas Meyerhoff's sentencing
Arson attacks ruled terrorism, By Bill Bishop, The Register-Guard, 5/24/07
Opinion pieces
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-paul24may24,1,6114701.story?track=rss
My brother, the 'terrorist': The government is distorting the word to get more notches in its gun. By Caroline Paul, Los Angeles Times, May 24, 2007
http://www.oregonlive.com/commentary/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/1179960926146910.xml&coll=7
For justice, the label must befit the crime, by Bron Taylor, The Oregonian,Thursday, May 24, 2007
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