english
nederlands
Indymedia NL
Independent Media Centre of the Netherlands
Indymedia NL is an independent free communication organisation. Indymedia offers an alternative approach to the news by using an open publishing method for text, images, video and audio.
> contact > search > archive > help > join > publish news > open newswire > disclaimer > chat
Search

 
All Words
Any Word
Contains Media:
Only images
Only video
Only audio

Dossiers
Agenda
CHAT!
LINKS

European NewsReal

MDI's complaint against Indymedia.nl
Courtcase Deutsche Bahn vs. Indymedia.nl
Topics
anti-fascisme / racisme
europa
feminisme
gentechnologie
globalisering
kunst, cultuur en muziek
media
militarisme
natuur, dier en mens
oranje
vrijheid, repressie & mensenrechten
wereldcrisis
wonen/kraken
zonder rubriek
Events
G8
Oaxaca
Schinveld
Schoonmakers-Campagne
Help
Tips for newbies
A short intro into Indymedia NL
The policy of Indymedia NL
How to join?
Donate
Support Indymedia NL with donations!
Lawsuits cost a lot of money, we appreciate every (euro)cent you can spare!

You can also direct your donation to Dutch bank account 94.32.153 on behalf of Stichting Vrienden van Indymedia, Amsterdam (IBAN: NL41 PSTB 0009 4321 53)
Indymedia Network

www.indymedia.org

Projects
print
radio
satellite tv
video

Africa
ambazonia
canarias
estrecho / madiaq
kenya
nigeria
south africa

Canada
hamilton
london, ontario
maritimes
montreal
ontario
ottawa
quebec
thunder bay
vancouver
victoria
windsor
winnipeg

East Asia
burma
jakarta
japan
manila
qc

Europe
alacant
andorra
antwerpen
armenia
athens
austria
barcelona
belarus
belgium
belgrade
bristol
bulgaria
croatia
cyprus
estrecho / madiaq
euskal herria
galiza
germany
grenoble
hungary
ireland
istanbul
italy
la plana
liege
lille
madrid
malta
marseille
nantes
netherlands
nice
norway
oost-vlaanderen
paris/île-de-france
poland
portugal
romania
russia
scotland
sverige
switzerland
thessaloniki
toulouse
ukraine
united kingdom
valencia
west vlaanderen

Latin America
argentina
bolivia
brasil
chiapas
chile
chile sur
colombia
ecuador
mexico
peru
puerto rico
qollasuyu
rosario
santiago
tijuana
uruguay
valparaiso

Oceania
adelaide
aotearoa
brisbane
burma
darwin
jakarta
manila
melbourne
oceania
perth
qc
sydney

South Asia
india
mumbai

United States
arizona
arkansas
atlanta
austin
baltimore
big muddy
binghamton
boston
buffalo
charlottesville
chicago
cleveland
colorado
columbus
danbury, ct
dc
hampton roads, va
hawaii
houston
hudson mohawk
idaho
ithaca
kansas city
la
madison
maine
miami
michigan
milwaukee
minneapolis/st. paul
new hampshire
new jersey
new mexico
new orleans
north carolina
north texas
nyc
oklahoma
omaha
philadelphia
pittsburgh
portland
richmond
rochester
rogue valley
saint louis
san diego
san francisco
san francisco bay area
santa barbara
santa cruz, ca
seattle
tallahassee-red hills
tampa bay
tennessee
united states
urbana-champaign
utah
vermont
western mass
worcester

West Asia
armenia
beirut
israel
palestine

Topics
biotech

Process
discussion
fbi/legal updates
indymedia faq
mailing lists
process & imc docs
tech
volunteer
Credits
This site is produced by volunteers using free software where possible.

The system we use is available from:mir.indymedia.de
an alternative is available from: active.org.au/doc

Thanks to indymedia.de and mir-coders for creating and sharing mir!

Contact:
info @ indymedia.nl
Solidariteit met Amadeu Casellas
nn - 05.06.2009 02:14

Vanmiddag solidariteits picket-line voor anarchistische gevangene Amadeu Casellas.
Spaanse ambassade, 14:30 Lange Voorhout 50, Den Haag.



Solidariteit met Amadeu Casellas

Amadeu Casellas zit al ruim 23 jaar opgesloten in een Spaanse gevangenis. Hij was veroordeeld tot 20 jaar. Hij zit vast voor verschillende bankovervallen gepleegd eind jaren 70, voor de Spaanse anarchistische beweging. Ook voert hij sinds het begin actief strijd tegen de isolatie-folter binnen de gevangenissen en voor de vrijheid van alle gevangenen.

Hij heeft zijn straf al uitgezeten maar wordt nog steeds vastgehouden. De Spaanse autoriteiten beloofde hem vrijheid nadat hij vorig jaar 76 dagen in hongerstaking ging, maar dit was een leugen. Amadeu Casellas zit nog steeds vast. Sinds mei is hij weer in hongerstaking en hij heeft bekend gemaakt in hongerstaking te blijven tot hij vrij is.

Amadeu vocht na het Franco regime door tegen onrecht maar wordt tegenwoordig door dezelfde fascistische methodes onderdrukt. Anno 2009 staan de Spaanse gevangenissen nog steeds bekend om hun martelpraktijken.

In tijden van economische crisis en toenemende overheids controle, waarbij de banken ons dagelijks beroven en de authoriteiten ons steeds meer vrijheden ontnemen, hebben we meer te vrezen van de banken dan van bankrovers.

We steunen Amadeu als persoon, die niet achter tralies wil leven en als politiek activist die geen wetten respecteert die de belangen verdedigen van de economische en politieke elite in plaats van onze belangen.

Solidariteit met Amadeu!
Vrijheid voor alle gevangenen!



Emergency Solidarity with Amadeu Casellas
*Latest communique from the solidarity group
*Upcoming call-in days and protest day
*Addresses and sample letters for the call-in days

Amadeu Casellas is an anarchist prisoner who has been locked up for 23 years for bank expropriations. He has also been very active in the struggles inside the prison. He has served out the sentence given to him by the courts but remains locked up. Last year he went on hungerstrike for 76 days demanding his release. The prison authorities promised to start him on a release program as soon as he recovered his health, and once again they have lied. Amadeu went back on hungerstrike in May to win his freedom, as solidarity actions continue in the streets....


AMADEU CASELLAS ABANDONS THE WATER FAST, FOR HEALTH REASONS, BUT CONTINUES WITH THE HUNGERSTRIKE. THE RETALIATIONS CONTINUE.

We're waiting to receive a communique from Amadeu explaining the latest events, but at the moment we can explain what we have been able to find out after his lawyers' visit today, 3 June 2009.

In the first place his health is deteriorating at an alarming rate. The three days of water fast worsened his already grave situation. After today's medical examination the doctor advised him of the seriousness of his situation and the danger he ran of suffering serious dehydration if he continued to not drink water. For this reason he ended the water fast, although he goes forward with the hungerstrike, and his condition is getting worse.

Saturday 30 May, he was visited in the infirmary, where he has been for the last days, by the director of Brians 2 (the prison), Pedro Dominguez, advising him that he was going to take disciplinary measures against him. Amadeu, who had already complained of the retaliations in a letter to the courts, received a reply on Monday instituting all the retaliatory measures taken against him by the prison staff: prohibition from communicating with all authorized people except for family members, and control of all ingoing and outgoing mail. On top of this they added a search which left his cell destroyed and resulted in the seizing of documentation and personal effects, which were returned the following day.

The decisions coming directly from the prison adminstration are justified on the basis of a supposed “risk to the personnel and the institution” given that they have established a direct connection between communiques from Amadeu published on the web and some “violent actions against property and people” “by antisistema groups” (antisistema is the term created by the press to describe anarchists, squatters, radicals, and other undesirables in Spain). Concretely they are referring to an attack against CIRE (a prison labor company) on 27/05/09 and a protest on 30/05/09, both in Barcelona. Additionally they explain that the latest communiques from Amadeu denounced certain people belonging to the prison institution, taking it for granted that simply denouncing characters such as Montserrat Tura or Albert Batlle is a matter of guilt.

We think that these are nothing more than retaliations for maintaining an attitude of constant struggle and denouncing the deaths, injustices, and dirty tricks carried out inside the Catalan prisons. We believe that Amadeu bears no responsibility for the actions that people in solidarity carry out anonymously. The attempt to repress the solidarity by cutting off its communication with him will not be effective, the struggle in the streets will not stop because it doesn't depend on him, it grows spontaneously and horizontally, and will continue as long as one single prisoner remains locked up.

As you see the situation is quite tense not only due to Amadeu's precarious health but also due to the repressive attitude of the prison, from the director down to the prison guards and the situation itself, all contributing to a climate of tension. The lawyers have also told us that they are being controlled more severely than normal in their work to support Amadeu.

We are aware that in these last weeks there has been a certain confusion and lack of communication on the part of the distinct groups supporting Amadeu. To start with the restrictions on Amadeu's communication—currently even greater than before—makes it difficult for us to get his opinion on matters in a direct and immediate way. Secondly the isolation to which he is subjected obstructs him from getting a clear view of the situation on the outside. And finally, we believe that the different visions that each group has for realizing our support are also a cause of this strange situation, for which we want to apologize. In any case we will continue, readier than ever, which is just what the situation requires.

We request the greatest level of solidarity, and urgently, in the multiple forms that you all believe to be opportune, until Amadeu is free.

www.llibertatamadeu.blogspot.com

The next proposed actions are as follows:

Massive sending of faxes and telephone calls on Friday the 5th, Monday the 8th, and Wednesday the 10th.

Antirepression protest in Barcelona 27 June 2009, beginning in Forat de la Vergonya.

Manifestación antirrepresiva 27 de junio de 2009 en Barcelona, Forat de la
vergonya.

Bank account number for economic solidarity: 2013 0018 51 0201856163



LLIBERTAT AMADEU CASELLAS, Y DEMÁS PRESXS EN LUCHA

POR LA DESTRUCCIÓN DEL SISTEMA CARCELARIO

POR LA ANARQUÍA*

FREEDOM FOR AMADEU CASELLAS AND ALL OTHER PRISONERS IN STRUGGLE
FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF THE PRISON SYSTEM
FOR ANARCHY!


Addresses:

(General Directorate of Penitentiary Services)
Dirección General de Serveis Penitenciaris
C/ Aragó, 332
08009 Barcelona
Tlf. 93.214 0100
Fax. 93 214 0179

(Amadeu's Prison, Brians 2)
A la atención del Director de Brians-2, Pedro Dominguez
A la atención de la Junta de Tratamiento del MR 4
C.P. Brians 2
Carretera de Martorell a Capellades, km 23
08635 Sant Esteve Sesrovires

Tlf. 93 693 50 00
Fax. 93 693 5013

(court in charge of appeals and other decisions regarding his imprisonment)
A la atención de Remei Bona
Jutjat de Vigilància Penitenciària núm. 4 de Catalunya
Via Laietana, 4
08003 Barcelona

Teléfono.- 93 567 4494
Fax. 93 567 4504

(An official institution that can play a mediation role)
Sindic de Greuges
Passeig de Lluís Companys 7
08003 Barcelona
Tlf: 900 124 124
Fax: 933 013 187
E-mail  sindic@sindic.cat

Departament de Justícia:
 justicia@gencat.cat


(A proposed letter or fax, this can be copied in full, just put your name at the bottom)


*A la atención del Director de la Dirección General de Serveis
Penitenciaris, Albert Batlle
A la atención del Director de Brians-2, Pedro Dominguez
A la atención de la Junta de Tratamiento del MR 4*


Quisiéramos llamar su atención sobre la situación del preso Amadeu Casellas
Ramón, que como muy bien saben, ha iniciado una nueva huelga de hambre el
día 25 de Mayo, en la prisión de Brians 2.

No creemos necesario explicarles los detalles por los que ha tomado dicha
decisión, ustedes los conocen bien, pero sí que quisiéramos recordarles que
ustedes habían llegado a unos compromisos a los que han faltado en su
cumplimiento desde un inicio. Pero, parece que eso no les ha bastado y ahora
le han cancelado también todas las comunicaciones y contactos con el
exterior, llevándole a una situación difícil y de extrema gravedad. Ustedes
abusan de la ley, y le hacen responsable de situaciones en las que Amadeu ni
tan siquiera ha podido participar. Aquí ya no se trata de la presunción de
inocencia, sino del uso arbitrario del castigo y de la imposición del abuso
como método.

De nuevo, entre todas las opciones posibles, optan por la que más perjudica
a Amadeu y le condenan por algo en lo que ni tan siquiera ha participado y
no le dejan otra posibilidad que la de tomar acciones cada vez más
drásticas.

Por todo ello, quisiéramos recordarles que ustedes, los responsables de la
Dirección General de Serveis Penitenciaris, los responsables de dirección de
la prisión de Brians 2 y el equipo de tratamiento del MR 4, son responsables
directos de las consecuencias que pudieran derivar hacia la salud y la vida
del propio Amadeu y además, ustedes sí que son los instigadores de que
Amadeu opte por opciones tan drásticas.

Desde este escrito, quisiéramos recordarles una vez más, que si no
reconsideraran su decisión, no sólo se están cometiendo un abuso arbitrario
de poder, sino que además están poniendo en grave peligro la vida de Amadeu
Casellas y llevando todo ese dolor hacia sus familiares amigas y amigos.

Amadeu debería de estar en la calle, y ustedes lo saben. Si no optan por la
vía de su puesta en libertad, estarán optando por su muerte o por un
desenlace indeseado, que de producirse, éstos no serán silenciados y tendrá
nombres concretos en dicha asesina complicidad.

Sin otro particular.



-------------- ----------------- ---------------------


*A la atención de la Jueza del Juzgado de Vigilancia Penitenciaria nº 4,
Remei Bona.
A la atención del Sindic de Greuges*


Por el presente escrito, quisiéramos hacerle llegar nuestra preocupación por
la situación del preso Amadeu Casellas Ramón en la prisión de Brians 2, que
el día 25 de Mayo ha reiniciado una nueva huelga de hambre.


Creemos que se está cometiendo un deliberado y continuado abuso de poder
contra el Sr. Casellas. Amadeu mantiene la huelga de hambre porque le han
negado derechos tan básicos como el de las comunicaciones orales y escritas,
y los motivos que esgrime la prisión, son sucesos ocurridos en la calle,
cuando el Sr. Amadeu ni tan siquiera ha tenido la oportunidad de salir de
permiso, y por tanto no ha podido participar de esos sucesos de los que le
hacen responsable.

Por todo ello, le instamos a que proceda en consecuencia con dicha
situación, y normalice las comunicaciones orales y escritas de Amadeu.


Sin otro particular, y a la espera de su urgente actuación, atentamente.








 

Read more about: vrijheid, repressie & mensenrechten

supplements
The press called him the 'Spanish Robin Hood' 
nn - 05.06.2009 02:57

more info:
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeu_Casellas
solidariteits actie 
nn - 07.06.2009 01:25

flyeren in de zon met spandoek.
flyeren in de zon met spandoek.

toespraak met publiek.
toespraak met publiek.

Door ongeveer 15 mensen zijn vrijdagmiddag flyers verspreid in de omgeving van de Spaanse ambassade. In solidariteit met de anarchistische gevangene Amadeu Casellas.

veel zon, veel politie, geen problemen en veel positieve reacties.
supplements
> indymedia.nl > search > archive > help > join > publish news > open newswire > disclaimer > chat
DISCLAIMER: Indymedia NL uses the 'open posting' principle to promote freedom of speech. The news (text, images, audio and video) posted in the open newswire of Indymedia NL remains the property of the author who posted it. The views in these postings do not necesseraly reflect the views of the editorial team of Indymedia NL. Furthermore, it is not always possible to guarantee the accuracy of the postings.