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repression in austria
from indymedia.org:
At around 7:00 am on May 21, 2008, members of the Austrian elite police force (WEGA)
stormed several apartments across the country. Some of the residents were woken up
in their beds at gunpoint. A total of twentythree (23) apartments, houses and offices
were searches in Vienna, Lower Austria, Styria and Tirol. In many of the apartments
the WEGA kicked in the doors. The officers stormed the apartments like in bad
Hollywood movies. Only after the residents had been intimidated, ”secured” on the
wall and/or put in handcuffs did the police start the searches.
All the arrestees are active in the animal rights movement in Austria.
The offices of at least 4 animal rights group were search by police.
The 10 people, a few of which are currently on hunger strike, are
still in custody. On a bail hearing on June 6th, the judge decided to
keep them in jail for at least 4 weeks further.
There have been solidarity demonstrations in Austria and around
the world to demand the immediate release of the activists and
for the authorities to drop the charges.
palestine solidarity co-founder still in israeli detention
After being arrested from his home in the middle of the night by Israeli forces on April 11th, Mousa Abu Maria, co-founder of the Palestine Solidarity Project remains in administrative detention, being held without charge or trial. PSP is a peace and justice organization that advocates and agitates for popular unarmed resistance to the occupation, and works on projects to increase Palestinian self-sufficiency.
If you’re in the cities, you may have seen Bekah Wolf, another PSP member speak at Macalester. Mousa is Bekah’s longtime partner and friend. She appears in the video below posted on the PSP site which gets a little schmultzy and sentimental, but is still worth watching.
Two ways to help:
1. By contacting your governmental representatives to demand that they inquire into Mousa’s unjust detention with the Israeli foreign ministry in their respective country.
2. By holding a fundraiser, benefit, or personally donating to PSP and to Mousa’s legal fund via the website:
http://palestinesolidarityproject.org/donate/
or by writing a check made out to PSP-NY and mailing it to:
PSP-NYC
P.O. Box 721234
Jackson Heights, NY 11372
