A few weeks ago, a protest camp at the gates of Malaga detention center was evicted by the police, 2 protestors were arrested, one of them received an expulsion order to leave the country. Spanish and International support helped to avoid his immediate expulsion. But now, Nico’s situation in Malaga is still pending. He is presently not being expelled, but has to show up at the police station every two weeks, until his appeal against his expulsion will be considered in court. The police lost his appeal, and the whole process will drag on.
A law court of the police accusing Nico and Kepa of resisting the authority is in the process. Nico and Kepa, in turn, have filed a law court against the police. Although the immediate threat of Nicos expulsion has been delayed, the people in Malaga still rely very much on our support, politically and financially. They have to pay the lawyer who is taking care of these judical procedures. The costs of the campaign are overwhelming them.

Here is what the people in Malaga say:

After the events in Malaga during the last weeks (i.e. camp against the
deportation of the detained immigrants in Almeria, eviction of the camp and
police charge, the arrest of two comrades and the deportation order against
one of them), the latest news are not really surprising.

Today, Friday 22nd of February 2002, Nicholas went to the “Brigada de
Extranjería” (Foreign Affairs Department) of the Central Police Station of
Malaga, obeying a notification of appointment he was sent some days earlier. He was going to be notified about the outcome of his deportation
order.

First, the police officers hand the comrade and his lawyer the notification
of the order to leave the country, and to stay out for three years.

Seeing this, the lawyer confronts the police officers, asserting that they
(the Police) had received the documents appealing the expulsion in due time,
two days after receiving the initial order of expulsion, and that those
documents were presented and registered at the police station. The police
officers, with a surprised attitude, stated that they did not know about the
existence of these allegations.
After a small argument among them, the police took “from their hands” the
deportation order and told them that the file was going to be taken back in
order to study the allegations in detail and carry out its resolution later
on.

As measures of caution, the comrade needs to show up on the 1st and 15th day of
every month at the police station until further notice.

The events that happened since the beginning of the process show us a clear
abuse of authority on the part of the political, police (et al) machinery.
We cannot but put these events into the context of criminalisation and cut
of fundamental rights and freedoms which have come upon us in recent times,
after the events of Genoa, of 11th of September, and the present Spanish
presidency of the UE. It's getting more and more clear that the maximum of
security for citizens is becoming the excuse that the powers to be use to
disturb, criminalize and wear away the energies of social movements.

Thus, from diverse groups from Malaga, we are requesting your support,
active solidarity and cooperation to confront this barbarism that is nothing
but one more example of the consequences of the present moment in time. In
the face of this, more than ever, and expecting other possible consequences
in the short or in the long term, we need to strengthen our networks of
communication, co-operation and solidarity.

HOW TO COOPERATE WITH THIS CAMPAIGN? -

1.-Economic support: the expenses in lawyers and communications (faxes,
photocopies, telephone, etc) are overwhelming for us. For that reason we are
asking for the support of all organizations, groups, people with access to
any kind of resources.

Bank Account no.:2100 2388 50010019 4450

Bank Name: CAJA DE AHORROS Y PENSIONES DE BARCELONA

Address: C/Mendez Nuñez 4

Account Holder: CAROLINA RODRIGUEZ RAMOS

EUROCÓDIGO PARA TRANSFERENCIAS
(code for transfers of money within Europe:)
caixerbb661+ account no.


2. - Lobbying support: We need all kinds of organisations (political
parties, unions, NGOs, social collectives, etc.) to assert publicly their
opposition to criminalisation of social movements and, specifically, to the
deportation of the comrade Nicolás Sguiglia, by letters, press conferences,
press releases, activities of support and massive faxing to the following
addresses:

- Sub delegate of the Central Government in Málaga
952213689 y 952227625

- Town party group of PP (Popular Party, the party in power in the Spanish
Government) in Málaga
952135443

- Agencia EFE (news agency)
952289898

- Grupo PRESS (media group)
952608497

- Canal Sur (Andalusian TV channel)
951039113

- La Opinión de Málaga (local newspaper)
952126555

- El Mundo (national newspaper)
913048766


- Cadena Ser (national radio broadcaster)
952307812

- El País (national newspaper)
952362177



- contact telephone nos.: pili (00-34-626-317001) , sole (00-34-626-768087).