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Thessaloniki 7 supporters at bush demo

Thess 7 supporter | 21.11.2003 01:26 | Bush 2003 | Repression | London

During the Thursday Stop Bush Demo, I spotted a black and white banner in support of the Thessaloniki 7.

This demo was like a fair, where you meet everybody. I bumped into the people who did the slideshow about the Thessaloniki 7 (it's here:  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/11/280501.html). I'd wondered who did it and found out that it was a small local support group with some participants from Greece.
They had fairly good news. They said that Simon and Castro are holding their grounds (after 62 / 45 days of hungerstrike!). And a politician (didn't get his/her title) starts to show interest. And the Supreme Court prosecutor ordered an investigation into Simon's claims.

Let's continue to flood the embassy with letters, phonecalls, faxes, protests - they will pass it on to the Greek government. Public opinion abroad is important to the Greek government. It won't look good if innocent protesters die in a Greek prison during the run-up to the 2004 Olympics in Athens!

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new flyer and action plan

21.11.2003 03:47

 http://www.freesimonchapman.org/flyers/flyer11-19.html

from the flyer:

At this critical stage, the Thessaloniki Prisoners Support Group in London have announced that if any of the hungerstrikers fall into a coma or dies, there will be an immediate demo that day at 4pm outside the Greek Tourist Board, in Conduit Street, W1 (off Regent St). Please visit www.freesimonchapman.org for latest information and to sign up for alerts. SOLIDARITY IS OUR WEAPON - THE TRUTH IS OUR DEFENSE!

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- Homepage: http://www.freesimonchapman.org/flyers/flyer11-19.html

Dont expect too many

21.11.2003 18:42

Whilst its obviously good to do something on the day someone dies remember that by 4pm most people won't have even heard the news, let alone organise themselves to get off work etc. So you might get a small turnout even though many, many people feel strongly about this and obviously support the campaign.

Might be good to do something the day after and/or the first Sat after too. Its a very, very important campaign and we need to organise intelligently so as to include as many of the suppporters of this.

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