Thessaloniki Update - Sunday 23rd Nov
s | 23.11.2003 17:03 | Thessaloniki EU | London | World
Today, the independent medical team treating the 5 hunger strikers arrived at the prison to see Simon and Kasro, but were denied access to their patients.
12 days ago, the lawyers of the 5 hunger strikers made an emergency application to the Thessaloniki court to release them on humanitarian grounds, as due to the hunger strike, neither the prison authorities nor the hospital could any longer guarantee responsibility for their health.
The courts have up to a month to make this decision, but due to their critical state of health the Greek Justice and Foreign ministers have demanded that the decision be made quickly; while the Greek Attorney General has taken the unprecedented step of demanding an immediate enquiry into allegations that Simon Chapman was framed by police, following the release of video and photographic evidence showing the police planting bags of molotov cocktails on him, to the Greek media.
Despite the pressure on the Thessaloniki courts, they have not yet made a decision - further endangering the lives of the 5.
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Homepage:
http://www.freesimonchapman.org
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