Solidarity for imprisoned anti-fur activists in Austria
Show Solidarity | 24.05.2008 22:55 | Animal Liberation | Repression | World
Berlin, GERMANY
Hamburg, GERMANY
Salzburg, GERMANY
Bregenz, AUSTRIA
Stockholm, SWEDEN
Many of the demonstrations were against Kleider Bauer, because the arrested campaigners are suspected of forming a criminal organisation against the fur selling company, under §278a of Austrian law.
Press release from the Legal Defence:
https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/05/399441.html UPCOMING
Sunday 25th May 2008: 14:30 pm
A further demonstration of solidarity before the national court in Wiener Neustadt (Austria) - more info on
http://at.indymedia.org. For the time of the rally and latest contact the legal assistance number: 0650/5926791 On Monday 26th May: 10:00 am
There will be a press conference from the legal assistance at the press room of the Green Parlamentary Club, located Löwelstraße 12, on the second floor.
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Homepage:
http://DirectAction.info
Additions
Head of Austrian Vegan Society on Hunger Strike
25.05.2008 15:14
https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/05/399289.html?c=on#c196233 "Austrian media reported Saturday that one of the suspects has begun a hunger strike while in custody. Investigators claim the suspects used various aliases and allegedly had links to an international network."
http://news.uk.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=8371809
antispe
Solidarity
27.05.2008 10:44
There will be cyber actions, protests at embassies and demos across Europe directed at the Fur Indistury....repression affects us all, so don't wait until it is you who is incarcerated before taking action because by then it'll be too late!!!
JUNE THE 4TH, PLAN NOW, ACT THEN...Against Austria and The Fur Industry!
Act Now
some additional informations to the people in prison
29.05.2008 17:34
homepage of the solidarity movement and legal team:
http://antirep2008.lnxnt.org/ the latest things happened, was that they again moved some of the activists to other prisons in smaller cities to split up the solidarity demonstrations and actions...
also with english updates, bus already some days old sorry:
http://antirep2008.lnxnt.org/?p=17#more-17 Information Update from Legal Support 5/24/08
In the meantime all 10 animal rights activists have been remanded to pre-trial detention without the possibility of bail. Nine of them are in the jail in Wiener Neustadt (right next to the Wiener Neustadt courthouse). One person is still in jail in Innsbruck – rumors about a possible transfer to Wiener Neustadt have not been verifiable up to this point. The next evaluation of the detention will probably take place in two weeks; at this time the only thing that will be decided on is whether the current detention will continue or whether the prisoners will be released.
The legal support has deliberately decided not to release any names or affiliations of the imprisoned persons until it has been cleared with them. We ask you to do the same out of respect for the prisoner’s right to privacy.
Lawyers are expensive – organize benefit parties and donate money to:
Account #: 01920013682
Bank Code (BLZ): 14 000
Account owner: Grünalternative Jugend Wien
Purpose: Antirep 2008
IBAN: AT551400001920013682
BIC: BAWAATWW
There have already been solidarity demonstrations in: Vienna, Wiener Neustadt, Graz, Bregenz, Hamburg, Berlin, Stockholm and Munich. We have also been informed that solidarity demonstrations are planned in Romania and Italy.
Out of experience it takes a long time for letters to reach people sitting in detention jails – nevertheless it is important to write to the prisoners and show them our solidarity. It is important to think about the fact that the letters will be read by the prosecutors. Therefore do not write anything that could incriminate those in jail or have a negative influence on their proceedings. Search in the internet for tips on writing to prisoners.
Send letters to:
Name + Date of Birth
Justizanstalt Wiener Neustadt
Maximiliangasse 3
A-2700 Wiener Neustadt
Austria
EU
We demand the immediate release of the prisoners!
Only a few are directly targeted, but we are all intended targets!
Together we are strong!
Contact:
Information Hotline for those directly affected, friends and family: +43 650 5926791
E-mails:
antirep2008@gmx.at Press hotline: +43 681 10643623
fight repression
new infos from legal support team ! 28.5.
29.05.2008 23:09
Ten animal rights activists having been sitting in pre-trial detention jail for over a week. Their detention is grounded on the charge of “Forming a Criminal Organization,” under §278a StGB (penal code). The next date on which further internment in the detention jail will be decided upon will take place either on Friday, June 6 or on Monday, June 9. Until then there is little to no hope that the prisoners will be released.
Today a few of the prisoners were moved from the detention center in Wiener Neustadt to Vienna (Justizanstalt Josefstadt) and Eisenstadt respectively, without any reason and without notifying the attorneys. We can only speculate as to the reasons – the prosecutors ramble on about the danger of destruction of evidence – but we believe the intention is the scattering and splitting up of the protests and demonstrations in front of the jail in Wiener Neustadt.
We refuse to allow ourselves to be intimidated by this new attempt at repression, and we will not stop letting the imprisoned animal rights activists know that we will not abandon them and will continue to support them.
We will continue to travel to the jails – solidarity is more than just a word!
Because some of the prisoners were moved, the addresses for writing letters have also changed. Because we cannot assume that the prisoners will stay in any one certain place, we ask you to send your letters to the prisoners in an envelope (first name is sufficient and if you do not know the people, then you do not need to address it to anyone), and then to send this in a further envelope to Antirep 2008, Postfach 101, A-1070 Wien, Austria (EU) and we will forward the mail on to the prisoners.
Some of those imprisoned do not want their names published, we accept this and ask you to take consideration of this fact as well.
Thank you for your understanding!
Some activists are now as before on hunger strike, others have obtained vegan food in the meantime.
Background to § 278a StGB can be found on the solidarity site:
http://antirep2008.lnxnt.org/ antirep2008@gmx.at Press Telephone: +43 681/10643623
Send donations to:
Account #: 01920013682, Bank direction number: 14 000, Account holder: Grünalternative Jugend Wien, Purpose: Antirep 2008
IBAN: AT551400001920013682
Bic: BAWAATWW
https://at.indymedia.org/node/10428
international solidarity rocks !
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pressure on the fucking state !
01.06.2008 08:57
4th of june: Global solidarity action day!
The wave of repression which took place last week in Austria was a shock
for everybody. Anger, fear and consternation is what most of us might
feel.
The arbitrary behaviour of the austrian police, the criminalization of
people dedicated to animal liberation and the imprisonment of them screams
out for
action! We must show the responsible people and those connected with them
our solidary resistance. What happened in Austria is not only a problem of
austrian people and also not only of animal liberation activists! It is an
alarming strike against inconvenient opponents, which last week affected
austrian animal rights activists and could affect any left person in any
country soon!
Our response has to be a global solidarity throughout the left! That is
why we call out for a global day of action on june 4th, dedicated to the
austrian
prisoners. Do anything to show your support and solidarity. Send e-mails
to austrian embassies, phone the embassies and tell them how you feel
about the
repression wave in austria, do demos in front of the embassies, organize
events to collect money for the legal support of the activists... support
the anti
fur campaign against "Kleider Bauer", which seems to be the main reason
for the disproportional state repression and which must carry on!
Please use your energy and creativity on the 4th of june to show your
solidarity with the austrian animal liberation prisoners!
We can give you the following information:
- a sample letter which you can e-mail (in german and english)
- a homepage of austrian embassies and consulats
- a list of e-mail addresses
- a list of phone and fax numbers
Sample letter in german and english:
Sehr geehrte Herr/Frau xy,
am 21.05.2008 wurden in Österreich zahlreiche Hausdurchsuchungen bei
Tierschutz- und Tierrechtsaktivist_innen durchgeführt sowie
Räumlichkeiten von Tierschutzorganisationen durchsucht. Des Weiteren
wurden 10 Aktivist_innen verhaftet und befinden sich nun auf Grund des
Vorwurfs der Bildung einer kriminellen Vereinigung in Untersuchungshaft.
Es ist meiner Meinung nach an Absurdität kaum zu überbieten, dass
bewaffnete Spezialeinheiten der österreichischen Polizei einen
derartigen Rundumschlag gegen eine soziale Bewegung durchführen. Dieser
Willkürakt ist demokratiepolitisch gesehen ein Armutszeugnis.
Ich schreibe Ihnen, um meine entschiedene Ablehnung gegenüber den gegen
Tierrechtler_innen ausgeführten Hausdurchsuchungen und Inhaftierungen
zum Ausdruck zu bringen! Ich fordere Sie, stellvertretend für die
Regierung Österreichs, auf, die betroffenen Aktivist_innen unverzüglich
frei zu lassen. Ich verstehe die Durchsuchungs- und Verhaftungswelle als
Versuch, legitimen Protest zu illegalisieren und spreche mich vehement
gegen diese Repression aus!
Die Konstruktion des §287a über die mutmaßliche Bildung einer
kriminellen Vereinigung lehne ich ab und verurteile die Versuche, die
österreichische Tierrechtsbewegung durch derartige Gewaltaktionen zu
schwächen, entschieden. Die Befreiung der Tiere aus ihrem Zustand
gesellschaftlich vermittelter Ausbeutung und Unterdrückung ist weder
?kriminell? noch in irgendeiner anderen Form abzulehnen, sondern
notwendige Bedingung einer freien Gesellschaft. Der Kampf unserer
Genoss_innen ist ein Kampf, der die tierlichen Opfer vor weiterer Gewalt
und Ausbeutung bewahren soll. Es ist mir unverständlich, warum der
österreichische Staat diese Menschen bekämpft, anstatt mit daran zu
arbeiten, die Ausbeutung der Tiere zu beenden!
Aus diesem Grund fordere ich:
Sofortige Freilassung der Betroffenen österreichischen Tierrechtler_innen!
Sofortige Einstellung aller eventueller Verfahren!
Dear Mr./Mrs. Xy
On the 21st of May there have been a lot of raids against animal rights
and animal welfare activists and groups. Furthermore, 10 activists have
been arrested and are now blamed to be part of a criminal organization.
In my opinion, it is more than absurd, that armed special forces of the
Austrian police carried our such a big strike against a social movement.
This act of arbitrariness
is an evidence of incapacity for a democratic society.
I`m writing you to express that i´m totally opposed to the raids and
arrests of the animal rights activists. I demand of you - in place of
the Austrian government ? to release the animal rights activists
immediately. I understand this amount of raids and arrests as an attempt
to criminalize legitimate protest and I condemn this repression in every
way.
I reject the construct of §287a concerning the suspected formation of a
criminal organisation and condemn the attempt to weaken the Austrian
animal rights movement with such acts of violence. The liberation of
animals from their state of socially institutionalized exploitation and
oppression is neither ?criminal? nor to reject in any other way but a
necessary condition for a free society. The fight of our comrades is a
fight to safe the animal victims from further violence and oppression. I
don`t understand why the Austrian state fights against those human
beings instead of working for the abolition of animal exploitation .
Therefore I demand:
Immediate release of the Austrain animal rights activists!
Immediate dismissal of all prosecutions!
Find austrian embassies / consulats here:
www.bmeia.gv.at/en/foreign-ministry/service/austrian-representations-in-german.html
E-Mail addresses:
Phone numbers of some embassies / consulats in some countries:
Belgium:
Antwerpen: phone (+32/3) 201 70 60 fax (+32/3) 212 41 00
Bruxelles: phone (+32/2) 2890-700 fax (+32/2) 513 66 41
phone (+32/2) 2345-370 fax (+32/2) 2356-370
phone (+32/2) 2345-351 fax (+32/2) 2356-351
phone (+32/2) 2345-363 fax (+32/2) 2356-363
phone (+32/2) 2345-380 fax (+32/2) 2345-308
Eupen: phone (+32/87) 55 71 81 fax (+32/87) 55 71 04
Gent: phone (+32/52) 26 19 14 fax (+32/52) 22 00 64
Lüttich: phone (+32/4) 239 67 50 fax (+32/4) 239 67 51
Namur: phone (+32/81) 24 88 09 fax (+32/81) 23 16 00
Ostende: phone (+32/59) 80 70 60 fax (+32/59) 80 90 60
Denmark:
Aarhus: phone (+45) 72 25 80 00 fax (+45) 72 25 80 01
Apenrade: phone (+45) 74 62 74 29 fax (+45) 74 62 74 20
Kopenhagen: phone (+45) 39 29 41 41 fax (+45) 39 29 20 86
Odense: phone (+45) 66 19 00 66 fax (+45) 66 19 01 71
Estland:
Tallinn: phone (+372) 627 87 40 fax (+372) 631 43 65
Finland:
Helsinki: phone (+358/9) 68 18 60-0 fax (+358/9) 66 50 84
Kajaani: phone (+358/8) 625 945 fax (+358/8) 629 975
Mikkeli: phone (+358/15) 66 14 86 fax (+358/15) 66 14 86
Oulu: phone (+358/8) 55 53 419 fax (+358/8) 55 53 450
Tampere: phone (+358) 207 710 211 fax (+358) 207 710 314
Turku: phone (+358/2) 232 39 48 fax (+358/2) 275 14 14
Vaasa: phone (+358/6) 3121 551 fax (+358/6) 3121 551
France:
Bordeaux: phone (+33/5) 556 00 00 70 fax (+33/5) 557 87 60 30
Lille: phone (+33) 320 22 75 00 fax (+33) 320 93 16 70
Lyon: phone (+33) 630 93 92 74 fax (+33) 630 93 92 74
Marseille: phone (+33) 491 53 02 08 fax (+33) 491 53 71 51
Nice: phone (+33) 493 87 01 31 fax (+33) 493 87 59 92
Paris: phone (+33/1) 40 63 30 63 fax (+33/1) 45 55 63 65
phone (+33/1) 40 63 30 69
Strasbourg: phone (+33) 388 35 13 94
Toulouse: phone (+33/5) 61 20 82 50 fax (+33/5) 61 16 13 62
Germany:
Berlin: phone (+49/30) 202 87-0 fax (+49/30) 229 05 69
Bremen: phone (+49/421) 536 86 79 fax (+49/421) 536 86 78
Dresden: phone (+49/351) 481 704 0 fax (+49/351) 481 704 1
Hamburg: phone (+49/40) 41 32 95-0 fax (+49/40) 45 29 07
Hannover: phone (+49/511) 90 74 870 fax (+49/511) 90 74 812
Kiel: phone (+49/431) 55 25 05 fax (+49/431) 519 27 36
Lübeck: phone (+49/451) 31 00 150 fax (+49/451) 31 00 142
München: phone (+49/89) 99 815-0 fax (+49/89) 98 10 225
Nürnberg: phone (+49/911) 9747-333 fax (+49/911) 9747-365
Rostock: phone (+49/381) 64 91 22 fax (+49/381) 64 91 49
Saarbrücken: phone (+49/681) 9 58 15-0 fax (+49/681) 9 58 15-19
Stuttgart: phone (+49/711) 62 62 60 fax (+49/711) 62 82 64
Ireland:
Dublin: phone (+353/1) 269 45 77 fax (+353/1) 283 08 60
Italy:
Bari: phone (+39) 080 562 61 11 fax (+39) 080 562 66 00
Bologna: phone (+39) 051 26 87 11 fax (+39) 051 26 87 11
Florence: phone (+39) 055 26 54 222 fax (+39) 055 29 54 57
Genova: phone (+39) 010 83 93 983 fax (+39) 010 83 93 983
Milano: phone (+39) 02 78 37 43 fax (+39) 02 78 36 25
Napoli: phone (+39) 081 28 77 24 fax (+39) 081 28 77 24
Palermo: phone (+39) 091 68 25 696 fax (+39) 091 68 23 956
Rom: phone (+39) 06 844 014-1 fax (+39) 06 854 32 86
Triest: phone (+39) 040 63 37 12 fax (+39) 040 63 37 12
Torino: phone (+39) 011 440 78 20 fax (+39) 011 563 41 94
Venice: phone (+39) 041 52 40 556 fax (+39) 041 52 42 151
Verona: phone (+39) 045 80 10 292 fax (+39) 045 59 67 29
Netherlands:
Amsterdam: phone (+31/20) 471 24 38 fax (+31/20) 471 24 39
Den Haag: phone (+31/70) 324 54 70 fax (+31/70) 328 20 66
Rotterdam: phone (+31/10) 404 21 11 fax (+31/10) 404 24 85
Norway:
Bergen: phone (+47) 55 33 61 41 fax (+47) 55 32 66 39
Kristiansand: phone (+47) 38 00 05 55 fax (+47) 38 00 05 51
Oslo: phone (+47) 22 54 02-00 fax (+47) 22 55 43 61
Stavanger: phone (+47) 51 58 52 08
Tromsö: phone (+47) 77 68 26 63 fax (+47) 77 63 41 50
Trondheim: phone (+47) 73 98 01 00
Poland:
Wroclaw: phone (+48/71) 361 75 60 fax (+48/71) 361 75 60
Gdynia: phone (+48/58) 620 19 93 fax (+48/58) 661 19 12
Krakau: phone (+48/12) 424 99 30 fax (+48/12) 421 67 37
Lodz: phone (+48/42) 652 72 12 fax (+48/42) 652 72 12
Warsaw: phone (+48/22) 841 00 81 fax (+48/22) 841 00 85
Russia:
Moskau: phone (+7/495) 502 95 12 fax (+7/495) 413398
St. Petersburg: phone (+7/812) 275 05 02 fax (+7/812) 275 11 70
Spain:
Barcelona: phone (+34) 93 368 60 03 fax (+34) 93 415 16 25
Bilbao: phone (+34) 94-46 40 763 fax (+34) 94-46 37 432
Madrid: phone (+34) 91 55 65 315 fax (+34) 91 59 73 579
phone (+34) 91 55 65 403
Malaga: phone (+34) 95 26 00 267 fax (+34) 95 22 29 089
Mallorca: phone (+34) 971 72 80 99 fax (+34) 971 72 84 27
Sevilla: phone (+34) 954 98 74 76 fax (+34) 954 98 74 76
Valencia: phone (+34) 96 35 22 212 fax (+34) 96 35 11 220
Sweden:
Göteborg: phone (+46/31) 16 10 78 fax (+46/31) 104 505 001
Lulea: phone (+46/920) 22 51 91
Malmö: phone (+46/40) 79 945 fax (+46/40) 44 72 79
Stockholm: phone (+46/8) 665 17 70 fax (+46/8) 662 69 28
phone (+46/8) 29 09 70
Switzerland:
Basel: phone (+41/61) 271 35 35 fax (+41/61) 280 29 10
Bern: phone (+41/31) 3565 252 fax (+41/31) 3515 664
phone (+41/31) 3565 251
Chur: phone (+41/81) 25 70 195 fax (+41/81) 25 70 191
Geneve: phone (+41/22) 748 20-48 fax (+41/22) 748 20-40
Lausanne: phone (+41/21) 617 28 94 fax (+41/21) 613 10 05
Lugano: phone (+41/91) 913 40 07 fax (+41/91) 913 40 09
Luzern: phone (+41/41) 210 41 82 fax (+41/41) 210 62 26
St. Gallen: phone (+41/71) 230 19 70 fax (+41/71) 230 19 71
Zürich: phone (+41/44) 283 27 00 fax (+41/44) 280 37 65
United Kingdom:
Birmingham: phone (+44/121) 45 41 197 fax (+44/121) 45 41 197
Edinburgh: phone (+44/131) 5581955 fax (+44/131) 5581802
Grand Cayman: phone (+1345) 949 9333 fax (+1345) 949 0635
London: phone (+44/20) 7344 3250 fax (+44/20) 7344 0292
USA:
Anchorage: phone (+1/907) 276 6000-2215 fax (+1/907) 343 2211
Atlanta: phone (+1/404) 264 98 58 fax (+1/404) 266 38 64
Boston: phone (+1/617) 227 31 31 fax (+1/617) 227 84 20
Charlotte: phone (+1/704) 827 72 46 fax (+1/704) 827 72 48
Chicago: phone (+1/312) 22 21 515 fax (+1/312) 22 24 113
Columbus: phone (+1/614) 224 54 64 fax (+1/614) 224 66 03
Denver: phone (+1/303) 292 90 00 fax (+1/303) 292 54 45
Detroit: phone (+1/248) 645 14 44 fax (+1/248) 645 14 82
Honolulu: phone (+1/808) 923 85 85 fax (+1/808) 597 12 33
Houston: phone (+1/713) 723 99 79 fax (+1/713) 728 18 96
Kansas city: phone (+1/816) 474 30 00 fax (+1/816) 474 55 33
Las Vegas: phone (+1/702) 314 9615 fax (+1/702) 258 1527
Los Angeles: phone (+1/310) 44 49 310 fax (+1/310) 47 79 897
Miami: phone (+1/305) 325 15 61 fax (+1/305) 325 15 63
New Orleans: phone (+1/504) 58 15 141 fax (+1/504) 56 61 201
New York: phone (+1/212) 737 6400 fax (+1/212) 772 8926
Orlando: phone (+1/407) 924 38 77 fax (+1/407) 540 96 46
Pittsburgh: phone (+1/724) 745 75 99 fax (+1/724) 745 95 70
Portland: phone (+1/503) 552-9733 fax (+1/503) 220-2480
Richmond: phone (+1/804) 364 86 14 fax (+1/804) 364 86 15
San Francisco: phone (+1/415) 765 95 76 fax (+1/415) 727 50 00
San Juan: phone (+1/787) 767 13 81 fax (+1/787) 767 21 63
Scottsdale: phone (+1/480) 502 85 10 fax (+1/480) 502 24 97
Seattle: phone (+1/360) 466 02 52 fax (+1/360) 466 11 01
St. Louis: phone (+1/636) 688 20 00 fax (+1/636) 688 32 67
Washington DC: phone (+1/202) 895 67 00 fax (+1/202) 895 67 50
phone (+1/202) 895 67 20 fax (+1/202) 895 67 73
phone (+1/202) 895 67 75
kick austrias ass !