Austrian Animal Rights Activist on Hunger Strike
barnacle | 01.06.2008 20:46 | Animal Liberation | Repression
Ten Austrian animal rights campaigners have been held for two weeks without charge after draconian raids on the 21st May. One has been on hunger strike since then and is becoming very weak. We urgently need international support to exert pressure on the Austrian authorities and media.
Ten Austrian animal rights campaigners have been held for two weeks without charge after draconian raids on the 21st May. One has been on hunger strike since then and is becoming very weak. We urgently need international support to exert pressure on the Austrian authorities and media, who are painting the prisoners as terrorists without having produced any evidence.
Twenty-four homes and offices were raided by the elite WEGA police force, guns were held to suspects' heads. Lawyers for the ten detained activists have not been given full access to the prosecution papers and no clear charge has yet been pressed. Other human rights violations have included forcibly taking DNA samples and restriction of visiting hours.
One of the prisoners, Dr Martin Balluch, who is the President of the Austrian Association Against Animal Factories, has been on hunger strike for thirteen days now - we need people to write urgently to Austrian ministers in protest:
Home Secretary; Dr Günter Platter
ministerbuero@bmi.gv.at
Minister for Justice; Frau Dr Berger minister.justiz@bmj.gv.at
Federal President; Dr Heinz Fischer heinz.fischer@hofburg.at
Federal Chancellor; Dr Alfred Gusenbauer alfred.gusenbauer@bka.gv.at
For latest news, see
http://www.vgt.at/index_en.php
Martin Balluch's statement follows...
VGT (Association against Animal Factories) Chairman Phd. Martin Balluch: Official Statement regarding Hunger Strike
27th May 2008
I have been in prison for 7 days. No charges have been made against me.
As a result of this human rights violation, I have embarked on a hunger strike while being on remand. I have not eaten since Tuesday May 20th, 2008. My condition is deteriorating.
On May 21st, 2008, a group of men in black masks demolished the door of my house early in the morning and stormed into my bedroom. They held a gun against my head while I was still in bed and forced me to get up naked. My brother, who was sleeping next door, was ordered to raise his arms. A gun was pressed against the back of his head. For the next six hours, the men raided my house. They confiscated computers, books and writings. I have been on remand ever since.
I am on a hunger strike because nobody has informed me why I have been arrested and held in custody. After many days without food I feel very weak and dizzy. But, I still have confidence in the rule of law in this country; that we here in Austria cannot be treated in this way without good reason. And that’s why I will continue on hunger strike until I am either given a reason or released.
The police have a substantial folder containing reports on investigations into 27 different animal rights activities during the last decade. My lawyer has given me the police folder. The folder does not contain an indictment or documents specifying any reasons or justifications for my imprisonment. The investigations include such activities as stalking a employee from a fur shop, hanging banners from bridges, breaking of shop windows and throwing of stink bombs.
All 27 investigations conclude by stating that the perpetrators remain unknown.
The Prosecution indicated to the media that I was involved in arson and gas bomb attacks. The 1500 pages of documents contained in the police file, do not refer to a single fire, arson or bomb attack. In fact, the Austrian News Agency has publically confirmed that no fire attacks by animal protection activists have been reported in Austria since 2000. My own name is only mentioned three times in the file. All three occasions were public media appearances: 1) an interview in an American animals rights journal, 2) an article in a popular Austrian life-style magazine and finally 3) a public radio talk show. I seriously doubt that this media work justifies my mistreatment and custody
The Association against Animal Factories, of which I am a member, is a peaceful organization that concentrates on political and public awareness campaigns only. We are one the first organizations worldwide to achieve, amongst other improvements for animals, a ban of battery cages. Since this political success in 2004, we have felt political pressure trying to ruin our reputation and infrastructure.
The Austrian Ministry of Interior is trying to distract attention from the fact that they have imprisoned me without any concrete allegation for my having committed a crime by spreading rumors about arson attacks. Despite the fact that no incriminating evidence was found during house searches I continue to be held in custody without being charged.
In order to publicize this police-terror scandal I will remain in hunger strike, despite risks to my health. I call on all people who are concerned about justice to support me in this fight for basic constitutional and human rights and my life.
PhD Martin Balluch
Chairman - The Association against Animal Factories
Prison, Wiener Neustadt, Austria
27th May 2008
Twenty-four homes and offices were raided by the elite WEGA police force, guns were held to suspects' heads. Lawyers for the ten detained activists have not been given full access to the prosecution papers and no clear charge has yet been pressed. Other human rights violations have included forcibly taking DNA samples and restriction of visiting hours.
One of the prisoners, Dr Martin Balluch, who is the President of the Austrian Association Against Animal Factories, has been on hunger strike for thirteen days now - we need people to write urgently to Austrian ministers in protest:
Home Secretary; Dr Günter Platter
ministerbuero@bmi.gv.at Minister for Justice; Frau Dr Berger
minister.justiz@bmj.gv.at Federal President; Dr Heinz Fischer
heinz.fischer@hofburg.at Federal Chancellor; Dr Alfred Gusenbauer
alfred.gusenbauer@bka.gv.at For latest news, see
http://www.vgt.at/index_en.php Martin Balluch's statement follows...
VGT (Association against Animal Factories) Chairman Phd. Martin Balluch: Official Statement regarding Hunger Strike
27th May 2008
I have been in prison for 7 days. No charges have been made against me.
As a result of this human rights violation, I have embarked on a hunger strike while being on remand. I have not eaten since Tuesday May 20th, 2008. My condition is deteriorating.
On May 21st, 2008, a group of men in black masks demolished the door of my house early in the morning and stormed into my bedroom. They held a gun against my head while I was still in bed and forced me to get up naked. My brother, who was sleeping next door, was ordered to raise his arms. A gun was pressed against the back of his head. For the next six hours, the men raided my house. They confiscated computers, books and writings. I have been on remand ever since.
I am on a hunger strike because nobody has informed me why I have been arrested and held in custody. After many days without food I feel very weak and dizzy. But, I still have confidence in the rule of law in this country; that we here in Austria cannot be treated in this way without good reason. And that’s why I will continue on hunger strike until I am either given a reason or released.
The police have a substantial folder containing reports on investigations into 27 different animal rights activities during the last decade. My lawyer has given me the police folder. The folder does not contain an indictment or documents specifying any reasons or justifications for my imprisonment. The investigations include such activities as stalking a employee from a fur shop, hanging banners from bridges, breaking of shop windows and throwing of stink bombs.
All 27 investigations conclude by stating that the perpetrators remain unknown.
The Prosecution indicated to the media that I was involved in arson and gas bomb attacks. The 1500 pages of documents contained in the police file, do not refer to a single fire, arson or bomb attack. In fact, the Austrian News Agency has publically confirmed that no fire attacks by animal protection activists have been reported in Austria since 2000. My own name is only mentioned three times in the file. All three occasions were public media appearances: 1) an interview in an American animals rights journal, 2) an article in a popular Austrian life-style magazine and finally 3) a public radio talk show. I seriously doubt that this media work justifies my mistreatment and custody
The Association against Animal Factories, of which I am a member, is a peaceful organization that concentrates on political and public awareness campaigns only. We are one the first organizations worldwide to achieve, amongst other improvements for animals, a ban of battery cages. Since this political success in 2004, we have felt political pressure trying to ruin our reputation and infrastructure.
The Austrian Ministry of Interior is trying to distract attention from the fact that they have imprisoned me without any concrete allegation for my having committed a crime by spreading rumors about arson attacks. Despite the fact that no incriminating evidence was found during house searches I continue to be held in custody without being charged.
In order to publicize this police-terror scandal I will remain in hunger strike, despite risks to my health. I call on all people who are concerned about justice to support me in this fight for basic constitutional and human rights and my life.
PhD Martin Balluch
Chairman - The Association against Animal Factories
Prison, Wiener Neustadt, Austria
27th May 2008
barnacle
Homepage:
http://www.vgt.at
Additions
Update on Martin Balluch
06.06.2008 21:23
"One of the four hunger strikers - Martin Balluch, president of the Association Against Animal Factories, who has been a passionate advocate of public education and legislative change. Balluch has a double PhD in physics and philosophy and is a former colleague of Stephen Hawking at Cambridge University. In the sixteenth day of his hunger strike, he has been suffering from dizzyness, blurred vision, and stomach pain. When visitors left him yesterday warders locked him in a broom cupboard for several hours. This morning he passed out in the visiting room and guards stood by laughing before carrying him away on a stretcher."
Sorry about the poor reference:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jun/05/animalwelfare.austria
Sorry about the poor reference:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jun/05/animalwelfare.austria
smash fur - save the prisoners
Message from Martin Balluch, Austria
04.07.2008 17:21
Message to the international animal rights movement regarding my hunger strike on my 43rd day of incarceration
I suppose you will know by now that 43 days ago, Austrian police undertook 28 armed raids on homes of animal rights activist and on offices of 7 animal rights groups all over Austria . 10 people were put on remand, and still are, one of them being me. Because these police actions were completely out of any proportion and no well – founded reasons for the raids and arrests were forthcoming, I immediately went on hunger strike. I used my last means of protest against this unbelievable level of police terror and state repression.
Initially, I had no access to fruit juice or sugared tea, and then only after days of no food or drink other than water, I felt already nauseous and weak. I had to move slowly to avoid a blackout. After a week on hunger strike I was given sugar and fruit juices, which I chose to drink. The prison doctor did warn me that a water only hunger strike very rapidly leads to brain function impairment. As I need my brains to defend myself and to show these terrorists for what they are I chose to drink juice.
I still lost weight very rapidly, about 1.5 kg a day. On my 13th day of the hunger strike – I was down 18kg by then – I was moved to the hospital wing of the prison. Actually, I was moved from Wiener Neustadt prison to the one where I am now in Vienna because this prison has a hospital wing.
On the 15th day of my hunger strike I passed out for the first time. From then onwards, I would have to stay in bed.
Since on day 17 I was to be put before a judge to decide whether my prison stay was to be extended, I ate 2 pieces of fruit and a muesli bar in the morning, so that I could travel. I immediately felt a lot better. But the court appearance was a farce. The judge had her decision ready before I entered the court room, and – contrary to the law – she did not allow me to give a statement to my defence. Indeed, till today, neither police nor prosecutor nor the judge have questioned me at all or given me the opportunity to give a statement, although my solicitors have been requesting this for weeks!
After the court, I was moved back to the prison hospital and resumed hunger strike. Over the next days I felt a lot stronger, although I had only eaten once and such a little bit, but from day 22 onwards, my state of health deteriorated.
On the 25, authorities started to force feed me. I allowed them to do that without physical resistance.
The force feeding prevented me from dying. However, it does not stop the deterioration of my health, it only slows the process down. Doctors informed me that they did not have proper vegan food to force feed me with.
On day 36 I reached a new low point, which gave me near death experiences. I had this strong impression of being suspend above a complete void. I was about to fall into it. I pictured my situation as being up to the neck in a crevice, standing on such thin ice that could not hold my weight much longer. I could not get out anymore by myself.
My solicitor had appealed the outrageous decision of the judge and I was asked by him to give a statement to support my case. I needed to concentrate. Also, in a few days I have my second court appearance, which would have been impossible in my state.
So, on day 39 I decided to try and bring some strength back into my body by eating a little. Since I was still on hunger strike, I was given no food into my cell at the hospital wing. I managed to take a little orange from the hospital kitchen bin, and I tried to eat it. It was terrible. I just couldn’t. I could not swallow properly – I just sucked on it – and I got unbelievable stomach pains and had diarrhoea.
I asked to speak to the chief doctor of the hospital wing.
Incidentally, this guy is a paid up member of our animal rights group! He said to me that now he is a criminal too – because he is funding a criminal organisation. And he supported me. If I was to defend myself and appear in court, I needed to get back to health at least somewhat. We set up a plan, and from day 40 onwards, I had a little ground up fruit and porridge with soya milk.
What a strange feeling to have food in my mouth after such a long time! And one little spoon full of porridge filled up my stomach completely. Apparently, it had shrunk to the size of a pea. In any case, I am at the movement slowly moving back to being alive. I still cannot eat
much at all. I am also not hungry. And I have not been on a toilet for 43 days and still have 24kg less body weight than before my arrest. My hunger strike has not ended yet, though. I will go to court and defend myself. If the new judge and the appeal court both decide to keep me in prison, I will have to make a decision. Either I will stop my hunger strike, or I will sume it and drink water only.
Nothing inbetween anymore. In the latter case I will actively refuse being forcibly fed too, as long as I am able to. Those responsible for this police terror shall face the consequences.
The prosecution and police have produced absolutely no evidence against me whatsoever, although they had agents in our group and listened to all my phone calls, read all my mails, filmed the entrance of my home and followed me around. So they tried to fabricate evidence. They went to a person, who they know had animosities against me, and tried to push him to say that I am likely to have committed arson. He has gone public with that and revealed how police have tried to influence him and put words in his mouth.
Police also made up an arson attack and tried to blame it on me. Although their own expert found no evidence of arson, but rather that it was an accident with a poorly insulated oven, and that the owner indeed had been careless. Police fabricated an animal rights communiqué claiming responsibility for the arson. In addition, police shifted the date of accident to 2 days later, in order to blame it on me, since I was indeed 2 days later in the region!
What is happening here to me and the other activists imprisoned, is a violent crime of extreme proportions. I ask you to keep putting pressure on Austria and its government in whatever way you can. The case is crumbling, there are signs of this all over the place.
Senior prosecutors have already admitted that there is no concrete evidence and that the police raids were unlawful. They still insist on keeping us on remand, because by our mere (legal!) activism we prove to be companions in crime of ALF activists, and hence all form a huge criminal organisation – even if we don’t know each other! Police and prosecutors are trying to hold out as long as they can. Let us pull together and push them over the cliff. They must be publicly shown to be the criminals they are. And they must be prosecuted themselves for what they have done!
Martin Balluch, political prisoner, cell 75 / 05 hospital wing of JA Wien – Josefstadt, on the 2nd July 2008
I suppose you will know by now that 43 days ago, Austrian police undertook 28 armed raids on homes of animal rights activist and on offices of 7 animal rights groups all over Austria . 10 people were put on remand, and still are, one of them being me. Because these police actions were completely out of any proportion and no well – founded reasons for the raids and arrests were forthcoming, I immediately went on hunger strike. I used my last means of protest against this unbelievable level of police terror and state repression.
Initially, I had no access to fruit juice or sugared tea, and then only after days of no food or drink other than water, I felt already nauseous and weak. I had to move slowly to avoid a blackout. After a week on hunger strike I was given sugar and fruit juices, which I chose to drink. The prison doctor did warn me that a water only hunger strike very rapidly leads to brain function impairment. As I need my brains to defend myself and to show these terrorists for what they are I chose to drink juice.
I still lost weight very rapidly, about 1.5 kg a day. On my 13th day of the hunger strike – I was down 18kg by then – I was moved to the hospital wing of the prison. Actually, I was moved from Wiener Neustadt prison to the one where I am now in Vienna because this prison has a hospital wing.
On the 15th day of my hunger strike I passed out for the first time. From then onwards, I would have to stay in bed.
Since on day 17 I was to be put before a judge to decide whether my prison stay was to be extended, I ate 2 pieces of fruit and a muesli bar in the morning, so that I could travel. I immediately felt a lot better. But the court appearance was a farce. The judge had her decision ready before I entered the court room, and – contrary to the law – she did not allow me to give a statement to my defence. Indeed, till today, neither police nor prosecutor nor the judge have questioned me at all or given me the opportunity to give a statement, although my solicitors have been requesting this for weeks!
After the court, I was moved back to the prison hospital and resumed hunger strike. Over the next days I felt a lot stronger, although I had only eaten once and such a little bit, but from day 22 onwards, my state of health deteriorated.
On the 25, authorities started to force feed me. I allowed them to do that without physical resistance.
The force feeding prevented me from dying. However, it does not stop the deterioration of my health, it only slows the process down. Doctors informed me that they did not have proper vegan food to force feed me with.
On day 36 I reached a new low point, which gave me near death experiences. I had this strong impression of being suspend above a complete void. I was about to fall into it. I pictured my situation as being up to the neck in a crevice, standing on such thin ice that could not hold my weight much longer. I could not get out anymore by myself.
My solicitor had appealed the outrageous decision of the judge and I was asked by him to give a statement to support my case. I needed to concentrate. Also, in a few days I have my second court appearance, which would have been impossible in my state.
So, on day 39 I decided to try and bring some strength back into my body by eating a little. Since I was still on hunger strike, I was given no food into my cell at the hospital wing. I managed to take a little orange from the hospital kitchen bin, and I tried to eat it. It was terrible. I just couldn’t. I could not swallow properly – I just sucked on it – and I got unbelievable stomach pains and had diarrhoea.
I asked to speak to the chief doctor of the hospital wing.
Incidentally, this guy is a paid up member of our animal rights group! He said to me that now he is a criminal too – because he is funding a criminal organisation. And he supported me. If I was to defend myself and appear in court, I needed to get back to health at least somewhat. We set up a plan, and from day 40 onwards, I had a little ground up fruit and porridge with soya milk.
What a strange feeling to have food in my mouth after such a long time! And one little spoon full of porridge filled up my stomach completely. Apparently, it had shrunk to the size of a pea. In any case, I am at the movement slowly moving back to being alive. I still cannot eat
much at all. I am also not hungry. And I have not been on a toilet for 43 days and still have 24kg less body weight than before my arrest. My hunger strike has not ended yet, though. I will go to court and defend myself. If the new judge and the appeal court both decide to keep me in prison, I will have to make a decision. Either I will stop my hunger strike, or I will sume it and drink water only.
Nothing inbetween anymore. In the latter case I will actively refuse being forcibly fed too, as long as I am able to. Those responsible for this police terror shall face the consequences.
The prosecution and police have produced absolutely no evidence against me whatsoever, although they had agents in our group and listened to all my phone calls, read all my mails, filmed the entrance of my home and followed me around. So they tried to fabricate evidence. They went to a person, who they know had animosities against me, and tried to push him to say that I am likely to have committed arson. He has gone public with that and revealed how police have tried to influence him and put words in his mouth.
Police also made up an arson attack and tried to blame it on me. Although their own expert found no evidence of arson, but rather that it was an accident with a poorly insulated oven, and that the owner indeed had been careless. Police fabricated an animal rights communiqué claiming responsibility for the arson. In addition, police shifted the date of accident to 2 days later, in order to blame it on me, since I was indeed 2 days later in the region!
What is happening here to me and the other activists imprisoned, is a violent crime of extreme proportions. I ask you to keep putting pressure on Austria and its government in whatever way you can. The case is crumbling, there are signs of this all over the place.
Senior prosecutors have already admitted that there is no concrete evidence and that the police raids were unlawful. They still insist on keeping us on remand, because by our mere (legal!) activism we prove to be companions in crime of ALF activists, and hence all form a huge criminal organisation – even if we don’t know each other! Police and prosecutors are trying to hold out as long as they can. Let us pull together and push them over the cliff. They must be publicly shown to be the criminals they are. And they must be prosecuted themselves for what they have done!
Martin Balluch, political prisoner, cell 75 / 05 hospital wing of JA Wien – Josefstadt, on the 2nd July 2008
Maurice Regan
e-mail:
mrdiddley@care2.com
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4th of june international action day !
02.06.2008 10:25
4th of june international action day!
Zitat:
please spread widely!!
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
veg-action
London demo - 4th June
02.06.2008 22:42
Meet 12noon
Austrian Embassy London
18 Belgrave Mews West
London SW1X 8HU
Tube: Victoria or Hyde Park Corner
anti-fur london
Sign the petition against the arrest of the Austrian hunger strikers
03.06.2008 21:51
Please sign up!
You should also write to the Austrian ministers directly:
Home Secretary; Dr Günter Platter
Minister for Justice; Frau Dr Berger
Federal President; Dr Heinz Fischer
Federal Chancellor; Dr Alfred Gusenbauer
barnacle
e-mail:
paulastibbe@yahoo.com
Homepage:
http://www.vgt.at
Paula Stibbe
10.06.2008 08:51
Can you supply any information to pass to her Mother???
STEPHEN BROUGHTON
e-mail:
stephen.broughton@rosscoates.co.uk