Elijah Smith, anti-militarist prisoner, moved to Lewes Prison
Court Bench | 02.12.2009 15:11 | Smash EDO | Anti-militarism | Iraq | Palestine | South Coast | World
Elijah was moved to Lewes prison yesterday
You can write to him:
VP 7551, HMP Lewes, 1 Brighton Rd, Lewes, BN7 1EA
News On Elijah:
10 months ago yesterday, on 18 January 2009, Elijah (James) Smith and 5 other anti-militarists from Bristol were arrested in Brighton. They had spent the previous night decommissioning the EDO/MBM/ITT factory in Brighton, in an attempt to stop it providing parts for weapons being used by the Israeli army to bomb civilians in Gaza. Nobody was injured or harassed during their action, which was one of property damage/sabotage. They did not resist arrest.
Exactly 10 months on and Elijah Smith is still on remand. Yes thats right – 10 months in prison without trial. And it looks as if he is likely to remain in prison until the trial actually starts, probably on 17 May 2010, by which time he’ll have spent 16 months on remand.
You can write to him:
VP 7551, HMP Lewes, 1 Brighton Rd, Lewes, BN7 1EA
News On Elijah:
10 months ago yesterday, on 18 January 2009, Elijah (James) Smith and 5 other anti-militarists from Bristol were arrested in Brighton. They had spent the previous night decommissioning the EDO/MBM/ITT factory in Brighton, in an attempt to stop it providing parts for weapons being used by the Israeli army to bomb civilians in Gaza. Nobody was injured or harassed during their action, which was one of property damage/sabotage. They did not resist arrest.
Exactly 10 months on and Elijah Smith is still on remand. Yes thats right – 10 months in prison without trial. And it looks as if he is likely to remain in prison until the trial actually starts, probably on 17 May 2010, by which time he’ll have spent 16 months on remand.
Court Bench
e-mail:
smashedopress@riseup.net
Homepage:
http://www.smashedo.org.uk/supportelijahsmith.html
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