Defenders of the Faith

Inclusion of a prisoner here does not necessarily reflect the Networking Newsletter Project's endorsement of the individual's actions. We are heavily reliant upon others to provide us with genuine cases of mis-justice and we only support nonviolent campaign tactics.

Environmental Prisoners

Marco Camenish, Hornlistr. 55, 8330 Pfaffikon, Switzerland. In the 1970s & 80s Marco carried out a number of anti-nuclear bombing, in Switzerland, for which he was sentenced to ten years imprisonment. After two years imprisonment he escaped from custody with a number of other prisoners and was on the run for ten years. Whilst on the run Marco carried out a number of other eco-bombings. However his luck ran out and he was eventually discovered in Massa in Italy and after a shoot out with the police he was re-arrested. After serving a twelve year prison sentence for eco-bombings in Italy, Marco was finally extradited back to Switzerland where he is to finish the remainder of his ten year prison sentence. Plus he is to face trial on additional charges relating to his prison breakout.

Fight Against Globalism

(Update Oct 2003)
A British activist is being held on bogus charges in Greece, after taking part in a peaceful anti capitalist protest there. He is currently on hunger strike in support of another anti-capitalist prisoner, Kastro Dakduk, who faces deportation and subsequent persecution.
Kratoumeno Simon Chapman, T.K. 540 12, Thessaloniki, Greece (On Remand). Kratoumeno Kastro Dakduk T.K. 540 12, Thessaloniki, Greece (On Remand).

• Josse-Bjorn, Anstalten i Boras, Box 221 113,500 02 Boras, Sweden (20 months from June 2002)

Collective "Yen a marre" have started (June 2002) a new campaign to support the French anarchist and anti-capitalist activist Michael Gaucher who was imprisoned in Germany for 5 months without reason and, at the same time, tried in France without a possibility of defencee or lawyer. This situation was made possible by the Schengen Treaty which means it can happen to anybody in the EU. Email: [email protected]

• Kuldip Bajwa - arrested while demonstrating outside the Labour Party conference in Bournemouth due to his likeness to someone caught on video hitting a police riot shield with a placard pole at June 18. Judge Barthurst Norman said too much leniency had previously been shown to J18 reprobates and sentenced Kuldip to a full 21 months for violent disorder. Letters of support to: Kuldip Bajwa, DN7230, HMP Jebb Ave., Brixton, London, SW2 5XF.
• Sean Brown BP5610, Huntercobe, HMYOI, Howard Nutfield, Henley, Oxon R69 5FB.
• Roberto Francesconi, FR4039, HMP The Verne, Portland , Dorset, DT5 1EQ
• Garfield Gabbard, Political Prisoner, FT9062, HMP Camp Hill, Newport, Isle of Wight PO30 5PB. (On Remand, expecting 7 years). [May2001]
• Mark Leighton, SB4402, HMYOI Feltham, Bedford Road, Feltham, Middlesex TW13 4ND.
• Angel Makoly, FB4689, HMYOI, Onley, Rugby, CV23 8AP
• Paul Revell, FR5599, H.M.Prison, PO Box 757, Heathfield Road, London, SW18 3HS, England (18 months)
• Simone Sabeddu, FB2520, HMYOI Feltham, Bedfont Road, Feltham, Middx TW13 4ND, England (14 months).
• Owain Shepherd, FB6019, HMYOI, Easton Portland, Dorset, DT5 1DL
• Darren Sole CW 9599, HMP Wandsworth, P.O. Box 757, Heathfield Rd, London SW18 3HF.
• Robert Thaxton #12112716, OSP, 2605 State St, Salem, OR 97310, USA (86 months)
• Kevin Townsend, FR6275, H.M.Prison, PO Box 757, Heathfield Road, London SW18 3HS, England (9 months)
• Darryl Walker, FR5483, H.M.Prison, PO Box 757, Heathfield Road, London, SW18 3HS, England (15 months)
• Gareth Williams, FT7291, HMP Pentonville London, N7 8TT, England (6 months)
• Choudhry Riaz Ahmed, Mohammad Shakeel Janjua s.v.p.Pirzada Imtiaz Syed, Ayub Ali Khan, Haroon H Rasheed, Mohammad Inayat Sabri, Mohammas Noveed. Trade unionists jailed for organising the June 18th actions in Pakistan, now facing charges that carry the death penalty. Letters of support to the union address: APFUTU, Union House, Rang Pura, Sargodha Road, Gujurat - 50700 Pakistan or email [email protected]

Turkish Anarchists

• Ali Biter, E Tipi Cezaevi, B-2 Kirsehir, Turkey
• Abbas Irmak, E Tipi Cezaevi, B-2 Kirsehir, Turkey
• Zamir Karaagac, E Tipi Kapali Cezaevi, B-5 K. Maras 46060, Turkey
• Bulent Kurt, E Tipi Kapali Cezaevi, D/8, K. Maras 46060, Turkey
• Ibrahim Demir Ozel, Tip Cezaevi, B/1-2 Gaziantep, Turkey
• Osman Ercan Ozel, Tip Kapali Cezaevi, C-2 Kogusu, Amasya 05100, Turkey

MOVE

• Debbie Simms Africa (006307), Janet Holloway Africa (006308) and Janine Philips Africa (006309) all at: SCI Cambridge Springs, 451 Fullerton Ave, Cambridge Springs, PA 16403-1238, USA.
• Michael Davis Africa (AM4973) and Charles Simms Africa (AM4975) both at SCI Grateford, PO Box 244, Grateford, PA 19426-0244, USA.
• Edward Goodman Africa (AM4974) SCI Camp Hill, PA 17011-0200, USA.
• William Philips Africa (AM4984) and Delbert Orr Africa (AM4985) both at SCI Dallas Drawer K, Dallas, PA 18612, USA.
• Mumia Abu Jamal, (AM8335), SCI Greene, 1040 East R. Furman Highway, Waynesburg, PA 15370-8090, USA. Mumia is a former Black Panther, radical journalist and MOVE supporter who was framed in 1981 for the murder of a cop. In December 2001, a federal judge threw out Mumia Abu-Jamal's death sentence, ruling that the former journalist and Black Panther is entitled to a new sentencing hearing for killing a Philadelphia police officer in 1981.

Other Environmental Prisonners

Dr. Yurl Bandazhevsky, Ul. Kalvarijskaya 36, PO Box 35K, Minsk 220600, Belarus. Serving 8 years for telling the world that the nuclear radiation around Chernobyl is worse than the Belarus Government has admitted.

I�aki Garcia Koch, Carcel de Pamplona, C/San Roque. Apdo. 250, 31080 - Iru�ez - Pamplona, Navarra (Espa�a), Spain Serving just under 5 years for sabotaging a dam construction site.

Jeffrey Luers, #13797671, OSP , 2605 State St. Salem, OR 97310, USA. Serving 22 years & 8 months for arson on a car dealership & attempted arson of an oil truck.

Craig Marshall, #13797662, SRCI, 777 Stanton Blvd, Ontario, OR 97914 USA. Serving 5 years 5 months for "Conspiracy to commit arson" and "possession of an incendiary device.

Silvano Pellissero, Com. Mastrolierto, Via Ferrerinoli no2, Sanponso, 10080 Torino, Italy. Serving 6 years 8 months for allegedly sabotaging a rail line construction site. Silvana can read Spanish, Italian & French.

Fran Thompson (93341), 1107 Recharge Rd., York NE 68467, USA. An eco-activist serving Life for shooting dead, in self-defence, a stalker who had broken into her home.

American eco-activist Rob Middaugh was sentenced in Nov/Dec 2001 to three years in prison for his involvement in the Mayday 2001 "Reclaim The Streets" celebrations in California. He would love to hear from you. Rob Middaugh #6859467, PO Box 86164, Los Angeles 90086-0164, USA

Two American eco-activists, Jeffrey Luers #1306729, and Craig Marshall #1340996, both 101 W. 5th Street Eugene, Oregon 97401 USA on remand, accused of the attempted arson of an oil truck.

Helen Woodson is serving a 27 year sentence after she walked into a bank with a fake gun and demanded money. While still in the bank she set fire to the money reading out a statement denouncing corporate greed and the destruction of the environment. She is also serving time for mailing warning letters containing .38 caliber bullets to 6 corporate officials and disarming a nuclear missile silo with a jack hammer. Her expected release date is 2005. In general she prefers no publicity.
Helen Woodson 03231-045 FMC Carswell, POB 27137 Admin Unit, Fort Worth, TX 76127, USA.

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Peace Prisoners

(Update Oct 2003)
Tony Haughian JM9774. HMP Pentonville, Caledonian Rd, London N7 8TT, England. On remand for alleged anti-war activities.

Sylvia Boyes

Anti Iraq War

On Tuesday 12 March, Trident Ploughshares activist, Ulla Roder, gained access to RAF Leuchars in Fife, Scotland, where she took a hammer to a Tornado aircraft. Ulla told her supporters "I took my hammer to the nose-cone, the cockpit, the fuselage, the wings, the tailplane and other parts of the plane which it was safe to damage. I don't see it flying again". Being a Ploughshares activist, this was an "accountable" direct action and Ulla handed herself over to the authorities where she is now held on remand. Contact Jane Tallents 0845 458 8367. Please send letters of support to: Ulla Roder, HMP Corton Vale, Stirling, FK9 5NY, Scotland. She is accused of doing up to �25 million in damage to a Tornado plane and is currently awaiting trial.

(Nov 2002) A couple of years ago four American nuns calling themselves "Sacred Earth & Space Plowshares" disarmed weapons of mass murder at Peterson Air Force Base in the USA. On Sunday 6 October 2002, three of the original four Sisters visited an N-8 missile silo in northern Colorado and using the name "Sacred Earth & Space Plowshares II" disarmed the equipment that transports nuclear missiles to their firing points. All three have been remanded. Please send letters of support to Ardeth Platte, Carol Gilbert and Jackie Hudson all c/o PO Box 518, Georgetown CO80444 USA

Susan Crane, #916-999, Maryland Correctional Institute for Women, PO Box 535, Jessup MD 20794, USA. Serving 27 months for disarming two A10 "Warthogs" anti-tank bombers.

Grigory Pasko Sizo 12-25/1, Partizanskiy Prospekt 28-b, 690106, Vladivostok, Russian Federation (4 year sentence [from 2002?] for exposing Russian Navy nuclear waste dumping)

Mordechai Vanunu, Ashkelon prison, Ashkelon, Israel (Serving 18 years for telling world media about Israel's nuclear capabilities)

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Human Rights Prisoners

• Eric Wildcat Hall, #BL-5355, Unit I/A 10745 Route 18, Albion, PA 16475-0002, USA. Serving 35-75 years for helping ship arms to Central American indigenous activists.

• Wayne Heaton, an anti-fascist activist, has been sentenced to 18 months (July 2002) for violent disorder during the Burnley riots last summer. Wayne, who grew up in Burnley, was none too happy seeing the growth of support for the BNP in his home town. So when the police defended the BNP, Wayne like many locals stood up and fought. He'd love letters of support: Wayne Heaton, GK 7292, Wing G18, H.M. Prison, 2 Ribblestone Lane, Preston PR1 5AB.

• Harold H. Thomson, long-term US anarchist prisoner, is challenging a decision that will decide whether inmates across the States are able to receive mail containing "political content". Currently up to 25,000 prisoners receive anarchist, environmental or animal rights literature. Donations are needed to help fight this decision, payable to "Friends of Harold H. Thomson", PO Box 375, Knaphill, Woking, Surrey GU21 2XL.

• Leonard Peltier was framed for the murder of two FBI agents and is now serving two consecutive life sentences in prison. As an 'American Indian Movement'(AIM) activist he was targeted as a 'subversive' by the secret USA Cointelpro operations. Despite substantial new evidence and huge public pressure he has been consitently refused a retrial. Leonard is now very ill, unable to move his jaw and in great danger of blood poisoning, but is being refused decent medical help.
  Leonard Peltier #89637-132, PO Box 1000, Leavenworth, KS 66048, USA.
  For more info contact: LPDC PO Box 583, Lawrence KS 66044, USA, email [email protected] or check out the website at http://www.freepeltier.org

• Linn (Lenny) Chavez: a 36 year old AIM activist and Kiowa man, Lenny was cutting wood at his home when he was attacked by a right wing Aryan group member. The man grabbed Lenny's chainsaw threatening him and all those in the property. Fearing for his and his family's life Lenny drew his penknife and inflicted non-lethal injuries to the attaker. While the other man went free, Lenny was charged with atempted murder.
  Letters of support can be sent c/o South and Meso Indian Rights Center.
  Lenny Chavez c/o SAIIC PO Box 28703, Oakland CA 94694 USA, email [email protected]

• Grzegorz Chyska L Zakland Kamy, ul. Katowica 4, 46-200 Kluczbork, Poland. Serving 3 years 7 months for defending himself against a vicious neo-nazi gang.

• Dennis Bruce Walker: an Aboriginal activist who got 5 years for an incident while trying to protect an aboriginal sacred site. Waiting for an appeal/seeking a retrial.

• Dennis Bruce Walker: MIN245312, PO Box 656, Grafton 2460, NSW, Australia.

• Tomasz Wiloszewski: Zaklad Karny, Orzechowa 5, 98-200 Sieradz, Poland. Serving 15 years for accidentally killing a neo-nazi whilst defending himself

Please also check Amnesty International's web site for latest details and additional (international) prisoners.

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Animal Rights Prisoners

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Anarchist and Class Struggle

• Larry Giddings #10917-086, PO Box 1000, Lewisburg, PA.17837, USA Anti-authoritarian prisoner jailed in 1973 for attempted expropriation, paroled in 1978 then re-arrested in 79 while attempting to liberate a comrade from prison. Doing multiple sentences of life in prison and 75 years with no known parole opportunities.

• Bill Dunne #10916-086, Box 1000, Marion, IL.62959 Anti-authoritarian sentenced to 90 years for theattempted liberation of a prisoner in 1979 (with Larry Giddings - above). Bill was recently transfered back to the infamous Marion Control Unit. In the past he was involved in the resistance against the regieme there and among the most active prisoners in Marion.

• Tomasz Wilkoszewski Zaktad Karny,Ul.Ciupagi 1, 03-016 Warsaw Anti-fascist Sentenced to 15 years for the death of a fascist, killed during a confrontation

• Pavel Kroupa 4.3.1977, Veznice Vazba, Straz Pod Ralskem, 47127 Anti-fascist activist recently jailed and charged with murder. Pavel was attacked by 5 fascist skinheads. He defended himself and consequently one fascist died. Czech comrades are appealing for financial support to help pay for Pavel's defence. If found guilty he could face life in prison. Send support to:Benefit Support -Ivana Vranova, Bohunicka 19, 60000 Brno (Tel. Borek-09425/339895) Czech. Anarchist Federation- PO Box 5, 15006 Prague 56

• Ojore N. Lutalo #59860, CN-861, M.C.U., Trenton, NJ. 49444 Black liberation activist and anarchist. Jailed in 1975 for expropriation, paroled in 1980 but re-arrested in 1982 for an armed attack on a drug dealer. Sentenced to 20-40 years. Held in the Trenton Management Control Unit, where political prisoners are isolated by the authorities in their attempt at stopping the spread of radical ideas.

• Alvaro Luna Hernandez #255735, Hughes Unit, Rt. 2, Box 4400, Gatesville, TX 76597. Alvaro is a longtime community organizer and human rights activist serving a 50-year sentence in Texas for disarming a police officer who drew his weapon on him (in a small Texas region notorious for numerous killings of Latinos). Alvaro was a national organizer for the freedom campaign of Ricardo Adalpe Guerra, a Mexican national falsely sentenced to die for the murder of a cop. Ricardo was freed in 1994. Alvaro was also active in the political education of youth and against police brutality. Website: www.freealvaro.org

• Sundiata Acoli #39794-066, Box 3000, USP Allenwood, White Deer, PA. 17887. Former Black Panther imprisoned in 1969 with 13 others (Panther 21 case), for 2 years without bail, until acquitted in 1971. Upon release, forced underground and joined Black Liberation Army due to police harassment. Sundiata was sentenced to life, plus 30 years for murder in 1973 after a police ambush, at which a comrade and a cop were killed. One of the longest serving political prisoners in the world, he has developed tuberculosis. Sundiata spent 8 years in the notorious Marion Control Unit until campaigners forced the authorities to transfer him. For more info contact: Sundiata Acoli Defence Campaign -PO Box 5538, Manhattanville Station, Harlem, NY.10027

• Sekou Odinga #05228-054, 3901 Klien Blvd., Lompoc, CA.93436 Former Black Panther. Later involved in clandestine activities of the Black Liberation Army (for 12 years) until capture. Sentenced to 25-life for 'attempted murder of police' (shooting over his shoulder while being chased and shot at by police) and also a further 20 years for the liberation of comrade Assata Shakur and the expropriation of an armoured truck.

• Russell Shoats #AF-3855, SCI Greene, 1040 E.Roy Furman Highway, Waynesburg, PA 15370-8090 Serving multiple life sentances since 1972 for Black Liberation Army actions. Russell is currently active in the struggle against control units.

• Ali Khalid Abdullah #148130, Macomb Correctional Facility, PO Box 480999, New Haven, MI 48048 New Afrikan anarchist, prison organiser, founder of Political Prisoners of War Council (PPWC) a prisoners group activein Michigan prisons. Is serving time for taking political action against drug dealers. Also for 'redirecting' funds from capitalist ventures to community groups. Ali's writings available from Huddersfield ABC (U.K.).

• John Perotti #167712, SOCF, address currently unknown Jailed for a $7 robbery when he was 19. Anarchist, prison organiser, jailhouse lawyer. Framed-up for an extra 12-15 years for the stabbing of another prisoner in 1988 (he was in solitary at the time), as revenge for his activities. John was recently on hunger strike, demanding transfer out of SOCF where the screws and officials hate him. He called it off when it became life threatening, and now has kidney problems. John has written an account of his struggles called 'Down to the Wire'. For more info. contact: John Perotti Defence Fund -c/o 29 Sterlochy Street, Findochty, Buckie, Banffshire, AB56 4PQ, (Scotland)

• Shaka Shakur #28443, Indiana State Reformatory ,PO Box 30, Pendleton, IN. 46064 Black prison activist and organiser, sentenced to 30 years after being stitched-up for armed robbery. Spent many years in solitary confinement/Control Units. Was at infamous Maximum Control Complex, Westville until prisoners won lawsuit against conditions there. For more info: S.S.D.C. - PO Box 565, Madison, WI. 53701

• Willie A. Milton #561014, Rt.3, P.O. Box 59, Rosharon, TX 77583, USA. Co-founder of the Texas Prisoners' Labour Union, the first of it's kind in the U.S. Facing severe repression due to his organising efforts. In particular, Willie and TPLU are attempting to provide evidence concerning the use of Texas prisoners as guinea pigs in experiments by biotech corporations and the U.S. military concerning Gulf War Syndrome. A disease with the same symptoms as GWS is currently reaching epidemic proportions in the Texas prison system. For more info. contact Willie personally or TPLU Office Operations-c/o Dwight L. Rawlinson, 2121 South 4th St., Waco, TX. 76706

• Marshall Gardner #567238, 1207 FM 3522, Abilene, TX.79601, USA. Anarchist, currently working on a pamphlet detailing the history and tactics of armed struggle in the U.S.

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