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Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 11:02:45 -0000
From: Mark Connolly <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [global_irl] Protest email - please send
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Protesters arrested at the S26 demonstrations in
Prague are being tortured in jail.  See
http://www.ainfos.ca
for details

Please take the time to email the letter below
to the addresses at the end of this post.  If
you have time add your own comments and also
fax and/or post it.

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    Stop the torture in Czech jails

I am extremely concerned about the reports 
coming from Prague of 'S26' prisoners being 
tortured in jail by the Czech police.  A press 
release from INPEG in Prague reveals that

Women have been strip searched by male officers 
and have been forced to perform physical 
exercises for their enjoyment 

Many individuals are being denied water, food, 
and sleep; some are able to get food only if 
they pay guards, women and fascists are more 
likely to get water 

Many people released have reported that before 
reaching police stations, officers took 
individuals to isolated areas and beat them 
severely. 

Two Norwegians that went to a police station on 
Trisparni Street near Vlatavska to report a 
stolen mobile phone witnessed behind briefly 
opened doors that a number of people were 
handcuffed to the wall and being beaten 
severely. This has also been confirmed by many 
reports from released persons that in the 
processing rooms groups of 40 to 60 people were 
asked to spread eagle while they were beaten, 
heads were knocked back, legs were kicked in, 
and numbers of men had their groins twisted or 
punched. Additionally people handcuffed were 
tossed down stairs. 

There is one report that 22 people were crammed 
into a 4 square meter cell. 

30 People were detained at the Olsanska jail in 
an outdoor courtyard overnight with no blankets 
or food. They were later moved to Balkova near 
Pilsen. Two Germans that were detained in 
Lupacova, Praha 3 on Wednesday for approximately 
eight hours were held with an Israeli, an 
American,a German, and an Italian. The Israeli 
had been beaten severely, had difficulty 
walking, a black eye, and likely had a broken 
rib. He has been denied medical attention 

People with diabetes were not fed, people that 
needed medication were not given it, the British 
Embassy had to intervene to get medication into 
the jail. 

A Norwegian woman held in jail with 30 other 
women witnessed a German woman with a badly 
injured leg where medics were denied. 

Right to legal representation and advice, right 
to interpreters, right to food and water, right 
to basic medical attention, and the right to a 
phone call have all been ignored on a widespread 
scale.

I demand the immediate release of all the 
prisoners and wish to be informed when you have 
done this

Signed





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If you have time consider also sending it 
To the addresses below.  Remember more attention 
will be paid to faxes/letters then email and 
most to phone calls.

Czech Ministry of Justice: [log in to unmask]
Czech President, Vacslav Havel: 
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Czech Embassy: 0207 243 1115
British Embassy in Czech Republic: 0042 0257 
530278
fax: 0042 0257 530296 [log in to unmask]
UK Foreign Office: 0207 270 3000   0207 238 4586

Czech Centre [log in to unmask]   
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291
9920 fax 0207 4368300

The Presidential office fax number:
00 420 2 24310851

The Minister of Interior:
00 420 2 61433560






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