Appello della INTERNATIONAL WORKERS ASSOCIATION (AIT-IWA)
About the case:
On
Saturday, Sept. 4, five (*) political activists were arrested in
Belgrade on trumped up charges. The five, Tadej Kurepa, Ivan Vulović,
Sanja Dojkić, Ratibor Trivunac and Nikola Mitrovic, are activists in or
associates of the Anarcho-Syndicalist Initiative, the Serbian section
of the International Workers’ Association (IWA). (* The sixth person
sought by police, Ivan Savic, was also arrested some days later.)
The
arrests are allegedly related to a direct action which took place at
the Greek Embassy on Aug. 25. Negligible damage was done; a crack in
one window, a tiny burn mark on the facade and a circled A graffiti on
the embassy as a act of symbolic solidarity with Thodoros Iliopoulos.
The prosecutor however imagines this as an act of “international
terrorism” and would like to charge our comrades with such.
If the state allows such charges to be pressed, they could be facing
3-15 years in prison.
As it is, the five were arrested, harrassed and are to be held in
custody for at least one month while the case is organized.
Although one of the accused, General Secretary of the IWA Ratibor
Trivunac clearly and publically declared that he knew nothing of the
action, he was arrested. It is not the first time that authorities have
come after him or his comrades for no other reason than the fact that
they are radical critics of the state.
We are calling on people around the world to take action now!
If you can organize a protest at a Serbian Embassy, Consulate or other
Diplomatic Mission, please do so ASAP. Rather than one day of action,
we think actions can be spread out over a few days, but we think it’s
best not to wait! Try to make an action by Sept. 15-16.
Also, send faxes and protest letters! We are including a list of
addresses on this page. If you like, you can also send a letter to the
government through this page. You can write your own text or use out
sample text. Our page can keep a log of signatorees so we may pass them
on to the comrades in Serbia so they know which organizations and
people have sent protests.
Please send us information about your demos, protests or articles on the case!
FREE THE FIVE NOW!
ADDRESSES OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA:
http://www.mfa.gov.rs/Worldframe.htm
Send a protest here
