[207] in peace2
prisoners' conditions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (F. AuYeung)
Tue Apr 18 14:21:40 2000
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To: peace-list@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 14:21:31 -0400
From: "F. AuYeung" <auyeung@MIT.EDU>
the A16 demonstration was about protestors against the World Bank and IMF;
but now, it's about people of conscience against the police abuse of power:
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Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 17:41:23 GMT
From: "Wyld Chyld" <wyld_chyld1@hotmail.com>
Subject: [bostonrnr] URGENT: DC Prisoners Need Help
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>From: Jonah Zern <jzern1@yahoo.com>
>Subject: [SEAC-ANNOUNCE:745] URGENT: DC Prisoners Need Help
>Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 09:45:02 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Soon I'll tell stories of the protest, of police
>violence, of pepper spray, of partying and
>demonstrating in the street, of extraordinary national
>and international media, and how strong I feel our
>movement is becoming.
>NOW WE NEED HELP IMMEDIATELY! CALL NUMBERS BELLOW, ALL
>OF THEM, NOW AND AGAIN AND AGAIN!
>
>Approximately 1200 people have been arrested, 90%
>arrested yesterday (at least 600 confirmed) remained
>in solidarity (did not give their names, and refused
>to site out) From those being released increasing
>amount of abuse is being sited. As we stood outside
>the courthouse last night a woman was rushed from
>inside, she was extremely dehydrated and had passed
>out- she had not been allowed water or food for the
>entire day- this is true for most of the prisoners,
>another who sited out was hypoglycemic and was shaking
>and nearly passed out when she was released. Further,
>the police have threatened these POLITICAL PRISONERS
>with torture, with sentences of weeks, with sending
>them to the harshest prisons, they have shackled them,
>they have sent them fake lawyers, all in an attempt
>get people to break solidarity. One young prisoner
>yesterday who refused to tell police whether he was a
>minor was shackled and paraded in front of the
>non-protest inmates with the police saying "you want a
>young boy". These are only a small pooling of cases
>that I have heard.
>
>PLEASE ACT NOW!
>Call the following numbers, ALL OF THEM!
>Tell them you are appalled by the abuse of political
>prisoners in our nation's capital, let them know where
>you are from, and that you are watching them, and will
>continue to-- national media is beginning to cover the
>abuses and the protests outside. Also, tell them that
>you support the immediate release of all IMF/World
>Bank political prisoners without charges. Pass this
>on, have non-activists call, let them know that the
>whole world is watching!
>DC Jail
>202.673.8000
>B&C Cell Block
>202.727.2392
>Superior Court
>202.879.1010
>Police Academy (protesters are being held here)
>202.645.0065
>Police Academy Gym (the location of the prisoners)
>202.727.4213
>Central Holding Cell
>202.727.2897
>1st District Substation
>202.727.4655
>
>=====
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>STARC (Student Alliance to Reform Corporations
>http://www.corpreform.org
><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>http://www.A16.org
>
>Corporations like yahoo put tons into getting their name into my signature!
>We can use ours to promote revolution.
>
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