Evening 25.10.2000

LAST ENGLISH PERSON RELEASED

The last remaining English person imprisoned by the Czech authorities has been released from Horni Slavkov prison this evening.

He was arrested when police entered his coach and picked him out close to the German border. The police accused him of damaging a McDonald's sign (though witnesses say he did NOT cause the damage).

His release comes after a payment of a fine in the region of £600.

This now leaves 8 people still in jail that we know about: 1 Dane, 2 Romanians, 1 Czech, 3 Poles and 1 Ukranian.
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Evening 24.10.2000

16 YEAR OLD AUSTRIAN RELEASED

The 16 year old Austrian who has been detained for nearly a month for breaking a car mirror was released after President Haval granted him an amnesty today. The 16 year old had been detained even though the owner of the car had not wanted to prosecute and despite offers of payment for the mirror.
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Evening 19.10.2000

ELEVEN PRISONERS RELEASED

Eleven more prisoners have been released over the last 2 days. These were:

* The last German man on the 18th.
* 1 of the 2 Danish people.
* The last 2 Spanish people.
* The 7 Hungarians.


Only the German and one of the Hungarians have not been charged.

LETTER WRITING

We haven't been releasing details of prisoners name unless we are sure that those inside want their names going public.

We can now confirm that the remaining Danish person does not mind his name publicised and messages of support would be welcome. You must include his date of birth for letters to be accepted by the prison.

His name is: Mads Thordal Trærup
Date of Birth: 10.03.82.
Prison address:
Pankrac
Vazebni Veznice
Taborska 988
14000 Praha
CZ
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Morning 19.10.2000

We are still asking that anyone arrested during the IMF/WB protests who has not called us to tell us that they were released please do so. Also, if you called to report someone missing or arrested and you know that they are okay please let us know. Our database still shows over 200 people missing or in jail. This figure is completely inaccurate and we need your help to update it.

We, along with OPH, are asking people who were arrested and mistreated to file a criminal accusation (or at least a complaint) against the police. Also we are asking people who have been released to write an account of their experience which could possibly be used in human rights and criminal cases. Both of these things are very important to both hold the Police accountable for what they have done, and to help stop the increasing criminalization of protests and activism. For more information on both of these things, read here.

We are looking for video, photos, or audio of police violence/illegal acts, people being arrested, plain clothes police, announcements from the police, etc. If you have any of these things (or more) documented PLEASE PLEASE contact us - they are of incalculable value for use as evidence. More info on this here.

HOW TO CONTACT US

Email:  praguelegalsupport@purpleturtle.com
Phone (Czech Rep.):
Legal Support: (0042)0608/721 67
Jiri Kopal, OPH: (0042)0608/719 535
As always, anything you send to us will be kept completely confidential unless you request otherwise.