Radical Antifascist Action - Wroclaw  http://www.raaf-wroc.prv.pl

original polish:  http://pl.indymedia.org/pl/2004/06/7424.shtml

During the night of 16th to 17th June, Radek Slominski was brutally beaten and then thrown from a train by nazis. The young man is dead. He was 19 years old. He was dark-skinned and had dreadlocks. He was returning to home by train from Wroclaw. In the train there was a band of skinheads. They beat him viciously [original: Bili, kopali, znęcali się nad nimi]. They pulled out all of Radek's dreadlocks, and then they threw him through the window of the train out onto the tracks... another train hit him. When his body was found, it was very badly damaged [zmasakrowane], on his legs could be seen the clear effects of the train going over him, his heel was cut off. Radek's friend is "śpiączce" [in shock? sleeping? in a coma? need translation help, please!] since Thursday, nothing is known of how his state will change... The police say that it could have been an accident, that it's Radek's fault (he beat up his friend, he pulled out his own dreadlocks, after that he jumped out the window onto the track of the other train, it's clear... just paranoia...) Please help! Let's talk about this loudly, we can't leave this as it is... this is just another piece of evidence that fascism is still alive... we should fight against this... Radek was much loved, always smiling and happy. Radek is dead. Another stupid death... Remember, that any of us could meet this fate... Let's not forget.

Monday 28 June 2004 Market square near Pręgierz [Wroclaw] at 16:30.

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Addresses to send appeals (probably you should use Radek's formal name: Radoslaw Slominski) to
human rights 25.06.2004 16:52
authorities to write appeals to

General comments.

* Please write appeals politely and carefully. Letters which are exaggerated are counterproductive - better a letter saying something like "I am worried that ..." rather than one which is too strong - the authorities want everything to remain secret and are embarrassed when they realise that people from around the world know about their human rights violations. The more accurate the information, the more worried they will be.

* A copy to your local embassy is a good idea - the embassy people will translate this, forward it and worry about their government's reputation - this is their job.

* Paper letters or faxes are better than emails - but emails might still be useful if they're in large numbers.

* See, e.g.  http://www.amnesty.org for more discussion of international letter-writing campaigns against human rights violations.

Minister of the Interior (Police)

Greeting: Szanowny Panie Ministrze,

Ryszard Kalisz
Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji
Stefana Batorego 5
02-591 Warszawa
Poland

+48 (22) 621 02 51

 wp@mswia.gov.pl

 http://www.mswia.gov.pl

Minister of the Interior (Police) - second address

Dyrektor Wydziału Skarg i Wniosków Departamentu Nadzoru i Kontroli
Ministerstwa Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji,
ul. Batorego 5,
02-514 Warszawa
Poland

tel. 0-48 22 603-43-57;

tel/fax 0-48 22 849-76-62.



Prime Minister

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Marek Belka
Kancelaria Prezesa Rady Ministrów
Al. Ujazdowskie 1/3
00-583 Warszawa
Poland

telefon +48 (22) 694-60-00
fax +48 (22) 625-26-37

 cirinfo@kprm.gov.pl

 http://www.kprm.gov.pl/email.php



President

Greeting: Szanowny Panie Prezydencie,

Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Kancelaria Prezydenta RP
ul. Wiejska 10
PL-00-902 Warszawa
Poland

Tel. +48 (22) 695-29-00

[pl]  http://www.prezydent.pl/poc/index.php3

[en]  http://www.prezydent.pl/poc/en_index.php3



Polish embassies/consulates

"ambasada RP" or "konsulat generalny RP"

 http://www.yp.pl/ca/327576/World/Polska/Pa%C5%84stwo/Ambasady_i_plac%C3%B3wki_dyplomatyczne_za_granica/

 http://directory.google.com/Top/World/Polska/Pa%C5%84stwo/Ambasady_i_plac%C3%B3wki_dyplomatyczne_za_granica/

 http://dmoz.org/World/Polska/Pa%F1stwo/Ambasady_i_plac%F3wki_dyplomatyczne_za_granica/


You could also send copies to *local* national newspapers where you live.