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Solidarity actions continue here in Delhi for Austrian activists

Abhishek Kadyan, TV Journalist. | 05.07.2008 16:03 | Animal Liberation

OIPA INDIA arranged a demonstration here in New Delhi - INDIA before the Embassy of Austria, Naresh Kadyan, Rep. of OIPA in India handed over a memorandum to the HE The Ambassador through First Secretary.

Demonstration in Delhi arranged by the OIPA INDIA
Demonstration in Delhi arranged by the OIPA INDIA


HUMAN RIGHTS SCANDAL IN AUSTRIA

for latest information visit  http://www.wikileaks.org/wiki/User:Austrian_Atrocities

Non-governmental organisations express concern about what may be a case of state repression of social activism.

On 21st May 2008 at 6 a.m., heavily armed police officers from an elite unit stormed 21 homes and the offices of a number of non-governmental organisations in Austria. Breaking their way in, the masked police surrounded frightened civilians in their beds at gun point. Ten people were arrested and have been held in custody without specific charge since that day. Despite the statement by the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior that %u201CThe measures taken by the police were in no way directed against animal welfare or animal welfare organisations%u201D, the removal of computers, documents and other assets has effectively crippled some of the organisations involved.

Those asking the media to look at this case draw attention to the fact that Amnesty International and the Austrian Green Party have reacted strongly, questioning police methods and the treatment of detainees, particularly the absence of actionable evidence justifying %u201Cstrong suspicion%u201D (dringender Tatverdacht) or the %u201Creason (or grounds)%u201D (Haftgrund) for the arrests. Detainee accounts of what has happened are alarming: see, for example, the appeal sent out by Martin Balluch on June 9.  http://www.wikileaks.org/wiki/User:Austrian_Atrocities

In recent years, milestone reforms in animal law have been achieved in Austria including bans on fur farms, battery cages for hens and the use of wild animals in circuses.

Should those who have achieved advances that are an example to the rest of the world be blamed for all the unsolved cases of damage to property in Austria over the last eleven years? %u201CAll citizens have the right to actively stand up for or demonstrate against something. It is particularly important to stand up for animal rights because animals cannot stand up for themselves. People must do it for them. Animals, like all the defenceless, rely on this protection.%u201D (Elfriede Jelinek, Nobel Prize for literature 2004).

Should organisations acting for animals that have always operated peacefully and within the law have their functioning hampered by the seizure of their material?

The undersigned express deep concern at what appears to be an attempt to criminalise the animal advocacy movement and to stifle the political freedom of those involved in it.


Information in German and English is available on the website of the Association Against Animal Factories (Verein Gegen Tierfabriken): www.vgt.at. (1)  http://www.vgt.at/presse/news/2008/news20080605_1_en.php (2  http://www.vgt.at/presse/news/2008/news20080613_2_en.php (3)  http://www.evana.org/index.php?id=34576〈=en


ENDORSED BY: 174 National & International NGOs and groups (list growing) see:  http://www.evana.org from 32 countries, namely

Argentine Austria Australia Belgium Brazil Canada Croatia Czech Republic Finland France Germany Hong Kong India Ireland Israel Italy Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Serbia Slovenia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom United States of America


Please see also the following petition and appeal sites:

 http://www.vgt.at/actionalert/repression/petition/index_en.php  http://www.vgt.at/actionalert/repression/emailappell/index_en.php

 http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/VGT


back:  http://www.wikileaks.org/wiki/Category:Whistleblowers/Austria

We ask for the immediate release and believe that a fair trial will still be possible, if they are no longer kept locked up.

The reputation of Austria as a constitutional state could suffer now a serious blow, if the justice system would not take immediate action to redress the situation and release the detainees from remand.

Abhishek Kadyan, TV Journalist.
- e-mail: 67.abhishek@gmail.com
- Homepage: http://www.pfaharyana.in

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