A venir bientôt : la traduction de la déclaration de Martin Balluch du 7 juillet.

Les lettres de prisonniers traduites ont été écrites il y a longtemps. Nous avons appris aujourd'hui que l'un d'eux, Chris, était extrêmement déprimé. Sa compagne et leurs trois enfants n'ont plus aucune ressource depuis qu'il est incarcéré et n'arrivent plus à payer les factures. Il existe déjà un système pour effectuer des dons destinés à aider les prisonniers.
Nous envisageons d'en mettre un place un autre qui puisse servir en même temps de moyen de manifester publiquement l'existence d'un mouvement international de protestation. J'espère pouvoir vous en dire plus sur le système "double effet" très bientôt, si toutefois il est approuvé par VGT.

Un article en allemand paru hier.
La traduction en anglais se trouve ci-dessous.
L'article dit que le député des Verts Peter Plitz engage des poursuites contre deux policiers, un procureur général et deux juges des détentions préventives pour abus d'autorité, diffamation, arrestations illégales et atteinte à la propriété.

Criminal Charges made against Austrian State Officials by Peter Pilz of the Austrian Green Party

Vienna , 24. July 2008

In the scandal surrounding ten Austrian animal rights advocates detained in remand prison, Austrian Green Party security spokesman and leader of the parliament select committee on internal affairs, pressed today for criminal charges against two police investigators, a state prosecutor and two remand judges, who all stand now accused of abuse of authority, defamation and libel, illegal arrest and damage of property.

"This time crime emerged from the other side of the bar!", stated Dr. Peter Pilz, who has been one the first Austrian politicians criticising the flawed accusations under the criminal code paragraph 278a against the animal advocates, and he stated that the requirements to apply this paragraph were not given in that case.

During the observations of the detainees prior to their arrest multiple violations of the existing laws were committed by the state investigators, such as the illegal installation of hidden positioning devices on cars, and concerning several of the permissions granted by the judges. Evidence supporting police suspicion, as required by law, was either not substantiated or not even provided by the public prosecution.

One Police investigator subjected an animal protectionist officially to suspicion of a severe crime and to secret observation intrusions just because it was said that the person had expressed disapproving comments and forwarded a similar text of an official press statement by the Alternative Youth group of the Green Party. The police officer thereby seriously infringed this person’s basic and constitutional right to free speech and the freedom to not be persecuted for criminal charges without reason, as set out in the law stated Pilz.