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The information in this file was recently published in FREEDOM -
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the fortnightly anarchist journal published by FREEDOM PRESS:
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FREEDOM PRESS (IN ANGEL ALLEY) 84B WHITECHAPEL HIGH STREET,
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LONDON E1 7QX GREAT BRITAIN
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Do write for a sample copy or for a copy of our booklist of
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publications. We will be putting more of this information out so
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watch this spot...
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BASQUE COUNTRY
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Yet another person has been charged and imprisoned in the
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French part of the Basque country - the 70th. Karim Chakroun was
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arrested, brought to court and sent down on 7th March this year
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having fallen foul of the laws relating to irregular residence
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and criminal association relating to terrorist activities.
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This latest arrest reveals the willingness of the state to
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keep up the pressure on those who have shown solidarity with
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political prisoners not recognised as such by the state. Today
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the Mitterand/Pasqua system have the Basques in their sights in
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the same way as they had the Kurds not so long ago.
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Criminalise and terrorise are the objectives of the judge who
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decorated by the Spanish government for his contribution to the
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anti-terrorist struggle. Now we're not idiots. There is no
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documentary evidence. The arrestees are not the 'bloodthirsty
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terrorists' portrayed by those in power. To the great regret of
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the legal system those in the dock are simply Basque militants,
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who, since their rights to assylum were taken away, sought to go
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underground rather than risk prison and torture in post-Franco
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Spain and the irony is that the locals freely gave of their
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support. There will be more Karims! It was the same in May 93
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when 20 locals were accused of drinking coffee with or lending a
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bicycle to these terrible members of ETA.
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Since Karims arrest a support group has been set up which has
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issued a press comuniqu, the essence of which is as follows:
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So long as the national Basque liberation movement is met with
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torture and oppression as a response to its demands its militants
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are forced into exile... This latest arrest reveals that despite
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their desire to criminalise opposition the French and Spanish
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states will not succede in breaking the solidarity that exists
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between the people and active individuals... The number of
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arrests demonstrates the political dimension of the affair.
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Taking account of all these aspects, we reaffirm our solidarity
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with Karim and with all those in the same position... and call
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for their immediate liberation.
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Contact: CSNIDA 17, rue Paul-Bellamy, 44000 Nantes.
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Le Monde Libertaire 27/4/94
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