The Greek government could not ignore anymore the massive movement formed in solidarity with innocent detainee Theodoros Iliopoulos and set him free at last!
Theodoros Iliopoulos is
free after 49 days of hunger strike. He was arrested in December and
detained with fabricated molotov-throwing charges. His innocence was
defended by witnesses, but the only witness reports considered by the
“justice” authorities were those of two police officers. He went
on hunger strike on 10 July and for more than a month the authorities
refused to provide him with proper medical support at a public
hospital and instead kept him in the under-funded and under-equipped
prison’s medical room. He was hospitalized into Sotiria Hospital
only a few days ago.
Anarchist comrades in
Greece and abroad quickly mobilized in solidarity, and later leftist
and communist political parties also made announcements in his
support. The voices demanding his release were becoming more and
more, and as his case was being picked up by progressive media the
government couldn’t ignore the protests anymore and set him free at
last.
Free, but with a few
conditions: he isn’t allowed to disembark from the country and
every bi-weekly period he should report to the local police station.
He was set free without the need for bail payment.
Comrades in Greece had
planned a solidarity march, which will go on as planned.
It should be made clear
that Theodoros Iliopoulos won thanks to his determination and to the
Greek and international solidarity movement in his support.
Meanwhile, in Naxos, a
small island in Greece, immigrants went on hunger strike today to
protest about the denial of their human rights. The social war
continues...
Thanks to everyone in
Greece and elsewhere who supported Theodoros Iliopoulos. Solidarity is our weapon!
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