PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT THE HUNGER AND THIRST STRIKE OF THE ANARCHIST MILITANT TH. HATZIANGELU

On 19/12/22 the anarchist revolutionary and member of “Anarchist Action”, Th. Hatziangelou started a hunger and thirst strike demanding to be informed of the reasons for his violent and vindictive transferto Nigrita Prison, and for his immediate return to Korydallos prison.

At the same time, imprisoned anarchists G. Michailidis, L Vouyiouklakis, Φ. Daskalas, and F. Tziotzis started hunger strikes in solidarity with Hatziangelou ( GM from 22/12, IV and FD from 24/12, and FT from 25/12). Meanwhile, 11 imprisoned Kurdish and Turkish revolutionaries of the People’s Front have been on hunger strike since 7/8/22 demanding, among other things, an end to their unjust persecution and the right to a fair trial.While the lackeys of the state (Korkones, members of the neonazi Golden Dawn party, Lignades, etc.)are released from jail and acquitted of charges, thousands of unnamed prisoners live without rights in miserable conditions.

For the last two months, peaceful demonstrations have been held inside the prisons across Greece. News of these struggles rarely reach beyond the prison walls. For many political prisoners, the fascist policies of the current New Democracy government and strengthening of repressive judicial mechanisms have led to a regime of isolation, deprivation of basic rights and freedom, and blackmail through false accusations, disproportionate sentences, and demands for statements of “repentance”.
Requests for release — despite meeting the usual institutional requirements — are often denied without reason. We can find similarities in example of the Italian anarchist Alfredo Cospito, who has been on hunger strike since 20/10/22 in protest against the forced isolation of political prisoners by the Italian state. In essence, punitive regimes of total isolation and extermination.These practices shield those in positions of power from those who dare resist. Hiding behind such acts of violence, the state attempts to reassure itself of its own omnipotence, but instead reveals only its truenature.

In doing so, it follows in the footsteps of the juntas and fascist regimes of the past. Today these practices are applied against anarchists and and communists. Tomorrow, it could be on all of society.This repression has been felt in our community through the arrest of our comrade K Dimalexis on trumped up charges on 22.11.22. The police operation to kidnap and arrest K. Dimalexis was used as an excuse for GADA and the ministry to attack and criminalize the neighborhood, arresting 79 of its defenders residents and solidarians. After being placed under pre-trial detention in Korydallos Prison,our comrade was put in isolation for 5 days: a measure first imposed due to the COVID pandemic but that continues to be used as a way to isolate and break prisoners. From there, instead of being transferred to a ward with other anarchist political prisoners (where normally he should have been transferred), he was isolated in ward E and later moved without explanation to Trikala Prison.
In Trikala, he is heavily isolated, with few possibilities to contact his family and lawyer. The “crime” used to the transfer was that in the the last ward he was in, he along with 18 fellow prisoners participated in creating an assembly to solve practical issues (broken windows, etc).solving such practical issues.

The fight for the rights of prisoners is not only a duty for each incarcerated comrade but also a legal responsibility of the state itself.
From today, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 at 13:00, we will start a cyclical strike hunger strike in solidarity with the militant Th. Hatziangelou. One person will participate in the hunger strike each day,for as long as his hunger and thirst strike lasts. Our Comrade K. Dimalexis will join us from prison.
We stand in solidarity with the 11 hunger strikers from 7/8/22 of the People’s Front and with Alfredo Cospito, hunger striker from 20/10/22 against the regime of isolation imposed on him.

IMMEDIATE JUSTICE FOR THE RIGHTFUL DEMANDS OF THE HUNGER AND THIRST STRIKER FROM 19/12/22, THANOS HATZIANGELOU

SOLIDARITY WITH THE 11 HUNGER STRIKERS ON HUNGER STRIKE SINCE 7/8/22 OFTHE POPULAR FRONT

SOLIDARITY WITH THE HUNGER STRIKER OF 20/10/22 ALFREDO COSPITO

The cyclical hunger strike starts on Tuesday 27/12 at 13:00, in front of the Social Centre of the Squatted Neighborhood of Prosfigika, Alexandra Avenue.

Assembly of Squatted Prosfigika

27/12/22

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