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PublixTheatre Caravan To Be Released From Italian Prison
8/13 Update on the PublixTheatre Caravan, which had been jailed following the G8 protests.
8/13 PublixTheatre Caravan Update
It is now confirmed that all twenty-five Caravan participants will be released from pre-trial detention within the next few days. Twenty people have been freed already, and are in transit back to their home countries, including two U.S. citizens (among them Susanna Thomas). The remaining five (three male Austrians and two others of unknown citizenship) will be kept in prison until Thursday due to "formal mistakes" in their filing procedures. The release indicates that there was insufficent evidence to keep them in pretrial detention, but it remains uncertain who (if anyone) will ultimately face trial.
Notably, the judges appear to have questioned the Caravan as a group, rather than dealing with cases individually, as had been feared. The later scenario would have created the potential of splitting them into "good protesters vs. bad protesters" based on stereotypes of their alleged political affiliations.
The status (and exact number) of other Genoa political prisoners remains in question; efforts must be focused on securing their releases as well!
It is now confirmed that all twenty-five Caravan participants will be released from pre-trial detention within the next few days. Twenty people have been freed already, and are in transit back to their home countries, including two U.S. citizens (among them Susanna Thomas). The remaining five (three male Austrians and two others of unknown citizenship) will be kept in prison until Thursday due to "formal mistakes" in their filing procedures. The release indicates that there was insufficent evidence to keep them in pretrial detention, but it remains uncertain who (if anyone) will ultimately face trial.
Notably, the judges appear to have questioned the Caravan as a group, rather than dealing with cases individually, as had been feared. The later scenario would have created the potential of splitting them into "good protesters vs. bad protesters" based on stereotypes of their alleged political affiliations.
The status (and exact number) of other Genoa political prisoners remains in question; efforts must be focused on securing their releases as well!
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IMC Network
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2001/08/14/international1625EDT0633.DTL
Italy Springs G8 Protesters
8/14/2001 - AP newswire in SF Chronicle
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2001/08/14/international1430EDT0587.DTL
Stripped, threatened, humiliated
8/14/2001 - AP newswire in SF Chronicle
http://sfgate.com/columnists/chonin/
Neva Chonin: Black bras and beatings
8/14/2001 - SF Chronicle (warning: this url may not work eventually once the columnist has a new article)
http://bayarea.com/rc/news/docs/09791293.htm
Italian Authorities Release Genoa Protesters
8/14/2001 - Reuters on bayarea.com
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