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3 Anarchist Victims of Spanish Repression freed : There’s no Evidence
The National Court has ordered the release without bail bond for three of the five people who were until now in custody, detained under the ‘Operation Piñata’, anti anarchist raids, on 31 March.
As explained Daniel Amelang to the paper Diagonal, one of the lawyers representing the defendants in Operation Piñata, they are now waiting for the Court to rule on the freedom of the other two people who are still in custody.
“The Court has held that the detention was disproportionate,” explains Amelang. “So far maintained the charges against them, but they have seen that it is unnecessary are now in prison,” he concludes. It is expected that at least three people to whom the Court has confirmed the release without bail out along this afternoon of the various prisons to which they were scattered on May 18.
A ‘piñata’ is a multi wrapped parcel full of goodies that’s hung up at kids birthdays and whacked by blindfolded children till all the treasures fly out.
In all three cases for which the release is ordered, the Third Section of the Criminal Division of the National Court notes that the decision of the judge of the Audiencia Nacional Eloy Velasco ( the High Court controlled by the neo fascist Right) did not provide “sufficient” evidence or realization of alleged terrorist activities allegedly committed by detainees when he ordered their entry into custody.
All the arrested in the Pandora and Piñata raids were related to two anarchists awaiting trial for allegedly bombing a church! The ruling Spanish right , highly infiltrated by Opus Dei, are still furious about this little bomb which hurt nobody as the claim referred to the mega crimes of the church in aiding the fascist dictatorship (eg handing thousands of anarchists to the State death squads). Many of the arrested anarchists were accused of being in a prisoners support group for the two, Fransicso and Monica. The campaign for their release continues with hope after the Piñata raids seem to be falling apart.
He also cites an action of defense of one of the detainees in which it noted that the link between GAC [Anarchist Groups Coordinated] and terrorism was “absolutely arbitrary.”
Operation Piñata took place on March 30 and led to the sacking of several occupied anarchist social centers in Madrid and the arrest of 28 people, fifteen of them accused of being part of an anarchist terrorist organization and other offenses of disobedience, resistance or encroachment .
The operation was ordered by the judge of the Audiencia Nacional Eloy Velasco, who claims that the detainees would be part of an alleged terrorist platform called Coordinated Anarchist Groups (GAC) that would be related to an international group called FAI / FRI.
‘If they attack one of us.. they attack us all! barcelona demo for their release
The operation was a continuation of Operation Pandora, ordered by Judge Javier Gomez Bermudez of the National Court which took place mainly in Barcelona on 16 December. In its framework they were arrested eleven people. Seven of them were sent to custody until January 30 Bermúdez decided their release on bail of 3,000 euros.
Judge Velasco orders the blocking of bank accounts opened in solidarity with the detainees of Pandora
The same day that the High Court has ordered the release without bail for three of the detainees Piñata operation, the judge of the Audiencia Nacional Eloy Velasco, isntructor of this case, has ordered the blockade and seizure of bank accounts opened days after the Pandora operation after December 16 [predecessor of the Piñata series of raids], in which 11 people were arrested, seven of whom were remanded in custody until 30 January.
As explained in the blog Efecto Pandora, an order signed by Velasco asked the Information Brigade of the National Police to blockade and embargo these solidarity accounts and also investigate bank transactions made since their opening.
Hopes are high that the last two of these ‘hostages of State terror’ will also go free, as their cases seem identical.
Libertad sin fianza para tres de los detenidos de la Operación Piñata
La Audiencia Nacional ha ordenado la puesta en libertad sin fianza para tres de las cinco personas que seguían hasta ahora en prisión provisional, detenidas en el marco de la Operación Piñata, el pasado 31 de marzo. Según ha explicado a Diagonal Daniel Amelang, uno de los abogados que representan a los acusados de la Operación Piñata, están ahora a la espera de que la Audiencia se pronuncie sobre la libertad de las otras dos personas que aún siguen en prisión preventiva.
German Solidarity Demo
“La Audiencia ha considerado que la prisión preventiva era una medida desproporcionada”, explica Amelang. “De momento mantienen los cargos contra ellos, pero han visto que es innecesario que estén ahora en prisión”, concluye. Se espera que al menos estas tres personas a las que la Audiencia ha confirmado la libertad sin fianza salgan a lo largo de esta tarde de los distintos centros penitenciarios a los que fueron dispersadas el 18 de mayo.En los tres autos por los que se ordena la puesta en libertad, la Sección Tercera de la Sala de lo Penal de la Audiencia Nacional señala que la resolución del juez de la Audiencia Nacional Eloy Velasco no aportaba indicios suficientes ni concreción “suficiente” de las supuestas actividades terroristas que habrían cometido los detenidos como para ordenar su entrada en prisión preventiva. También cita un recurso de la defensa de uno de los detenidos en los que se señalaba que la vinculación entre las GAC [Grupos Anarquistas Coordinados] y el terrorismo era “absolutamente gratuita”.
Mothers against repression..solidarity
La Operación Piñata tuvo lugar el 30 de marzo y supuso el registro de varios centros sociales ocupados en Madrid y la detención de 28 personas, quince de ellas acusadas de formar parte de una organización terrorista anarquista y el resto por delitos de desobediencia, resistencia o usurpación. La operación fue ordenada por el juez de la Audiencia Nacional Eloy Velasco, que afirma que los detenidos formarían parte de una supuesta plataforma terrorista llamada Grupos Anarquistas Coordinados (GAC) que estaría relacionada con un grupo internacional denominado FAI/FRI.
Montevideo solidarity demo
La operación fue la continuación de la Operación Pandora, ordenada por el juez de la Audiencia Nacional Javier Gómez Bermúdez y que tuvo lugar principalmente en Barcelona el 16 de diciembre. En su marco se detuvieron a once personas. Siete de ellas fueron mandadas a prisión preventiva hasta que el pasado 30 de enero Bermúdez decidió su puesta en libertad bajo fianza de 3.000 euros.
El juez Velasco ordena el bloqueo de las cuentas bancarias abiertas en solidaridad con los detenidos de Pandora
Everything I can imagine you have thought will be used against you
El mismo día en que la Audiencia Nacional ha ordenado la libertad sin fianza para tres de los detenidos de la operación Piñata, el juez de la Audiencia Nacional Eloy Velasco, isntructor de esta causa, ha ordenado el bloqueo y embargo de las cuentas bancarias abiertas días después de la operación Pandora del 16 de diciembre [antecesora de la Piñata], en la que fueron detenidas 11 personas, 7 de las cuáles estuvieron en prisión provisional hasta el 30 de enero.
presentation of the book ‘Against Democracy’ which was found in one of the raids and announced as evidence of their ”terrorism”.
Según explican desde el blog Efecto Pandora, un auto firmado por Velasco pide a la Brigada de Información de la Policía Nacional el bloqueo y embargo de estas cuentas y, además, investigar los movimientos bancarios realizados desde su apertura.
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