On 7th June a German court sentenced a Barcelona anarchist to seven and a half years prison for robbing a bank in Aachen, Germany. The other woman indicted was acquitted of all charges . The demo against the sentence begins at 8pm in Plaza Lesseps. Throughout the solidarity campaign, the support groups have made it clear that they do not care if the anarchists were to blame as they consider the expropriation action against the criminal banks to be legitimate. 
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info via insurrection news and Solidaritat Rebel The Aachener Bank was hit for the first time in July 2012. Around noon, a gang ran into the bank and demanded money at gunpoint. Then they shut the bank employees in one room. One woman was wearing a blond wig, sunglasses. They spoke good German.
The Dutch press reports highlighted that the German police had been harassing and seeking to arrest the Dutch woman who was later arrested and dubbed by them and the predatory media as the ‘leader’ for years and she had previously been held for 5 months and released as there was no evidence.
There has been a worldwide wave of solidarity actions for those accused of the Aachen bank robberies, with reports from as far away as Greece, Russia, Brazil, Australia or Chile……….
The Dutch anarchists who demonstrated and continue to campaign for the release of the 3 described the charges as fabricated. The leaflets and declarations emphasize support for the arrested comrades whether ‘guilty’ or ‘innocent’ and some justified bank expropriations in the context of trillion euro bank fraud, capitalist extortion and planetary destruction. Continue reading “7 Years Jail for Robbing a Bank ..While Criminal Banksters walk Free”