Noelia Cotelo, prisoner in struggle, started a hunger strike on May 29th as a mean of struggle against the latest attacks she has suffered in the prison of Albolote (Granada, southern Spain). Latest examples of the ill-treatment she’s undergoing are serving several old punishments in a row, personal belongings that […]
Noelia Cotelo Riveiro
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Noelia is currently in the Albolote prison (Granada), after spending a couple of days in the Soto del Real prison (Madrid). Officials of the prison institution did not know how to do their job or they simply did not care once again, because a television set went missing during Noelia’s […]
Day of solidarity with Noelia Cotelo, who has been held in solitary confinement, tortured, dispersed in the prison of Ávila. Sexually assaulted while handcuffed to the bed, attacked in the shower by ten male jailers, beaten up all over her body, beaten up in the genital area with her legs […]
Previous updates here On Saturday, February 9th, Noelia was visited by two lawyers who found her in good shape. However, she explained that she had several bruises and marks on her neck and requested to be examined by a physician. She also reported that she had gastroenteritis, although the signs […]
According to the Support Group of Salamanca, who visited the prisoner together with her mother, Noelia stopped the hunger strike on Saturday, January 26th. Nevertheless, medical malpractice continues. She is still very thin but content to hear that people are expressing their solidarity outside the walls (e.g. protest mobilizations are […]
Noelia Cotelo Riveiro is a young woman from A Coruña, Galicia (northwestern Spain). Her sentence to serve was set at a year and a half, after stealing a car to buy some drugs. Inside the prison, the situation became complicated, and she has defended herself from the jailers. Now, five […]