I wish to inform you that from November 25th, 2013 I started a hunger strike, and sent a related memo to the ministry, to sympathize with my fellow prisoner, friend, brother and co-fighter Spyros Stratoulis, who is incarcerated in the prison of Larissa. Since November 11th, 2013, he refrains from […]
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As I mentioned in my previous open letter (here in Greek), I express my solidarity with my brother Spyros Stratoulis, who conducts a hunger strike since November 11th, 2013, and I stand more drastically beside him because today, November 25th, I go on hunger strike to support him. We make […]
On November 11th, 2013 brother Spyros Stratoulis started a hunger strike demanding an end of his prosecution for the case dubbed ‘Criminal Organization Hangouts of Thessaloniki’. At this point, I could write who Spyros is, I could write about his fighting days throughout two decades of incarceration, his indomitable spirit, […]
On Wednesday, November 20th, 2013, at around 6pm, nearly 200 supporters gathered at the back of the prison in Larissa, where we had visual contact with the cell of comrade Spyros Stratoulis. Spyros is currently at the 11th day of hunger strike that he initiated on November 11th to denounce […]
Wednesday, November 20th, 2013 at 17.30 (local time) Gathering outside the prison of Larissa in solidarity with comrade Spyros Stratoulis, on hunger strike since November 11th In the city of Thessaloniki, the appointment is scheduled at 14.30 in the Polytechnic School, and the bus with supporters will depart by 15.00 […]
The poster reads: Solidarity with Spyros Stratoulis, prisoner in struggle for over two decades in the Greek dungeons, who is conducting a hunger strike since November 11th, 2013, demanding a full acquittal from fabricated indictment charges for his alleged membership in a fictitious criminal organization (Thessaloniki, 2012), as well as […]
On October 16th, 2013 the judges denied the request of anarchist prisoner Babis Tsilianidis for an interruption of serving sentence. Approximately 30 comrades held a gathering at the Thessaloniki courthouse. Babis is held in Koridallos prison: Charalambos Tsilianidis Dikastiki Filaki Koridallou, A Pteryga, 18110 Koridallos, Athens, Greece SOLIDARITY MEANS ATTACK.
Below is a text in solidarity with Babis Tsilianidis that was spread in early September 2013, by the Anarchists assembly for the connection of struggles within the prison-society (“Sasta”) in Thessaloniki, Greece: “Those who live are those who fight; those whose soul and forehead are possessed of a firm design; […]
On Friday, October 4, 2013 the defense lawyer of Babis Tsilianidis was informed, completely by chance, that the comrade’s request for an interruption of serving sentence will be examined on October 16 at Thessaloniki courts. We will take anarchist captives back where they belong: to the streets! Solidarity to anarchist […]
Imprisoned comrade Babis Tsilianidis had requested an interruption of serving sentence. On September 18, the hearing was postponed to January 15, 2014 due to a strike of judicial personnel. However the application for probation was resubmitted, so a new hearing was scheduled for this year. A judicial council will examine […]
Anarchist revolutionary Babis Tsilianidis is imprisoned since January 2011, and currently held in Koridallos prison, Athens. He has faced a series of court proceedings, in all of which he has refused to attend. The comrade received suspended sentences at those trials, and this fact would have sufficed for his immediate […]
“When a prison riot starts, even those who accept the rules of society are roused by the noble temptation of freedom; when the ceilings of the prisons are pulled off by fire or rebels, we throw their hands off our shoulders and identify the enemy.” Editor’s note: In their zeal, […]