> >http://www.thepartysover.org/media/factsheet0810.html > >Fact Sheet: Philadelphia Arrests > >INFLATED CHARGES >Protesters have been held for 10 days in Philadelphia jails on misdemeanor and felony >charges inflated far above historical charges for civil disobedience. > >PHYSICAL & SEXUAL ABUSE >Arrestees have consistently reported physical and sexual abuse by police and prison >staff, as listed below. Many of these reports were independently corroborated by >legal observers inside the jail. Attorney Larry Krasner, who witnessed jail abuses, >can be reached at (215) 636-9500. > >PUNITIVE HIGH BAILS >As of this time, one protester still faces $1 million bail on a charge of >"ringleading". Other bails remain at $100,000. These bails are the highest ever set >for civil disobedience, long understood to be a staple of civil rights organizing. > >REFUSAL TO RELEASE PRISONERS AS PROMISED >Of the original 480 arrests, 275 individuals remain in jail awaiting bail. Police >Commissioner Timoney claims that arrestees are refusing to give their names but would >be released on their own recognizance if they identified themselves. However, many in >custody have given their names and have not been released. > >HUNGER STRIKE AND FLUID STRIKE >250 prisoners have been on hunger strike for over a week. 80 women have been on fluid >strike for 1 day. Human beings become critically ill after 3 days without fluids. >Hospitalization and forced hydration offer prison authorities more opportunities for >physical abuse of prisoners. > >STATEMENT OF NEED FOR THESE ACTIONS >Kate Sorensen, Terrence McGuckin, and Paul Davis were all targeted by Philadelphia's >"pre-emptive" GOP convention arrests on August 1. Each also were key participants in >a recent ACT UP office takeover and lockdown at the United States Trade >Representative's office in November 1999. The action was designed to send Charlene >Barshefsky - the US Trade Representative - off to the doomed Seattle WTO Rounds with >a clear image of domestic opposition to US trade policy blocking international access >to cheap, generic AIDS drugs. Only weeks after the protest, President Clinton >announced a change in trade policy in favor of "flexibility," given the ramifications >of the global AIDS crisis. Al Gore - still haggard from the activist zaps along the >campaign trail - told the UN Security Council in February 2000 that "the AIDS >activists were right": the Administration should have done more about AIDS in Africa. > >Direct action results in major shifts in the terms of debate, in favor of people with >AIDS. So when public officials equate blocking traffic, clogging transportation >routes, blocking hotel entrances, and stopping business as usual with "terrorism," >"rioting," and "conspiracy," we must fight back. In the history of the AIDS crisis, >and the history of the queer liberation movement, we have never won anything by >asking. Every positive advance has been the result of struggle. But the tools of >struggle and resistance are being taken from our hands. > >SOLIDARITY WITH THE GENERAL PRISON POPULATION >The protesters, now incarcerated with the general prison population, have forwarded >information about conditions in the prison. The general prison population has issued >the following list of demands: the right to a speedy trial, no more waiting two or >more years to go to court; prompt medical and dental attention, no more waiting weeks >and months for essential medical care; decent food, no more undercooked food, no more >dirty or broken trays; end overcrowding, no more packing six prisoners each into the >multi-purpose rooms; end abuse by guards, no more beatings of a single handcuffed >prisoner by ten guards; reliable phone service, system is constantly down preventing >contact with lawyers and family; an end to headcount lockdowns, these are used to >deny us phones, showers and visits; prompt credit of monies sent to us from outside >and from county payroll; reasonable commissary prices, no outdated food; prompt >response to sanitary problems, with toilets, sinks, showers, we need cleaning >supplies; real rehabilitation programs. > > >*** NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. 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