STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Get a low APR NextCard Visa in 30 seconds! 1. Fill in the brief application 2. Receive approval decision within 30 seconds 3. Get rates as low as 2.99% Intro or 9.99% Ongoing APR and no annual fee! Apply NOW! http://www.bcentral.com/listbot/NextCard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [Via... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] . . ----- Original Message ----- From: Downwithcapitalism <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 3:52 AM Subject: [downwithcapitalism] Protest in Athens Agence France Presse. 8 June 2001. Protest in Athens over anti-terrorism law. ATHENS -- Hundreds of people took to the streets of the Greek capital Athens late Wedneday to protest against an anti-terrorism law as it was being adopted by parliament. The protest, which attracted a crowd of 1,500 according to reporters and 500 according to police, was organised by Communist party supporters and various other leftist groups. The Greek justice ministry submitted a watered-down version of its anti-terrorism bill to parliament after the left-wing parties had raised objections to provisions in the first draft. The bill was drafted in part to respond to calls for tougher government action against extremists following the murder of British military attache Stephen Saunders in Athens a year ago on June 8, 2000. Saunders was gunned down by members of the radical November 17 group, which claimed that he had helped plan the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999. The anti-terrorism bill provides for the use of DNA analysis but the new version makes the admissibility of such evidence in court more difficult. There are also provisions for protection of judges and witnesses. The latest version states that three people working together can constitute a "criminal organisation". Electronic listening devices are banned under the new draft and restrictions are placed on police officers engaged in undercover work. However the protesters the revised law is still too draconian. They marched on the parliament building shouting: "Don't pass the law" and "we have the power to stop it." The protesters later dispersed without incident. Meanwhile Britain has given Greece an intelligence report on an anti-NATO militant group that claimed responsibility for Saunders' assassination a year ago. But a foreign office spokesman in London indicated Wednesday that the year-long study of the November 17 group, written by Scotland Yard detectives, was for Athens' eyes only. "We won't comment on the details of the report or operational matters for obvious reasons, but we can confirm the report has been prepared and handed to the Greek authorities," he said. November 17, an anti-US, anti-EU and anti-NATO organisation linked to 23 deadly attacks since 1975, claimed responsibility for the murder of Saunders. Following the killing, London built strong links between its police and Greece's detectives to bring the assailants to justice. In the report, Scotland Yard made a series of recommendations to its Greek counterpart into how best tackle the radical leftist group. Those recommendations were not made public. * * * * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
