A friend of ours, Paul Davidson, has passed on to us a request for help from Claudia Hasanbegovic for revolutionary prisoners on hunger strike in Argentina, her homeland and also the homeland of Che. As an initial step, we are distributing her appeal, and call on others to distribute it as widely as possible. DHKC London Information Bureau ----------------------------------------------------- > From: Claudia M.G.Hasanbegovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 08 October 2000 17:23 > Subject: Argentinean left wing prisoners about to die > > >Dear Paul, I am writing to you regarding a political > >situation in Argentina, which needs some support by the British media. I would like to know who are the best journalists to contact about this issue in The Guardian, The Independent, and some other newspaper. > > > >I do not know whether you know about it or not. In any case > >I will try to resume it as much as I can. > > > >The prisoners are known as 'La Tablada's prisoners'. > >Argentina, during the first years of transition to > >democracy in 1987s had to military movements attempting to > >touple the democratic government of Alfonsin. Later on, > >also in 1987 by the end of January, a group of left wing > >Argentinean, some of them survivors of the military > >dictatorship received information that another military > >movement was about to touple the democratic government. > >These group of people size a military barricade (in La > >Tablada), but the military were waiting for them. Several > >of them were killed, some other are missing, and there are > >dozens of them in prison for already 11 years WITHOUT > >SENTENCE, AND WITHOUT TRIAL. The International American > >Organisation, through its Commettee of Human Rights has > >decided they had to be freed until the Court will give the > >sentence to them. The president Fernando De La Rua now, and > >previously Menem, had promised to meet these international > >decision, however, they have not done it yet. Therefore, > >these prisoners -including a elderly priest- are fasting. > >They have been fasting 46 days, until the government > >made new promises. But, after seeing the lack of political > >will to carry out those promises, they began the fasting > >again. They carried already 33 days of fasting, but, > >because there was a very short period between the previous > >one and this one, their health is very very bad, and > >doctors fear a few of them will die soon. The news about > >this are in www.pagina12.com.ar (from 29 and 30/Sept. and > >during October), and I received information from SERPAJ > >(Service Peace and Justice). [EMAIL PROTECTED] that > >is leaded by the Argentinean Nobel Prize of Peace Adolfo > >Perez Ezquivel. > > > >I feel very worried about this situation, because I am > >almost sure the politicians do not care if these people die > >or not. But, they WILL care if the international community > >come to know about it. That is why I would like to contact > >journalist from The Guardian and/or The Independent about > >this issue. > > > >Could you give me some contacts for this purpose? > > > >Looking forward hearing from you, > > > >Claudia > > > >Claudia M. G. Hasanbegovic > >Ph.D. researcher > >Department of Social and Public Policy > >University of Kent at Canterbury > >Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NY > >United Kingdom > > > >Fax: 0044-1227-824014 > >Telephone: 0044-1227-764000 (extension 3607)
