-Caveat Lector- It seems that a cop is a cop is a cop, no matter what nationality... At times this seems as if they just cut text from reports of the Philly jail conditions and pasted it into this post on Prague. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jennifer Webster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 11:46 AM Subject: (50 Years) URGENT ACTION NEEDED > Reports are pouring in on the horrific conditions in the Prague jails. It > is important to let the authorities in Prague know that we are aware of > their actions and we are watching. > > This press release from INPEG (below) in Prague, on beatings and human > rights violations of people arrested in the protests is based on eyewitness > accounts and is very disturbing. So is the report from the indymedia site > (below). > > People should call and fax the following numbers and demand that these > violations cease, and that all prisoners be given access to water, food, > medical attention, phone calls, and legal assistance. > > If you can't get through to any of the numbers below (which may happen today > because it is a national holiday), please call the Czech embassy in > Washington, DC, as soon as possible: > > 202-274-9100; press 0 for operator > > Call and fax: > > Office of President Vaclav Havel: > > 011 4202 24310855 phone > > 011 4202 24373196 fax (it would be better to fax today [Thursday] because > it is a national holiday and offices are closed) > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Ministry of the Interior: > > 011 4202 61421115 > 011-4202/6143 3552-3 (fax) > > US Embassy in Czech Republic: > > 011 4202 57530663 > 011 4202 57532059 (fax) > > __________________________________ > > > > > Attention News and Assignment > Editors FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > September 28, 2000 > > Contact: > Chelsea Mozen 420 604 384452 or 02 6272349 > To arrange interviews with witnesses recently released,, contact > Cyan IMMEDIATELY: 0605 879 504 > > Shocking Human Rights Abuses Faced by Protestors in Jail > Police Brutality Widespread, most severe for Czechs & Israelis > > PRAGUE - In addition to the mass denial of the legal rights, > individuals have faced extreme brutality in Czech Jails. Paul Rosenthal > from Seattle Washington who was released this morning from the Olsanska jail > in Prague after forty hours states, "What is happening inside the Czech > jails is more than frightening. People have no rights,they are being beaten > severely, they are disappearing. Women are being forced to strip in front > of male guards and perform exercises. People with serious medical problems > have been denied help." The following are accounts confirmed by people that > have been released from jail: > > · Women have been strip searched by male officers and have > been forced to perform physical exercises for their enjoyment > · Many individuals are being denied water, food, and sleep; > some are able to get food only if they pay guards, women and fascists are > more likely to get water > · Many people released have reported that before reaching > police stations, officers took individuals to isolated areas and beat them > severely. > · Two Norwegians that went to a police station on Trisparni > Street near Vlatavska to report a stolen mobile phone witnessed behind > briefly opened doors that a number of people were handcuffed to the wall and > being beaten severely. This has also been confirmed by many reports from > released persons that in the processing rooms groups of 40 to 60 people were > asked to spread eagle while they were beaten, heads were knocked back, legs > were kicked in, and numbers of men had their groins twisted or > punched. Additionally people handcuffed were tossed down stairs. > · There is one report that 22 people were crammed into a 4 > square meter cell. > · 30 People were detained at the Olsanska jail in an outdoor > courtyard overnight with no blankets or food. They were later moved to > Balkova near Pilsen. > · Two Germans that were detained in Lupacova, Praha 3 on > Wednesday for approximately eight hours were held with an Israeli, an > American,a German, and an Italian. The Israeli had been beaten severely, > had difficulty walking, a black eye, and likely had a broken rib. He has > been denied medical attention > · People with diabetes were not fed, people that needed > medication were not given it, the British Embassy had to intervene to get > medication into the jail. > · A Norwegian woman held in jail with 30 other women > witnessed a German woman with a badly injured leg where medics were > denied. > · Right to legal representation and advice, right to > interpreters, right to food and water, right to basic medical attention, and > the right to a phone call have all been ignored on a widespread scale. > · Czechs and Israelis are being beaten more drastically and > are being detained longer > · Many internationals are being moved from local stations to > Balkova near Pilsen which has one of the worst human rights records in the > Czech Republic. > > ### > -- > INPEG International Press Agent > Office: 4202 2320830 > Mobile: 420 604 384452 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Press Center: Parizska 9, Praha 1 > (202) 777-2646 x2570 - US voicemail/fax > http://www.inpeg.org > > ________________________________ > > from (http://praha.indymedia.org/) > > UPDATE ON JAIL SITUATION IN PRAHA > > The OPH legal team is reporting that there are > more than 859 prisoners being held as a result of > S26 actions. 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