-Caveat Lector- ________________________________________________ A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E http://www.ainfos.ca/ ________________________________________________ http://prague.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=2060 Update of jail situation (english) by Sky 11:09am Sat Sep 30 '00 Updated 30 September 2000 - 1800hours The following information is from 88 surveys received from people released from jail on Thursday and Friday (also early saturday morning)... 82.5 % of the information in this survey came from men 96% surveyed were not read their rights in prision 62% surveyed were beaten of those beaten, 69 % were beaten in the prision 77% surveyed were restrained 70% surveyed were interrogated 45% surveyed were strip searched 96% surveyed were not allowed phone calls 51% surveyed were not allowed translation 21% surveyed were not allowed any water 43% surveyed were not allowed food of those not allowed food, some paid gaurds for food 69% surveyed were not allowed sleep PRISONERS REPORTS Many prisoners where denied use of toilets, to a telephone call or a lawyer. Two seventeen year old girls where denied phone calls to their parents and another kept isolated. Prisoners were left without jackets or blankets all night, some outside, others handcuffed to the bars for falling asleep. Reports of being kept awake for 30 hours. Epileptics denied medical attention, one woman given pills that made her sick. Very severe beatings, reports of having faces repeatedly bashed against walls, being punched in face and stomach, kicked and beaten while handcuffed on the floor , others beaten with truncheons and metal poles. Some beatings continued for more than half an hour at a time and other prisoners were forced to watch or listen. Hands cuffed behind back for periods up to twelve hours, some so tight that prisoners wrists bled. Many reports of broken bones; arms, fingers, noses and ribs, mostly ignored and medical attention denied in many cases. Police beating handcuffed prisoners randomly in bus. One prisoner who had been badly beaten was transported in the boot of the van. Prisoners forced to crawl on their hands and knees. Report of being stripped, severely beaten, taken to an outside yard where their where people lying unconscious, and then told to dance to music. iSkinheadsi were brought into cells and allowed to beat the prisoners. jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.magicnet.net/~jza/ http://www.magicnet.net/~jza/news.html http://www.stonesoupcollective.org/ ******** ****** The A-Infos News Service ****** News about and of interest to anarchists ****** COMMANDS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] REPLIES: [EMAIL PROTECTED] HELP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.ainfos.ca/ INFO: http://www.ainfos.ca/org -To receive a-infos in one language only mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] the message: unsubscribe a-infos subscribe a-infos-X where X = en, ca, de, fr, etc. (i.e. the language code) <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om