A-Infos (en) Germany, LIKOS: Political Prisoners Day (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

We would like to use today, "Political Prisoners Day", to express our 
solidarity with the people who have been dragged to court and are behind 
bars because of their consistent commitment to an anti-fascist, 
climate-just and classless future. ----- Activists who denounce the 
existing conditions and fight against them are being imprisoned all over 
the world. It is unacceptable that fascists walk through our streets and 
that they become spaces of fear for queer, non-white or poor people. 
This is a fundamental component and consensus of left-wing radical 
politics. The same applies to the fight against the progressive 
destruction of our planet. The same applies to the fight against 
patriarchy. The same applies - to put it briefly - to the fight against 
the state, nation and capital. These battles must be fought consistently 
and with the necessary means. They are legitimate and necessary.

It is not surprising that this leads, for example, to conflicts with 
"Orbán's Hungary" and the ruling Fidesz, which would rather lock up 
anti-fascists for many years instead of stopping Nazi folklore and 
historical revisionism in its capital - which had to be stopped. 
Ultimately, our focus here is on a nationalist government and a state 
that is becoming increasingly authoritarian.

But we don't even have to look abroad. The German state is also 
increasingly subjecting the left-wing movement to repression. In a 
lengthy trial, Lina E. and other anti-fascists were sentenced to prison 
sentences of several years. The evidence was thin, particularly for the 
offense of "criminal organization", and the verdict was based on 
circumstantial evidence.

And to draw a link to Budapest again: there, in the aftermath of the 
so-called "Day of Honor" in 2023, arrested anti-fascists (from Hungary, 
Italy or Germany) are sitting in prison under inhumane conditions. 
Hungarian and German authorities are trying to outdo each other in their 
investigative zeal. Statements from those imprisoned in Hungary, which 
could never have been obtained according to constitutional standards and 
which can be explained by the violent everyday life in prison and the 
miserable conditions, are also being tried by the German judiciary to 
use to fantasize about left-wing structures or networks in this country 
to brand "criminal organizations" and to be able to act more 
aggressively against the left-wing movement. (It's not that this 
surprises us or that we can or want to trust in this rule of law, it's 
just that Germany is too happy to claim this rule of law.) This is how 
connections to Lina E. are constructed, for example - it's probably 
supposed to be an "all-round blow". be taken out... As part of a broad 
search, Maja was arrested in Berlin at the beginning of the year. Maja 
suffered cuts during the attack and has been in custody ever since and 
is threatened with extradition to Hungary. Maya is non-binary. In 
addition to long-term imprisonment, this would represent another danger 
for Maja in the Hungarian prisons. This does not seem to be a problem 
for the German state and its judiciary.

This small glimpse alone is enough to make clear the importance and 
necessity of our solidarity with political prisoners in Germany and 
every other country. Regardless of the substantive focus on the 
processes in and around Budapest, our solidarity also extends to 
comrades worldwide, e.g. in Belarus or Iran (to name just a few 
countries where the situation is currently acute).

Let's put our solidarity into practice. Let's write letters to our 
comrades to break through everyday prison life. Let us be present in 
their processes and show them that they are not alone. Let's not leave 
them stuck with the costs of procedures, lawyers, etc. and let's donate. 
Let's not let ourselves be divided.

IT HIT INDIVIDUALS, IT MEANS ALL OF US!
DOWN WITH THE PRISONS, DOWN WITH YOUR CLASS JUSTICE!

https://likos.noblogs.org/2024/03/18/18-maerz-tag-der-politischen-gefangenen/
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