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- Subject: Extradition of Maarten Blok to Sweden
- Solidarität mit Maarten GBG 2001

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Subject: Extradition of Maarten Blok to Sweden
Pressrelease , Amsterdam, 31st of August 2004

Today the Dutch activist Maarten Blok presented himself to the Dutch Justice
Department. Tomorrow Maarten will be delivered to the Swedish authorities.

Even though Maarten showed up fairly on time, the court police officers did not
have the decency to let Maarten have a proper farewell.

Family, friends and supporters showed up to give personal support and protest
against his extradition. For three years Maarten was uncertain as to wether or
not he would be extradited. He is being accused of beating a policeman with a
stick during the 2001 EU-summit in Göteborg, Sweden. Even though Maartens
innocence can be proven in Holland, Dutch Minister of Justice Donner decided to
extradite him without taking the contents of the case into consideration.

According to his lawyer and Swedish case-experts, it is unlikely that Maarten
will have a fair trial in Sweden. The courthouse in Göteborg was not objective
in similar cases. Not only did they accept contradicting police testimonies,
they also accepted manipulated evidence and handed out unusually high sentences
(especially in cases considered as 'political'). In short, the court is more
interested in setting examples than in honest jurisdiction. Maarten will not get
a fair trial in Sweden.

On 23rd of September Maarten's case will be brought before the court of
Göteborg. The Maarten Supportgroup will keep a strict watch on the coming
procedures. We call upon everyone to show support and come to his trial in
Sweden.
Steun Maarten!

e-mail:  info@steunmaarten.org
website: www.steunmaarten.org
phone: +31 (0)6 - 423 567 35
Victor Koppe (Dutch lawyer of Maarten)
phone: +31 (0)20 - 344 62 00
Stig Centerwall (Swedish lawyer of Maarten)
phone: +46 3113 6120

[www.steunmaarten.org ]

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Solidarität mit Maarten GBG 2001

For some people the events of the Gothenburg EU-summit still have consequences.
Maarten has now finally been extradited to Sweden, after 3 years. Even though he
has still not officially been charged, and there is no record of any
investigation. The Swedish authorities say, he will be tried-and probably
convicted-on the 23rd of September. Even though their is sufficient evidence to
prove his innocence.
Call for solidarity

Manifestation on the 23rd of September in Gothenburg

On the 23rd of September the 23 year old bicycle-repairman from Amsterdam,
Maarten Blok, will have his trial following the 2001 EU-summit in Gothenburg.
Although he can easily prove his innocence in Holland he is being extradited to
Sweden, where the infamous Gothenburg Court will decide on his faith. His Dutch
support group is trying to organize a manifestation on the same day and is
calling on different groups in Sweden and abroad to come and protest against the
miscarriages of Justice after the summit, repression and the criminalisation of
demonstrators and activism in general.

The idea is to hold the manifestation in front of the Gothenburg Courthouse.
Therefore we are looking for support. We would like to give the manifestation
some international depth; we hope to get some interesting speakers and are also
looking for cultural content, such as music and film. Ideas about performance
and actions are welcome. We are planning to give our presence some colour and
are preparing to make ourselves heard.

We're hoping to get your support in finding people for the program and
especially in finding ways to reach people to let them know about this
manifestation. The more people will come the stronger our statement will be.
Also a group of Dutch (and other foreign) activists will be coming to the city
in support, and they are looking for places to sleep during there stay. This
will be from the 22nd of August and stay until after the trial.

If you want to know more about the support group, Maarten's case or actions that
we did in the past you can check out the website www.supportmaarten.org or www.
stodmaarten.se

Please e-mail to  info@steunmaarten.org for more information, or suggestions and
proposals.

e-Mail::  info@steunmaarten.org ¦ Homepage::  http://www.supportmaarten.org ¦
Telefon: : 0031 (0)6 4235 6735

[indymedia.de, von www.supportmaarten.org - 01.09.2004 22:10]

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