Urgent ELP! Bulletin (14th of July)

Dear friends

ELP has just learnt that on Friday the 7th of July 2006 the trial of
11 Italian eco-anarchists from the group Il Silvestre came to an end.
 At the end of the trial five were found not guilty but six were
convicted of activities associated with the group COR (Revolutionary
Offensive Cells) with included acts of arson, targetting right wing
politicians, targetting a police station construction site, etc.

The trial of the Il Silvestre defendants has been described by
observers as a farce.  There was no real evidence against the group
other than the group had published a COR press release in their
magazine 'Wild Earth'.  ELP regards this trial as an outragious act
of State censorship.  We also regard it as an outragious act against
supporting prisoners as the fact the group had campaigned in
solidarity of eco-prisoner Marco Camenisch was also used against
them!!!

The sentences handed down to the six who were found guilty are as follows:

William frediani - 6 years
Francesco Gioia - 5 years 2 months
Costantino Ragusa - 5 years
Alessio Perondi - 3 years 8 months
Benedetta Galante - 3 years 6 months
Leonardo Landi - 3 years 6 months

As far as ELP is aware, despite the sentences most of the six are
currently under house arrest.  The only ones who are currently jailed
are Francesco Gioia who is also facing trial accused of escaping from
house arrest in July 2004.  And Costantino Ragusa and Benedetta
Galante who have been imprisoned since early May 2006 accused of
forming a subersive group implicated in eco-sabotage of high voltage
electricity pylons in an apparent anti-nuclear power protest.

Please send urgent letters of support to:

Francesco Gioia
Casa Circondariale
Via Maiano 10
06049, Spoleto (PG)
Italy

Costantino Ragusa
Casa Circondariale
Via Prati Nuovi 7
27058 Voghera (PV)
italy

Benedetta Galante
Casa Circondariale
Contrada Capo di Monte
82100 - Benevento (BN)
italy

Also don't forget, three other members of Il Silvestre are also on
remand accused of the eco-sabotage of the nuclear power electricty
pylon.  Their addresses are:

Federico Bonamici
Casa di Reclusione
via Nuova Poggioreale 177
80143 Napolo Poggioreale (NA)
Italy

Giuseppe Bonamici
Nuova Casa Circondariale "San Michele"
Strada casale 50/A
15100 Alessandria
italy

Silvia Guerini
Carcere "La Dozza"
Via Del Gomito 2
40127 Bologna
italy

Please support all the Il Silvestre prisoners.  This is about OUR
right to free speech and OUR right to demonstrate our support with
international prisoners.

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British Earth Liberation Prisoners Support Network
BM Box 2407
London
WC1N 3XX
England