Italian Il Silvestre prisoner Costantino Ragusa Released

ELP Information Bulletin (14th of February 2008)

Dear friends

For Valentines Day we thought we'd like to bring you some good news for a change.

First off, ELP is delighted to announce that Italian Il Silvestre prisoner Costantino Ragusa (who was imprisoned accused of anti-GM crops, anti-multinational, and COR activity) has been released from prison under house arrest. Apparently there were some irregularities in the latest Il Silvestre trial (the anti-nuclear power trial) and so that trial has been nullified. A new trial for Costantino and all his co-defendants is expected in April.

However, despite Costantino's release, please remember to send support to the last two remaining Il Silvestre prisoners:

Daniele Casalini
Casa Circondariale
Via Burla 59
43100 Parma
Italy

Francesco Gioia
C.C. Sollicciano
Via Girolamo Minervini 2/R
50142 Firenze Sollicciano (FI)
Italy

Both are currently held on remand.

The second bit of good news is Belarussian anti-fascist prisoner Vlad Plyashkevich has been released on parole! This is great news. But again, please don't forget Vlad's co-defendent, Maks who remains in prison. The latest news on Maks is he might be released in May. Maks address is:

Maksim Gubskiy
ul. Batova-4 VK-2 otd.21
213800 Bobruysk
Belarus


Happy Valentines Day everyone!


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