Mixed news

Urgent ELP! Bulletin (28th of February 2008)

Dear friends

ELP has three lots of news for you today:

1) New Canadian Animal Rights Prisoner
2) Antifa prisoner Maksim Gubskiy has been released
3) Update on American prisoners Laura and Kevin

1) ELP has just learnt that the Canadian animal rights activist, Gabriel Villeneuve, has been arrested & remanded accused of breaching probation conditions by allegedly attending a protest (he was not at the protest!). The exact charges against him are as yet unknown but please send letters of support to:

Gabriel Villeneuve #HUL03299801
500, de la Faune
Case Postale 87130
Québec, Québec
G1G 5E4
CANADA

Please Note: Gabriel is not allowed to receive anything other than letters and pictures. If you would like to e-mail a message of support, please send your e-mail to shaccanada@riseup.net The e-mails will be printed onto paper and then sent onto him. (Please remember no prisoner has access to e-mail, so if you'd like a reply please include your postal address!)

2) Yesterday, 27th of February 2008, Belarussian antifa prisoner, Maksim Gubskiy, was released on parole. His co-defendant Vlad Plyashkevich was released three weeks ago. They were jailed after getting into a fight with some Neo-Nazis and following the fight the Neo-Nazis went to the police. In a message the Belarussian anti-fascists want to thank everyone who supported Maksim and Vlad and gave them moral and material support!

3) ELP has just received the following e-mail from supporters of the American prisoners Laura and Kevin......

PLEASE RE-POST!!!

Kevin and Laura had a preliminary hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008. The
morning session started at about 9am and they were the last case called
(after 12pm). Before the case was called, there was some discussion
between Laura's PD (public defender) and the DA, and also between Kevin's
PD (public defender) and the DA. When the case was called, Kevin and Laura
came out and were visible to the audience sitting next to each other in
the front. The defense and DA agreed to continue the hearing (meaning to
reschedule it) to a later date, March 13. Both Kevin and Laura looked well
and were allowed to wave at the attendees on their way out. According to
Laura, there is a possible plea pending, but more on that after the next
pretrial hearing on March 13.

I visited Laura today, Wednesday, and she said that she is receiving a lot
of mail and books! In fact she has too many books and has asked people to
stop sending books (she is only allowed three per month!) She thanks
everyone for the support. The last time I spoke with Kevin, he also had
received some mail which was greatly appreciated. He has moved facilities
again, so the contact addresses below should work for whereever he is.

They both have limited ability to call and can call landlines much easier
than cell phones. If you would like a call, put your phone number in the
letter. Also remember to put your address in the letter in case they
aren't given the envelope.

The updated contact info for each: (please misspell Laura's name as shown)

Maura Michlle Lungarlli, booking # 1167062
Century Regional Detention Facility (CRDF)
11705 South Alameda Street
Lynwood, CA 90262, USA

Kevin Olliff, booking #1167029
Terminal Annex
P.O. Box #86164
Los Angeles, CA 90086-0164, USA


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