Updated list of anti-authoritarian and anarchist prisoners in Greece

From A Las Barricadas via Anarchist News

The mailing addresses of the prisons where our comrades are being held are
written in Greek, but with Latin letters in order to make it easier for
those showing solidarity from other countries to send letters and
postcards. The way they’re written should make them understandable to
Greek postal employees and civil servants.

Information about particular cases, as well as letters from many of the
prisoners, have been translated into Spanish and English and can be found
at various websites. Accordingly, this list lays the groundwork for the
more frequent publication of news, letters, and updates regarding our
comrades. The prisoners themselves are being transferred frequently.
Therefore, this list will continue to be updated as needed.
[Postal!]

It should be pointed out that right now three of the comrades charged in
the Revolutionary Struggle case (Constantinos “Costas” Gournas,
Christoforos Kortesis, and Evangelos “Vangelis” Stathopoulos) are in
Korydallos Prison, but it’s not known whether they will be transferred
together to the same prisons in the future. Additionally, Evangelos
“Vangelis” Pallis—after he was found seriously wounded (with a glass shard
stuck in his carotid artery) in his cell at Trikala Prison over a month
ago—is currently in an Athens hospital, and his condition is improving. He
is able to speak with the aid of an appliance that had to be implanted.
Also missing from the list are the addresses for comrades Alexandros
Kosivas and Michalis Traikapis, who are charged with a bank robbery in
Psachna, and another two people (one of whom is Thodoris Delis) arrested
in Rhodes this past summer.

Konstantina Karakatsani
Katastima Kratisis Ginaikon Eleona Thivon
T.K. 32200
Elaionas Thebes
Greece

Karakatsani is charged with participating in the Fire Cells Conspiracy. A
warrant was issued for her arrest on September 25, 2009, and she was
finally caught on April 22, 2010.

Panayiota “Pola” Roupa
Kleisti Kentriki Filaki Ginaikon
Korydallos
T.K. 18110 Athens
Greece

Roupa was arrested with five other comrades on April 10, 2010 and charged
with participating in Revolutionary Struggle. On April 29, she admitted to
taking part in said group via an open letter co-written with Constantinos
“Costas” Gournas and Nikolaos “Nikos” Maziotis. On July 24 she gave birth
to her and Maziotis’ son Lambros-Victor.

Panayiotis “Takis” Masouras
Eidiko Katastima Kratisis Neon Avlona
T.K. 19011
Avlona, Attica
Greece

Masouras was arrested on September 23, 2009 and charged with participating
in the Fire Cells Conspiracy. He has been in a juvenile facility since the
beginning of his imprisonment.

Harilaos “Haris” Hatzimichelakis
Dikastiki Filaki Koridallou-A pteryga
T.K. 18110 Korydallos
Athens
Greece

Hatzimichelakis was arrested on September 23, 2009 and charged with
participating in the Fire Cells Conspiracy.

Alfredo Bonanno
Dikastiki Filaki Koridallou-A pteryga
T.K. 18110 Korydallos
Athens
Greece

At 73 years of age, Alfredo might be the oldest prisoner in the entire
country. He was arrested with Christos Stratigopoulos in Trikala on
October 1, 2009 and charged with being an “accessory to a felony” for his
alleged role in a bank robbery. His trial is scheduled for November 22.

Christos Stratigopoulos
Dikastiki Filaki Koridallou-A pteryga
T.K. 18110 Korydallos
Athens
Greece

Arrested together with Alfredo Bonanno, Stratigopoulos has taken full
responsibility for the October 1, 2009 armed robbery in Trikala. His trial
is scheduled for November 22.

Yiannis Dimitrakis
Filakes Domokou
T.K. 35010 Domokos
Phthiotis
Greece

Dimitrakis was arrested on January 16, 2006 after being seriously wounded
by police bullets during a bank robbery in downtown Athens. Meanwhile, an
arrest warrant was issued for three comrades alleged to be his
accomplices. Two of them, Marios Seisidis and Grigoris Tsironis, remain at
large. The third, Symeon “Simos” Seisidis, was arrested on May 3, 2010. In
June 2007, Dimitrakis was sentenced to 35-and-a-half years in prison. His
final appeal opportunity was recently postponed for the second time, from
April 28, 2010 to December 6, 2010.

Ilias Nikolau
Agrotiki Filaki Kassandras
T.K. 63077
Kassandreia Chalkidiki
Greece

Nikolau was arrested on January 13, 2009 and charged with planting an
incendiary device at the Evosmos police station in Thessaloniki. On
December 4, 2009, he was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison.

Polykarpos Georgiadis
Kleisti Filaki Kerkiras
T.K. 49100 Kerkyra
Greece

Georgiadis was arrested in Thessaloniki at the end of August 2008 and
charged with the kidnapping of industrialist Giorgos Mylonas, which took
place earlier that summer. In February 2010, he and comrade Vangelis
Chrysochoidis were each sentenced to 22 years and three months in prison.

Vangelis Chrysochoidis
Dikastiki Filaki Komotinis
T.K. 69100
Komotini
Greece

Chrysochoidis was arrested on the same day as Polykarpos Georgiadis and
received an identical sentence.

Evangelos “Vangelis” Stathopoulos
Kleisti Filaki Trikalon
T.K. 42100 Trikala
Greece

Stathopoulos was arrested on April 10, 2010 and charged with participating
in Revolutionary Struggle. He denies all the charges.

Constantinos “Costas” Gournas
Kleisti Filaki Trikalon
T.K. 42100 Trikala
Greece

Gournas was arrested on April 10, 2010 and charged with participating in
Revolutionary Struggle. On April 29, together with Nikolaos “Nikos”
Maziotis and Panayiota “Pola” Roupa, he admitted to taking part in said
group via an open letter.

Christoforos Kortesis
Dikastiki Filaki Korinthou
T.K. 20100 Corinth
Greece

Kortesis was arrested on April 10, 2010 and charged with participating in
Revolutionary Struggle. He denies all the charges.

Sarantos Nikitopoulos
Dikastiki Filaki Koridallou-ST pteryga
T.K. 18110 Korydallos
Athens
Greece

Nikitopoulos was arrested on April 10, 2010 and charged with participating
in Revolutionary Struggle. He denies all the charges. He and Maziotis are
being held in a special wing of Korydallos along with certain prisoners
from the November 17 leftist urban guerrilla group.

Nikolaos “Nikos” Maziotis
Dikastiki Filaki Koridallou-ST pteryga
T.K. 18110 Korydallos
Athens
Greece

Maziotis was arrested on April 10, 2010 and charged with participating in
Revolutionary Struggle. On April 29, together with Constantinos “Costas”
Gournas and Panayiota “Pola” Roupa, he admitted to taking part in said
group via an open letter.

Evangelos “Vangelis” Pallis
Kleisti Filaki Trikalon
T.K. 42100 Trikala
Greece

Pallis is an “ordinary” prisoner who was “politicized” in prison. He has
been part of the struggle inside prisons for many years. His letters and
other writings often appear in anarchist publications.

Aris Seirinidis
Dikastiki Filaki Koridallou-A pteryga
T.K. 18110 Korydallos
Athens
Greece

Seirinidis was arrested in Athens on May 3, 2010 (the same day as Symeon
“Simos” Seisidis) during a random police identity check and initially
charged with “weapons possession” (he was carrying a handgun) and
“resisting arrest.” Using his DNA sample as the sole piece of evidence, he
was later charged with a police shooting that happened last year.

Symeon “Simos” Seisidis
Nosokomeio Kratoumenon Koridallou
T.K.18110 Korydallos
Athens
Greece

A warrant was issued for comrade Seisidis’ arrest on January 16, 2006. He
is being charged with the same robbery as Yiannis Dimitrakis. Seisidis was
shot by police during his arrest on May 3 and suffered a serious injury to
his leg, which later had to be amputated. He is currently in the prison
hospital at Korydallos. In accordance with exemplary Greek judicial
tradition, which burdens those at large with every possible unresolved
“juicy case,” Seisidis is now being charged with a series of crimes
including the two-year-old murder of a guard. However, in Seisidis’ case,
the legal surrealism goes even further. Since the law doesn’t allow anyone
to be tried for a felony in absentia, Seisidis (when he was still at
large) was tried only for his alleged misdemeanor participation in the
January 16, 2006 bank robbery. And for that misdemeanor he was given
seven-and-a-half years in prison. The (rhetorical) question is: How could
he be sentenced for a misdemeanor without the court recognizing his
“guilt” for felony participation in said robbery?