02-08-07
German Anti-fascist imprisoned
Christian S., an autonomous antifascist from Berlin is sitting again
in prison since the 14th of July.
Altogether, he has to serve 40 months. He has been sentenced for breaching
the peace in relation to 1 of May 2004, and for the same paragraph for
the incidents of the 12 March 2000. For this last offense he obtained
a suspended sentenced, but he was called back into prison as soon as
he was sentenced again in 2000. Both sentences relate to his active resistance
against 2 big marches of neo-nazis through Berlin.
He already served several months in jail because of 1 of May 2004, during
which his health situation worsened.
Indeed, he suffers serious Hepatitis C, and suffered a complete lack
of medical treatment during the first months of his imprisonment.
Only through the pressure of his supporters, which contributed to the
breaking out of a big public scandal about Berlin's prison conditions
(the medic responsible got a lot of public hassle and got removed from
service) he was then able to obtain again the medicines he needed.
Even with his health situation (which
means he needs serious medical treatment that is not providable within
incarceration) and the fact he is studying to obtain a diploma at an
adult's school, he is in prison again. It is clear that this will not
help him to fight against his terminal illness. As well, his trials have
been a theatre where the cops had space to try new tactics: as example,
the introduction of anonymous police witnesses, who would come armed
with wigs and so on, in order to keep their identity secret. Moreover,
a new trial began on 21st of June, against him and his girlfriend, being
accused of throwing a bottle at a cop during an antifascist rally in
Dresden in 2005. Once again, the only solid proof is the words of two
anonymous cops.
On top of this, he was arrested a few days before his new imprisonment
together with 7 other people and accused of arson, in a situation that
was constructed by the police, which shows itself again as a template
for groundless arrest against anybody. The reason for it is that more
than 100 arsons happened to occur in Berlin within the last 5 months
and the police have no clue about those responsible, therefore they
try to get people clueless and try to frighten the rest. After being
locked up in a low security prison, Hakenfelde, waiting to know about
whether he might be able to go out daily to attend his classes and get
better healthcare, he suddenly was ghosted to Tegel prison, the main
Berlin prison for people with longer sentences. This is a clear political
decision to negate the possibility for him to access day leave (being
able to leave the prison for the day to work etc), taken up from the
social worker Mrs. Schlagge and the director of his former prison Uwe
Meyer-Odewald. They refuse to give any reason for their decision.
It was actually through a posting on the local Indymedia by some neonazi
that people managed to know about this new development.
A neonazi imprisoned in the same , former prison where Christian was
told his fellow scumbags Christian would be moved in this new jail, and
the news spread among them so that some of those losers posted deaththreats
against him. Neither his lawyer, nor his wife had been personally informed
about his moving. This a clear sign again how prison autorithies will
try to make Christian's life hard in the future. He is at the moment
with 5 other people in a cell, has one hour of yard time and can get
only one hour of visits each month.
Write Christian letters and postcards,
send him reading material. Christian can read german, english and get
along somehow with spanish.
His current address:
Christian Sümmermann, BNR: 727/07/7,
JVA Tegel, Seidelstr. 39, 13507 Berlin, Germany
You can support him by sending money to this german account:
ssb e.v.
Kontonummer: 1591 9683 00
BLZ 1001 0111
Stichwort: Knastsolidaritat / Patenschaft Christian
We are not surprised at all about the deafness of the prison system
towards his situation.
In 2006 alone, more than 50 people committed suicide or died in Berlin's
prisons, also following a lack of medical treatment.
Prisons serve only one aim: mental and physical annihilation. Christian
is again one of those who will be subjected to this because he refused
to bow to society's rules.
Such things as setting a barricade alight in order to stop a nazi-march,
or any other form of resistance against capitalist society, are a necessary
part of our daily fight towards the destruction of State and Capital.
Therefore those who get caught in the cages of the State deserve all
our support to show they are not alone and their fight, as well as their
means, are ours.
Towards a society without prisons
Freedom for Christian-Freedom for all!