The four comrades, including UK anarchist Simon Chapman, have been found not guilty for all (except one minor charge) in Greek court of the charges going back to the EU Summit protests and riots in Thessaloniki in 2003.
All four of the defendants are free. All the initial charges were dropped apart from “distinguished defiance of authority” which was then reduced to “minor defiance of authority”. This is a misdemeanour, carrying a 6-month suspended sentence, but none of them will be imprisoned unless of course someone is charged again during these six months. This was the best the juries could ever do, since they had to be charged of something, in order to “justify” the six months they had spent in prison back in 2003.
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Title: “Selanik 4′lüsü” nün hepsi serbest
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Birleşik Krallık’tan aralarında anarşist Simon Chapman’ın da olduğu dört yoldaş, AB buluşması protestoları ve 2003′teki Selanik’teki ayaklanmalardan ötürü geçmişe dair yapılan tüm iddalardan tamamiyle suçsuz bulundu(küçük bir suçlama dışında).
4 sanığın tümü serbest. Sonrasında “Otoriteye hafif meydan okuma”ya düşürülen “otoriteye açıkça meydan okuma” suçlamalarının dışında tüm iddialar düştü. Bu hafif bir suç ve 6 ay ertelenmiş hüküm içeriyor, fakat 6 ay içinde tekrar suçlanmazlarsa kimse hapsedilmeyecek. Bu, daha önce 2003′te 6 ay cezaevinde geçirdiklerinden ötürü, bu süreyi “meşrulaştırmak” için birşeylerle suçlanmak zorundaydılar ve bu şimdikiye kadar jürilerin yaptığını en iyi şeydi.
All the translations to portuguese
http://contraocapital.blogspot.com/search/label/4%20de%20Sal%C3%B3nica
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