Month: November 2013

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I wish to inform you that from November 25th, 2013 I started a hunger strike, and sent a related memo to the ministry, to sympathize with my fellow prisoner, friend, brother and co-fighter Spyros Stratoulis, who is incarcerated in the prison of Larissa. Since November 11th, 2013, he refrains from eating, thus claiming his acquittal from unfounded accusations attributed to him, for participation in a criminal organization and causing dangerous bodily harm, relating to events that occurred in July 2012 in Thessaloniki.

These charges resulted to the interruption of the regular days of leave he was receiving for two years, following all legal procedures under article 55, paragraph 1 of the penitentiary code. With this act of support, I assume the fight of hunger strike as a last resort, and tangibly express that I am on his side. I made a conscious decision: I know very well my co-fighter Spyros Stratoulis, and his struggles on the inside, when he risked his life and further detention, but never his dignity. I empathize with what he’s going through; we have gone through many hard times together in various prisons, and as much as we could, within the constraints of prison, we also shared moments of joy. Spyros is like family to me, and I will be on his side till the end. I know that he would do the same for me.

The struggle for freedom concerns us all, and we’ll continue to struggle at any cost in order to see him, one more person deprived of freedom, freed from the shackles of prison.

Full support to co-fighter and brother on hunger strike Spyros Stratoulis

THE PASSION FOR FREEDOM IS STRONGER THAN ALL PRISONS

Michalis Ramadanoglou
Inmate of Grevena prison

As I mentioned in my previous open letter (here in Greek), I express my solidarity with my brother Spyros Stratoulis, who conducts a hunger strike since November 11th, 2013, and I stand more drastically beside him because today, November 25th, I go on hunger strike to support him. We make these acts, that may seem strange to some people, our own acts, and we warn: we won’t back down for anything, and we take our lives into our own hands. I will be a supporter of Spyros in his battle for acquittal from the charges pressed against him, as well as for getting days of leave from prison again.

Solidarity with hunger striker Spyros Stratoulis.
His demands are also my demands.

Immediate acquittal of Spyros Stratoulis from indictment charges, and re-granting of his exit permits!

Ergün Mustafa
Inmate of Malandrino prison