Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Het n-woord


Voor meer over de zaak Steven Stewart hier.
Een bewaker die zijn moeder aan de lijn had gebruikte het n-woord over zijn moeder tijdens het neerleggen van de telefoonhoorn ook al.

From a member of the Steven Stewart Support group:

Steven Stewart, a prisoner at WSPF, has been target of much retaliation. This has escalated recently. Estella Stewart, his mother, received a letter from Steven outlining the latest. On October 18th, about 8 pm, two guards handcuffed Steven and threw him on the floor stating something like "we're going to slam your nigger face into the floor." When Steven told unit manager Trosdoff, he walked away. When Steven asked again to have his catheter changed, (he had asked many times before) the unit manager came on intercom and taunted Steven with the N word. There is more which I do not remember. Steven has had ongoing harrassment- from not being allowed to sleep, to having food contaminated, always being called "out of his name" etc. We are afraid the end of something is near, for Steven says he will not be able to take it much longer. The plan is that he will snap- do something violent, and they will kill him. He won at trial when the WSPF brought bogus charges against him. He is being made an example.

Estella and I have asked James Greer many times that Steven be transferred to Columbia Correctional Institution.This is a place where Steven feels there will be less harrassment. It is complicated and I can give you details why this place is better if you desire.

We have a petition to support the call for a transfer for Steven to CCI, please sign it: here.

If you can, please call:
1) James Greer, Head of DOC Health Services and ask that Steven Stewart, DOC # 143599, be transfered now to Columbia Correctional Institution. Tel. 1-608-240-5122

2) Warden Peter Huibregtse: ask him to stop the harrassment and see that guards Carpenter and Scullion are not allowed near Steven's cell . (I understand Carpenter has an SPN on Steven already-is not supposed to be near Steven and yet he violates it). Ask him to investigate allegations that Steven has not been able to get his catheter changed and is being harrassed by unit manager. Tel: 1-608-375-5656.

Space voor Steven Stewart.

Saturday, October 13, 2007

Collecte voor Harry Bout


Er zijn op 8 oktober Kamervragen gesteld over Harry Bout door D66. De steungroep kan hier slechts dank voor zeggen - het is een goede vraag waarom via een kort geding afgedwongen zou moeten worden dat Harry Bout als Nederlander behandeld wordt door de Nederlandse overheid.

De vragen aan de minister van buitenlandse zaken:

- Wat is de huidige status van de zaak van de in een Amerikaanse
gevangenis verblijvende Harry Bout?

- Waarom wordt de WOTS-aanvraag van dhr. Bout niet in behandeling
genomen door het ministerie van Justitie?

Als het kort geding tegen de Nederlandse regering doorgang moet vinden is er het risico dat Harry Bout wordt veroordeeld tot de kosten van het geding, bij verlies. De advocaat wordt wel bekostigd door toevoeging, maar deze kosten worden niet gedekt.

Met leedwezen dus een vraag om geld aan u, dierbare lezer(es), vriend(in), kameraad.
Dank u.