Prisoner of the Social War in Greece
Jul 15 2009 15:47
ELEMENTARY DR. WATSON, ELEMENTARY...
ATTENTION! ATTENTION! ATTENTION! ATTENTION! ATTENTION! ATTENTION!
Social peace is waiting by the corner. Justice prepares its claws.
Thodoris Iliopoulos remains the only one in prison at the “correctional department” of Koridalos following the events of December 2008. Th. Iliopoulos was arrested on the afternoon of Thursday December 2008 at the sidewalk leading to Propilaia. Gathered at the area was a multitude of people, amongst which press reporters, witnessing the clashes amongst the police and the protesters outside the Law School. By remaining in the area the people essentially prevented the suppressing forces from enforcing all of their brutality in action. Thus, when the police decided to disperse the gathered people with a brutish storming of the MAT riot units, aiming obviously at random arrests and injuries in order to terrorize, Th. Iliopoulos was arrested, being the most unfortunate of all gathered and to top it all was wearing black clothes. With no hesitation the copy/paste charges were waiting for him and as proved a ready made conviction.
Who could claim ignorance?
On July 8th 2009, and while still in custody for six months (from the 22nd of December), the Council of Appeals decided to retain Th. Iliopoulos in prison.
Its verdict regards and deems Th. Iliopoulos as a person that hasn’t regretted his actions, dangerous for public order and safety. Obviously, the state is obligated to maintain its social cohesion. In consequence, Th. Iliopoulos is the Boston Strangler, the Carpathian Dracula, maybe even responsible for the Kennedy assassination. He is certainly the Unwarranted Threat. He is the guilty one since every one else is innocent. All proof of innocence, such as his dignity, are redundant for a tool of the system such as the meatgrinder. The Republic was fortunately saved. The State can now go on flourishing.
Social justice is revengeful.
”I’m left with no other means to fight than my own body”.
(excerpt from the letter of Th. Iliopoulos with which he declared his decision to begin hunger strike from Friday July 10th 2009).
The state reveals itself when it kills. The state terrorizes when it is authoritative. The state imprisons when it is threatened. Yet it’s the prisons that maintain it. Incarcerations won’t save the bosses.
Solidarity to the only remaining prisoner for the events of December 2008 Th. Iliopoulos, hunger striker since the 10th of July 2009.
Rearguard Dadaists
Jul 15 2009 21:43
#2
I don't know the answer to the above query. I will try to find out.
Jul 16 2009 01:56
#3
My Greek source (the one who sent the message that was posted above) says that, yes, this prisoner is the only one still in custody from the December events.
Jul 16 2009 02:00
#4
he still remains in custody, waiting trial. the max time one can remain in custody is 18 months (it's usual to be released in 3 or 6 months).
large numbers of immigrants who got arrested were tried in summary proceedings so to speak, and got deported right ofter december.
underage(students etc) and others who got arrested are out of prison and are waiting trial.
Wait, is he actually the only remaining prisoner from the December revolt? Not to trivialise his suffering or anything - obviously it's terrible that he's still in there - but it seems pretty weird to me that half a year after such a big uprising, the state'd only keep one guy in jail.