Brazil
A Google translation:
A Google translation:
From Maoist Road:
On the morning of May 23, hooded and armed police submachine
simultaneously invaded the homes of young activists in Goiânia - GO. The police
action called "Operation R $ 2.80" aimed to meet search and seizure
warrants against activists who, according to the chief of the civil police,
Alexander Lourenco, State Police Repression of Organized Criminal Actions
(Draco) would be suspected of " victimize at least 100 buses of public
transport in the capital during demonstrations in recent weeks. "
Three activists were arrested, had their computers and other
belongings seized.
"We want to stop the vandalism. They had already called
other acts for this week "- said the delegate to the media after the
arrests.
In recent months, Goiânia, and many other capitals and
cities of the country, was the scene of protests against raising tickets and
against bad public transport. In several of these protests, the angry populace
turned against the bus. In Rio de Janeiro ,
for example, during a strike by road in May and other protests in the suburbs,
the fury of the population has resulted in more than 700 vehicle fleets
monopoly transport with broken glasses or even fired.
In Goiania ,
specifically, the population increase in protests against new bus fare which
increased from R $ 2.70 to R $ 2.80. The revolt is great against bad public
transport services and, last year, an increase had already been barred by a
great struggle of the students who took to the streets and faced brutal police
repression.
The Front for the Struggle for Collective Transport Goiania,
an organization that actively participates in the struggles against raising
tickets, manifested in a statement demanding "immediate Freedom for
political prisoners" and "end of all processes."
"Contrary to what has been stated, we are not a 'gang'
or a 'criminal gang', comprised of people who aim to incite, free of charge, to
acts of vandalism. The depredations bus result, in general, the dissatisfaction
of users of public transport overcrowding and delays of buses, ie, with the
poor quality of service, in exchange for payment of a highly abusive fare is
provided to them . It is a form of resistance to the abuses committed by public
transportation companies, which are not properly investigated and punished by
the same judiciary that currently criminalizes the popular manifestations
"- says the front Fights.
The protest note to the front Fights emphasizes that
"it is important to reiterate that we are here, that prisons tend to
multiply in various cities political prisons, given that we live in a time of intensification
of popular struggles and criminalization of such struggles" .
The Popular Revolutionary Student Movement (MEPR) - one of
the organizations attacked the monopoly of communications by taking part in the
protests - also in a statement, said that "more than examples of fascist
escalation that accompanies the arrival of the Cup, the last few weeks have
given us evidence of this scam is that Democratic State of Law, who tries to
sell democracy to the masses when it is fierce class dictatorship! Starting
with the name of the operation, dubbed '2, 80 ', as if warning people that the
fare of public transport will be 2.80 and for whom protest jail!
Already on the 16th of May, when there were several
spontaneous protests in the bus terminal due to the shutdown of drivers, 17
protesters were arrested. The delegate of the 5th DP, where they were taken,
refereed guarantees between R $ 1,400 and R $ 2,980 for youth, for example,
surviving on bag from $ 400 at the University. The crimes of some of them, recorded
in BO, would have been "have been lying on the asphalt" and
"calling people to demonstrate" with the aggravating factor that
"we do not live in a communist country." Since then, a young man -
Mike - remains in prison, with bail of almost $ 3,000.00! "
"How could a group of people preying 104 bus?" -
Questions the MEPR stating that the allegations made by the police "are
totally groundless, based on 'evidence' as flyers, banners, posters and gauze!
Most of these objects could be found with any student who has received a
pamphlet. Those who study on campus 2 UFG and passes through the courtyard of
FACOMB (FIC) knows drawings as shown on the news can be bought there 2 or less
real. And the gauze seized were those carried by a protester as first aid
supplies last May 8, to protect themselves from tear gas, and served to stop
the bleeding of a boy who was beaten by plainclothes police officers. "
"There is no concrete research, the investigation was
taken by Facebook. It has pictures of them on Facebook posts in the
investigation. That research was this? "- Protested Natália Oliveira,
committed to the defense lawyer of the arrested activists.
The lawyer also denounced suspected persecution of defense
lawyers in the case. She said a car occupied by two people remained two hours
standing in front of his residence. Other lawyers who sought information at the
police station where the prisoners were taken were also the target of
intimidation.
The lawyers filed a request for relaxation of imprisonment
(which was denied) even on day 23. On 26 lawyers filed an application for
habeas corpus.
On the 27th, hundreds of people protested in the streets of Goiania against the arrest of activists. The
protesters gathered in University Square
and then walked avenues of the capital until the Court of Justice (ECJ) in the
State of Goias where they
continued demanding the repeal of the arrests of the activists.
On the afternoon of May 29, a federal judge Avelirdes
Almeida Pinheiro Lemos, 1st Criminal Chamber of the Court of Goiás (GO-TJ),
ordered the release of the three arrested activists. With habeas corpus, Heitor
Vilela, Ian and John Caetano Marques Aguiar were released around 21 o'clock
that same day. Madureira Tiago Araújo, who was considered "Outlaw",
received a permit to pass, which guarantees freedom.
By the end of the investigation, the activists are forced to
comply "precautionary measures" such as non-participation and
involvement in "riots" and order to collect from 23 to 06 hours.
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Bus set on
fire during protest in the capital of Goiás
Protest for
freedom of young people who were arrested in GO
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