The provocative and revengeful imprisonment of a student of the Polytechnic campus in Thessaloniki, using as a pretext the events in front of the Aristotelion University in Thessaloniki (Philosophy campus, who was accused with serious, unsubstantial charges, is part of the revanchist government policy and the police-court mechanisms against the victorious students’ movement. It was a movement that stirred up the whole majority of society during the last months and managed to foil, in a significant degree, the government’s plant to privatize education. In the same direction are included the police operations to students’ homes, the threats for the abolishment of the campuses haven and the general attempt to terrorize and slander the fighting students with the collaboration of the media.
The party students’ organization of CPG (m-l) calls for the immediate formation of a broad solidarity front of students, workers and democrat citizens which will demand the immediate release of the student and the withdrawal of every unsubstantial charge. The leading force of this movement should be the mass General Assemblies of students across the country. This movement must and can defend the mass collective action and unity and it should isolate the practices the objectively subserve the repression forces in their attempt to terrorize the students’ movement.
7/5/2007
On early Saturday morning, May 5th, and while two different parties were held in the Polytechnic campus, certain clashes were taking place in a nearby street (Ethnikis Aminis) between the police and some unknown people.
A couple hours later (at approximately 07.00 in the morning) 15 people were presented to the Thessaloniki Police Headquarters and five of them were arrested. Two of them are facing serious charges.
One of these two was among the 49 arrested students who were proved innocent in the events of March the 8th. (mass police arrests of students under unsubstantial charges which were proven false in the court and the policemen who were witnesses were persecuted by the court).
The student was arrested far from the place where the clashes took place and he was accused only after the police found out that he was on the 49 arrested students. The evidence they used was the fact that he was wearing green shoes (!!!) as someone who participates in the clashes was wearing. Naturally after the police searched him and his house no evidence to condemn him was found.
The solidarity movement reacted immediately with protests, rallies and demonstrations.
