Were 11 Spanish Anarchists Arrested for Using Secure Email?

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by bruo • 12 years ago

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pjgomez• 12 years ago

No, they were arrested accused of blowing up small bombs in ATMs. Extracted from the ruling (http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/sociedad/prision-para...)

"From the investigation of the coordinated anarchyst groups, it is derived that their members might be the alleged authors of several attacks with home made explosive artifacts in all the national territory"

Whether they are guilty of those charges or not, is of course a completely different matter.

bruo• 12 years ago

The thing is, to use a 'secure email' or having a book named 'against democracy' is not proof of enough to relate them to those attacks.

at this point, to use a secure email and having that book was enough reason to put them in jail because of those attacks.

in chile the same thing happened, 14 people were arrested under similar charges (possessions of books and even a guns and roses posters). they spent years in prison while the trial was setted up and investigated. they were found not guilty 3 times...

they are currently in jail because they have the book against democracy and they use a secure email. if they are guilty or not, it will be resolved later on a trial. but they can spend years in prison without the trial be made.

Were 11 Spanish Anarchists Arrested for Using Secure Email?

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