Imprisoned

Anna Beniamino

Anna was arrested on September 6, 2016 as part of Operation Scripta Manent, and sentenced to 17 years. On appeal, her sentence was reduced to 16 years and 6 months.

An Open Letter by Anna on Operation Scripta Manent:

"SCRIPTA MANENT

Davide Delogu

Davide is an anarchist from Sardinia. He was arrested in 2010 and sentenced to 18 years in prison on charges of theft and attempted homicide allegedly of someone who was trying to stop him from leaving the scene of a robbery. There is not a lot of information about Davide's case so please contact us or comment below if you have any additional information.

Life in Prison

Alejandro Astorga Valdés

Alejandro is a former member of the MIR (Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria) who then travel to Peru to join the MRTA (Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement). After being convicted in 1993 in Peru for the attack against the Peruvian American Institute in Lima, he served 12 years as a political prisoner in the maximum security prison Miguel Castro Castro until getting out in November 2005 and returning to Chile.

Giorgos Petrakakos

Arrested in 2015 and serving 36 years for being tried on charges of participating in Revolutionary Struggle and numerous bank robberies, only one of which he takes responsibility for.

In his own words:

"On September 24th and about 9 years after I had to violate my probation, I was arrested outside my house in Volos together with my wife Maria Theofilou right before the eyes of our two infant children.

Mauricio Hernández Norambuena

Mauricio is one of the most significant oppositors to the chilean military dictatorship first and, later, to the "democratic" transition guided by the same dictator Pinochet (until his death).

Case Background:

In 1976, during the dictatorship, Mauricio was a Communist Party militant, while in 1983 he was one of the founders of the Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front (FPMR), an organization borned as the military organization of the Communist Party that later developed its own authonomy to fight and defeat the dictatorship on the military plan.

Joshua (Josh) Williams

A staple of the Ferguson rebellion, Josh Williams was sentenced to 8 years in prison for attempting to a light fire near a Quick Trip gas station, during a protest against the killing of Black 18-year old Antonio Martin by police in Berkeley, Missouri on Christmas Eve 2014. Josh, who was 19 at the time of the incident, was charged with first-degree arson, and second-degree burglary for allegedly stealing under $500.

Osman Evcan

Osman, born in 1959 in Samsun, is an anarchist prisoner who spent the last 23 years in prison. İn 1992, he was sentenced to 30 years in prison with the charges of being a member of a leftist terrorist group and robbery. He was also imprisoned for 9 years between 1980-1989. Since Osman adopted anarchist ideas in 2003, he also became vegan and supports animal liberation struggles.

Giannis (Yannis) Mikhailidis

On January 29, 2020, anarchists Giannis Michailidis, Konstantina Athanasopoulou and Dimitra Valavani were arrested in Agia Paraskevi following their pursuit by the anti-terrorist unit. Giannis was sought by the police authorities because of his escape from Tyrintha prison in June 2019.

He was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Juan Aliste Vega

Marcelo Villarroel, Freddy Fuentevilla and Juan Aliste Vega were arrested in 2009 after a long international manhunt, accused of the robbery of a Santander Bank and the murder of a cop in October 2007. They were imprisoned for years awaiting trial and had it regularly postponed.

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