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Wednesday 14 January 2004

René RIESEL has been sentenced to seven (7) months of jail because he destroyed Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) in a Novartis "on ground" crop and also in the CIRAD (Centre International de recherche Agronomique pour le développement) laboratory, in the south of France, in 1998.

On the contrary of José Bové, René Riesel is a clear anticapitalist militant. He always refused to claim for a presidential pardon at the french president Chirac, and he rejects any kind of "support" from political parties, official unions or reformist groups like ATTAC.

He is now in jail since the 1st of december. He shares a cell with another prisonner. He is allowed to walk in a yard inside the prison for 1 hour each day. The rest of the times he reads and writes. He is allowed to meet with his wife one time a week for 40 minutes. Another friend is keeping his flock (René is sheperd). The Jail Management refused him to get out for the Christmas holidays.

HE NEEDS READINGS AND LETTERS. In the jail, he makes turning around the jail partners his readings, amongst them Tatchanka (the newsletter of the CNT AIT Gards’Union).

René Riesel is suported by the fellow workers of the Gard, Nîmes and Alès CNT AIT Union.

You can send your letters and readings at :

René RIESEL n° d’écrou 4612 Maison d’Arrêt 37 chemin Séjalan 48000 MENDE FRANCE

More infos at : http://cnteducation30.free.fr

Toulouse, le 27 janvier 2004

CNT AIT Secrétariat aux Relations Internationales 7 rue St Rémésy 31000 TOULOUSE FRANCIA Tel / fax : +33 (0)5 61 52 86 48 contact@cnt-ait.info

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Support from WSA-IWA (USA)

Dear Rene Riesel,

The Workers Solidarity Alliance sends you our greetings. We have learned of your plight from the CNT-AIT.

Please know that the militants of the WSA here in the United States stand with you in solidarity. We can only hope that letters such as these and the solidarity of others will help your time in prison seem a little lighter.

With good health, we are,

Yours in solidarity,

Mike Harris National Office 339 Lafayette Street-Room 202 New York, NY 10012 tel. (212) 979-8353

www.workersolidarity.org

CNT-AIT


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