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ANTI-SANCTIONS ACTIVIST JAILED Today, Monday 10 May, 1999, Gabriel Carlyle, co-coordinator of Voices in the Wilderness UK, was sent to prison for an anti-bombing and anti-sanctions protest last December. Gabriel received a 45 day sentence for refusing to pay over £1000 compensation to the Foreign Office. On 17 December 1998, Gabriel and Andrea Needham threw fake blood onto the front wall of the Foreign Office - it was the second day of the US/UK bombardment. Gabriel also wrote 'Stop the killing' on the side of the Foreign Office in Whitehall. Andrea simultaneously wrote 'Lift the sanctions'. 45 days is the maximum penalty Gabriel could receive for his non-payment. He will be in prison until the beginning of June. He will be in prison on his birthday, 31 May. If you would like to send Gabriel a message of support, please write to him at the following address. NOTE: prisons require that ALL incoming letters carry the name and address of the sender. Jokes about helping him to escape have sometimes lead to punishment of prisoners. Otherwise, prisoners do tend to prefer humorous letters. Gabriel Carlyle DB 6387 HMP Wormwood Scrubs PO Box 757 Du Cane Road London W12 OAE Many thanks, Milan Rai voices in the wilderness uk 12 Trinity Road, London N2 8JJ phone/fax: 0181 444 1605 internet: voices@viwuk.freeserve.co.uk -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To be removed/added, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk, NOT the whole list. Archived at http://linux.clare.cam.ac.uk/~saw27/casi/discuss.html