indy media 24.04.2007
yesterday morning giannis dimitrakis, anarchist prisoner behind bars for robbing a bank, got beaten up by prison wards. he is facing his sentence in the worst prison of greece. after the incident prisoners supported dimitrakis and they took control over the prison.
yesterday morning giannis dimitrakis, anarchist prisoner behind bars for robbing a bank, got beaten up by prison wards. he is facing his sentence in the worst prison of greece. after the incident prisoners supported dimitrakis and they took control over the prison.
yesterday tv showed them on the roof, armed with iron sticks.
right now there are about 7 or 8 prisons at least partly under the control of the prisoners, but recently in at least 2 of them cops entered after throwing tear gas inside, the fights are probably still going on. there are no news about it in the media anymore, and in at least one prison they switched of the electricity to enable the prisoners of communication with outside. in some prisons people don't eat their food in solidarity.

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Prisoners revolt around Greece
Ongoing story, constant updates: please check back regularly
In the morning of Monday 23/4, prisoners at the prison of Malandrino in Fokida, mainland Greece, revolted. The spark igniting the revolt was the beating of anarchist prisoner Yiannis Dimitrakis as well as the vicious, violent response of the guards to the protests staged by his co-prisoners.

Disgraceful holding conditions, lack of water, regular beatings, electronic surveillance and the extremely short times allowed at the yard comprise a grim reality for the Malandrino prisoners. The prison has seen plenty of revolts in the past...

The latest information from Malandrino says that the prisoners are in full control of the prison.

Meantime, information coming in right now (12:30pm GMT, April 24) indicates that prisoners at the Ayios Stefanos prison of Patras have also revolted; two hundred of them abstain from their daily meal. 340 prisoners at the prison of Tripoli have gone on hunger strike.
24.04, 15:45GMT: Unconfirmed reports on mainstream media claim a revolt has also broken out at Korydallos prison, the country's main prison located in Athens (latest info from Korydallos).

Solidarity Actions

• Solidarity action outside the residency of the greek president: On the night of the revolt, 150 anarchists gathered outside the house of the greek president, chanting solidarity slogans for the prisoners.
• On the same night, anarchists gathered spontaneously in Thessaloniki, distributing texts, spray-painting and chanting slogans.
• The committee for prisoner rights has called for a solidarity demo tonight, April 24, 7pm at Omonia square in Athens.