The first witness, Regina Jarjue, said she had seen me in this Chinese restaurant, but she also said that I have never given any drugs to her. The other witness, Christian Rabl, said he doesn't know me and that he has never seen me at all. The last witness, Mathias Helmer, said that he knows me and when he was asked when he got to know me he answered from June 1998 to October 1998. This cannot be possible because I was in prison in Germany from February 1998 to October the 1st 1998. In passing my judgement the judge said that he is finding me guilty because I have sold drugs from inside prison in Germany. Before my day to court I was called to the investigating judge who told me that they have received a message from Germany saying I was in prison from Feb. to Oct. 1999 which I accepted as true. How comes they accuse me now of doing what I did not do? I was not found guilty of organised criminality, yet I was arrested and given five years. In court I was asked if I was among the people who demonstrated against the killing of Marcus Omofuma and I said yes (On May 1st 1999 Marcus Omofuma was killed by police officers during his deportation from Austria to Nigeria). was asked by the judge to explain the reason why I was among the demonstrators. I cannot answer this and I don't know the reason why a demonstration should be among the things I am being judged of. Even after he passed my verdict the judge asked me to make a confessional statement and to testify against other people, and if I would do that he would reduce my sentence. How can I do this? Do I have to testify against people I don't know anything about to get my sentence reduced? Was I given five years because I failed to talk against others? Is this justice? Is this human rights? It is all mockery!
I was not given a fair trial, I was asked to answer what they wanted but they never allowed me to talk. I will never accept this sentence because was framed I hope the world will look into my file, I wish the world would at least have a look onto the evidence against me and see everything that happened to me. I was given five years out of wickedness, and mostly because of the colour of my skin. Please, I ask all the people concerned about human rights to come to my help. Let the world know that this is not a case against drug dealers. How long are they going to cover all this mistreatment with drugs. 80% of all the people arrested during this Operation Spring hav nothing whatsoever to do with drugs. I am not a drug dealer and I will never testify against innocent people to save myself. I hope you will intervene in my case and all these cases against innocent black people and bring justice to whom justice is due.
Ein Gefangener in der Justizanstalt Josefstadt (Wien)
Article distributed by Anarchist Black Cross (ABC) Innsbruck:
LOM
Postlagernd
6024 Innsbruck
Austria
e-mail: abcibk@hotmail.com
Mir wurde kein fairer Prozeß gemacht, ich mußte alles beantworten, was sie mich fragte, durfte aber selber nie sprechen. Ich werde dieses Urteil nie akzeptieren, weil ich betrogen wurde. Ich hoffe, daß die Welt auf meinen Fall schaut, und ich wünsche mir die Welt hätte zumindest einen Einblick in die Beweise gegen mich, und würde alles sehen, was mir passiert ist. Aus purer Boshaftigkeit wurden mir fünf Jahre Haft aufgedrückt, in erster Hinsicht nur wegen meiner Hautfarbe.Bitte! Ich bitte alle Menschen, die sich um die Menschenrechte scheren, mir zur Hilfe zu eilen. Laßt die Welt wissen, daß dies kein Prozeß gegen DrogendealerInnen ist. Wie lange werden sie all diese Mißhandlungen noch durch Drogenkonstruke verdecken? 80% von all jenen, die während dieser Operation Spring verhaftet wurden, haben absolut nichts mit Drogen zu tun. Ich bin kein Drogendealer und ich werde nie gegen unschuldige Menschen aussagen, nur um mich selber zu retten. Ich hoffe ihr werdet in meinen Fall eingreifen und all jenen Fällen gegen die unschuldigen schwarzen Menschen, und jenen Gerechtigkeit bringen, welche sie verdienen.
J. A.
Justizanstalt Wien-Josefstadt
Wickenburggasse 18-20
1080 Wien
Austria
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