And old lullaby…

PARIS REGION : Six comrades from Paris and nearby suburbs are currently on bail and facing charges (…….)for « criminal association in relation with terrorist undertaking » (called Mouvance anarcho-autonome Francilienne, MAAF*), there are several specific facts relating to this situation :

-Two people (Isa and Farid) are controlled on 23rd September 2008 on the road to Vierzon. During the control, the police finds chlorate and plans : they are accused of the transportation of 2kg of chlorate and the possession of a plan of the prison for minors of Porcheville ( that you can find online) and ‚manual of sabotage‘.
Farid is preventively imprisoned 4 months from January to May 2008 in Fleury and Meaux. After 10 months on bail he is imprisonned again in La Santé on 11th March 2009, accused of having broken conditions. This case will lead to another one being opened, basing its accusation on Isa’s DNA traces.

- Three (Isa, Juan and Damien) are accused of an attempted arson of a police car on the 2nd May 2007 ( Sarkozy elections) in the 18th district of Paris. “Attempted destruction of goods or persons, with the will to destroy goods or persons, in relation with terrorist undertaking†. They are accused on the basis of supposed DNA traces, found on the incendiary device. Juan and Damien’s DNA has been taken by force or without them knowing about it.The police are still looking for two other DNA male traces.
Isa was released from this preventive detention on the 9th February 2009 after one year of game playing by the prison authorities. Her bail conditions include : to go every week to the police station, to not go out of France, to not go to Creuse department, and to not enter in contact with the other people under investigation.
Juan, in prison of Bois d‘Arcy since the 20th June 2008, was released on 26th May 2009. He’s under home arrest, with the obligation to work, to visit the police station once a week and to participate in ’social insertion‘ meetings.
Damien was released from prison on the 28th March 2009 and placed under house arrest. He was already living under bail conditions for seven motnhs before being taken to prison.

-Three (Damien, and also Ivan and Bruno) are accused of a last fact ; the transportation of chlorate (used as part of a home made torch they were taking to the demo) and bent nails* found during a police control at Fontenay-sur-Bois on 19th January 2008, while they were driving to the immigration prison. The police accuse them of having the will to make a bomb by mixing the chlorate and the nails.
Bruno and Ivan passed 4 months in preventive detention in Fresnes and Villepinte (January- Mayi 2008). They decided to escape the judicial control and went on the run on July 2008 (Bruno), the other on March 2009 (Ivan).

PARIS 14th JANUARY 2009 : the BAC* arrests K. and A. in the 19th district, and accuses them of attempted arson of a police car, in front of a police station 200m before. A house search follows, and a 48 hours detention, but nothing more. However, a preliminary investigation is opened against them for “criminal association in relation with terrorist undertaking†.

PARIS 24th JANUARY 2009 : 4 people get arrested around the demonstration in Barbès (“the fire of revolt†). The 8th June, 7 people had been discharged. On October, one person is discharged. One is sentenced to 4 months of suspended prison (everybody’s accused of illegal demonstration and refusal of dispersion), the others are sentenced to 2 months of suspended prison. Another one is under police investigation for “damage†of a cop car (and has been badly beaten by the cops).