Die Tierbefreiungsaktivist*in Sarah Whitehead wurde nach Jahren Ende Juni aus der Haft entlassen! Sarah wurde in England verurteilt und gefangen gehalten. Im Rahmen der Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) Kampagne gegen den Tierversuchskonzern HLS wurde Sarah von den britischen Behörden inhaftiert.
Über die Verhaftungen im Rahmen der SHAC-Kampagne wurde ebenfalls auf linksunten.indymedia berichtet: https://linksunten.indymedia.org/en/node/27618
Viele Aktivist*innen der SHAC-Kampagne sitzen noch immer im Gefängnis. Ihre Adressen sind gelistet:
On October 25, 2010, six animal rights activists (Alfie Fitzpatrick, Tom Harris, Jason Mullen, Nicola Tapping, Nicole Vosper, Sarah Whitehead) were sentenced for their involvement in the Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) campaign. The activists had pleaded guilty to either "conspiring to interfere with the contractual relations of an animal research organization," or "conspiracy to blackmail" companies linked to the notorious animal testing lab, Huntingdon Life Sciences.
Seven other activists (Dan Amos, Gregg Avery, Natasha Avery, Gavin Medd-Hall, Heather Nicholson, Gerrah Selby, Dan Wadham) were jailed in January 2009 following their convictions on similar charges.
The purely political prosecutions and harsh and unjust sentences are an attempt by the British government to crush dissent and to stop anyone from speaking out against vivisection. To learn more about the case, visit: www.myspace.com/shacukprisonersupport. Please send letters of support to the UK "SHAC 11."
Dan Amos
After serving 2 years in prison, Dan was released in July 2010.
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Gregg Avery
Gregg was released in October 2011 after completing his 9 year sentence.
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Natasha Avery
Natasha was released in October 2011 after completing her 9 year sentence.
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Alfie Fitzpatrick
Sentence: 1 year suspended sentence
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Tom Harris
Tom has asked not to be listed anymore, as he wants to concentrate on his studies. He thanks everyone for all the letters of support he received.
Sentence: 5 years
In January 2011, one year was added to Tom's original 4 year sentence after he was found guilty of involvement in vandalism at companies linked to Huntingdon Life Sciences in 2008.
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Gavin Medd-Hall #A3624AD
HMP Coldingley
Shaftesbury Road
Bisley, Woking
Surrey GU24 9EX
UNITED KINGDOM
Sentence: 8 years
Visit Gavin's support website at: www.myspace.com/supportgavin
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Jason Mullen
Jason was released in October 2011 after completing his 3 year sentence.
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Heather Nicholson #A3158AJ
HMP Send
Ripley Road
Send
Surrey GU23 7LJ
UNITED KINGDOM
Sentence: 11 years
Visit Heather's support website: www.myspace.com/supportheather
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Gerrah Selby
Gerrah was released in January 2011.
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Nicola Tapping
Nicola was released from prison in March 2011 after completing her 1 year and 3 month sentence.
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Nicole Vosper
After serving 21 months in prison, Nicole was released in December 2010.
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Dan Wadham
Dan was released in July 2011 after completing his 5 year sentence. He wishes to thank everyone for the support he received.
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Sarah Whitehead
Sarah was released from prison in June 2012 after completing her six year sentence.