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Civil Disobedience Action Against Prohibition Of Cannabis

Transnational Radical Party

Press Release

Saturday 26 Jan 2002

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RADICAL LEADER MARCO PANNELLA (MEP, Italy) ANNOUNCE CIVIL
DISOBEDIENCE ACTION AGAINST PROHIBITION ON CANNABIS


for Monday the 28th of January, 16 am at Stockport Police
office, Edward Street, Stockport - Manchester area

On the occasion of the trial against Chris Davies and Marco
Cappato MEPs, that will take place on tuesday the 29th of
January, 10 am before the Stockport Magistrate Court

Chris Davies and Marco Cappato MEPs will be at the Stockport
Magistrates' Court next Tuesday the 29th of January for
committal proceedings. Chris Davies was arrested on the 15th
of December of last year for a civil disobedience protest
aimed at furthering the campaign against cannabis
prohibition, and protesting against the arrest of Colin
Davies (no relation). Colin Davies has been in Strangeways
prison, Manchester, since the 20th of November, awaiting
trial on charges based on his running of a Dutch-style
coffee-shop [the Dutch Experience] in Stockport. On the 20th
of December Marco Cappato went to lend the support of the
Transnational Radical Party to Chris Davies. Cappato went to
the Stockport Police Office with a small quantity of
cannabis derivatives, a move that triggered his immediate
arrest and custody till the morning after.

NONVIOLENT RADICAL LEADER, MEP MARCO PANNELLA, WILL GO TO
THE POLICE OFFICE WITH A SMALL QUANTITY OF CANNABIS on
Monday the 28th at 4 pm, as a civil disobedience action to
express support to his colleagues and in favour of an
antiprohibitionist reform on drugs.


Background information: Radical Party members have taken
part in many civil disobedience actions on drugs since 1965.
In 1975, Marco Pannella, radical leader and MEP, was
arrested after self-incrimination for smoking a cannabis
joint. From prison, he led a campaign to persuade the
Italian Parliament to de-criminalize drug consumption.
During the '80s and '90s various radicals were arrested and
convicted for civil disobedience on drugs. In 1989 the
Transnational Radical Party founded the International
Antiprohibitionist League. In 1993 Emma Bonino, the radical
leader who shortly after became an EU Commisioner, was
arrested in New York for distributing steryl needles to
protect addict from blood poisoning. In 1995 six radicals
were arrested in Rome for free delivering of hashish to the
public; while in the same year, Pannella hands out 200 grams
of hashish as a "gift" to the anchorman of a live TV-show.
Many party members have since repeated the civil
disobedience action of self-incrimination for hashish
delivering. In 1997 the Transnational Radical Party was a
co-sponsor of the international antiprohibition march in
London. Currently, there are 35 radical (among them 4 MEP, 2
French citizens and 4 Belgians) under trial for related
civil disobedience actions. On the 23th of January, the
Appeal Court of Rome has confirmed a 4 months imprisonment
sentence for 4 Radical activists, among whom Marco Pannella;
they have asked to the Court to imediately execute the
sentence instead of converting it into alternative
sanctions.

 

 

 

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