RE: FW: Austria: Public Prosecution Fabricates Arson Attack

[Guest guest]

Hi,

 

With all due respect I don't see what this issue has to do with Asia.

Austria is a Central European country as far as I remember. To many

issues lately are not related to Asia, or some too much focused on

one country in particular, the use of the country codes is therefore very

nice so you can hit the " delete " button immediately.

 

I hope we have no more issues unrelated to Asia.

 

Edwin

 

PS " news " is usually written by the press.

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Herojig

Tuesday, 01 July, 2008 2:16 AM

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FW: Austria: Public Prosecution Fabricates Arson Attack

 

 

 

News from Vienna today....

Jigs

 

------ Forwarded Message

> EVANA <news <news%40evana.org> >

> Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:48:24 +0200

> group animal_net <animal_net@gro

<animal_net%40> ups.com>

> Austria: Public Prosecution Fabricates Arson Attack

>

 

> Austrian Arrests, New Development: Public Prosecution Fabricates Arson

> Attack

>

> In an attempt to justify remand custody and draconian police measures, a

> hunting cabin, which burnt down as a result of an over heating stove, was

> used against the animal protections as an accusation of arson

>

> Vienna, 30th June 2008

>

> This scandal comes just weeks after it was revealed that the prosecution

> falsified a statement of a crown witness.

>

> On May 21 2008 masked and armed officers of the Austrian elite squad WEGA

> broke into homes and offices of NGO workers and organisations at the crack

> of dawn. Since that day, 10 people arrested in the raids have been

detained

> in remand custody.

>

> One of the detainees, president of VGT (Association against Factory Farms)

> Dr .Martin Balluch has, also since that day, been on hunger strike. He is

> presently being artificially fed.

>

> A string of human rights violations against these animal protectionists

has

> caused outrage and strong criticism towards Austrian authorities from the

> international community and concerned Austrians. The authorities claim,

and

> therefore in turn the Austrian media as well, that the animal

protectionists

> are responsible for an arson attack.

>

> This accusation of arson came as a surprise to animal protection circles

as,

> especially in recent years, there has been no report of arson with an

animal

> rights connection in Austria. In the prosecution file, withheld until now

> from the defense, the worst suspicions can be confirmed: The allegedly

> animal rights motivated arson attack was in fact a hunting cabin fire

caused

> by hunters themselves as they let a stove overheat. The public prosecution

> have bent the facts in order to provide a reason for mistreating and

> imprisoning innocent animal protectionists!

>

> Following Facts can be found in the Police Files:

> The hunting cabin burnt down on 11.11.2007 at approximately 7 p.m. The

> prosecution states that it happened between 11 and 13.11.2007.

> The time of the fire was deliberately extended to 13.11 because, according

> to the surveillance reports, the VGT president Dr. Martin Balluch was in

the

> same area on that day.

>

> The deliberate time extension thus provided an opportunity to construe a

> suspicion.

>

> However, the public prosecution failed to disclose that Dr Balluch was in

> the area in order to document illegal pheasant enclosures and that he was

in

> constant telephone contact with the state appointed animal welfare

ombudsman

> throughout the day. The pheasant enclosures were indeed reported to the

> authorities on the very next day.

>

> The public prosecution claims that the arson was animal rights motivated,

> despite the fact that the fire expert assessing the incident stated that

the

> probable cause of the fire was the overheating of a non-insulated stove

> placed against a wooden wall. There was no indication of arson........

>

> full text:

> http://www.evana. <http://www.evana.org/index.php?id=35118 & lang=en>

org/index.php?id=35118 & lang=en

>

> Petition:

> http://www.vgt.

<http://www.vgt.at/actionalert/repression/petition/index_en.php#>

at/actionalert/repression/petition/index_en.php#

>

> Austrian Embassies:

> http://www.embassyw

<http://www.embassyworld.com/dev/result.php?guest=14 & host=%25 & count=0 & menu=1

> orld.com/dev/result.php?guest=14 & host=%25 & count=0 & menu=1'

>

>

>

 

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[Guest guest]

Dear All,

I have several letters in my inbox concerning what should and should not be

passed by me for publication on AAPN. It is my policy not to publish letters

that generate more heat than light. I think it is sufficient to restate the

long-standing policy which I intend to continue.

Some issues are clearly of immediate relevance to all Asian readers. Some

issues are clearly not. There is a grey area in the middle where I have to

use my judgment.

Readers of AAPN are recommended to to general AR lists (eg

AR-NEWS) if they want to keep up with events on other continents and join in

world-wide campaigns, petitions, etc. But occasionally an outside issue is

of considerable importance to Asia in that, if ignored, it could impact

Asian countries.

I rejected the Austrian issue when it was first posted but then came a post

pointing out that many Asian governments would like to emulate the Austrian

authorities so I let it pass. But I think we are all now aware of this issue so

I shall close the thread.

And, yes, please always put the country code in the subject line.

John,

Moderator, AAPN.

 

Hi,

 

With all due respect I don't see what this issue has to do with

Asia.

Austria is a Central European country as far as I remember. To many

issues lately are not related to Asia, or some too much focused on

one country in particular, the use of the country codes is therefore

very

nice so you can hit the " delete " button immediately.

 

I hope we have no more issues unrelated to Asia.

 

Edwin

 

PS " news " is usually written by the press.