in Ruzyne Prison ON 23 October at the Prague Municipal Court Petr Uhl, Havel, Vaclav Benda, Otka Bednarova and Jiri Dienstbier were sentenced to a total of nineteen and a half years in prison for supposed "subversive activities". Their real "crime' was to try and defend ihe Czechoslovak constitution and fight for civil liberties. They will spend Xmas in Ruzyne prison. Letters can be sent to them: via Eastern Europe Solidarity Campaign, e/o Vladimir Derer, 10 Park Drive, London NW11.
Registered the Post Office Vaclay China as a aerspaper. Publisked by WEI JINSHENG, & leader of the democratic movement in China, was sentenced to 15 years. His 'crime' was to be one of the editors of the unofficial journal Exploration which dared to argue that the majority of people in China today were deprived of power. Letters of protest can be sent to the Chinese Embassy, 31 Portland Place, London WI.
South Africa Relpocrest Lid. for Socialise Challenge, 328/9 Upper St. •London P.O. consists of supporting the republican matement in its desire to rid Treland of the British Army. Adresses for Xmas cards to send to women in Armagh snd men in H Block via the Irish Republican Socialist Party, e/o Bookmarks, 265 Seven Sisters Rd, London N$.
THESE THREE boys' sole crime was to trespass in a white area of South Africa. James Mange, one of twelve blacks tried for 'attempting to overthrow the South African government by high treason', for daring to try and overthrow the apartheid regime, was senteneed to death. Al present he is still in prison along with his comrades who face sentences ranging from 14 to 19 years. these freedom fighters via the ANC Treason Trial Defence Committee, c/o Charlotte Streef, London WI. Letters can be sent to Printed by East End (offset) Lid, Bax 82, adon Ei