(source: http://www.brightonabc.org.uk/news.html#4) A few days ago Australian anti-fascist Jock Palfreeman was assaulted in Sofia Central Prison in Bulgaria (he says it was not “too badly”) but yesterday [July 6] the same guard assaulted another prisoner, an elderly man, and some of that man’s compatriots came to his assistance. These seven were then set upon by […]
By a3yo
– July 14, 2014
In 2007 the Australian Jock Palfreeman, who was visiting Bulgaria for the second time, got involved in a fight with a bulgarian hooligan group who were beating two Roma on the street in the centre of Sofia. The situation escalated and eventually Jock, who had a knife with him, stabbed two of the attackers and […]
By a3yo
– November 1, 2012
(source: http://slackbastard.anarchobase.com/?p=29117) March 15, 2012 has been declared a day of action in solidarity with imprisoned anti-fascist Jock Palfreeman.
By a3yo
– March 4, 2012
(source: http://www.facebook.com/events/182053191892851/) 15.03.2012 in London: Demonstrate outside the Bulgarian Embassy in solidarity with Jock Palfreeman the young Australian man who was set up by the Bulgarian police and criminal justice system after he stepped in to stop an attack on a young Roma in December 2007. Jock Palfreeman was sentenced in December 2007 to 20 […]
By a3yo
– January 20, 2012
Jock’s statement following the decision: To say I’m disappointed would be an understatement. But I am not disappointed in the Monov family’s demands for unjustified punishment. I am disappointed in the judges and legal structure that seems to have the moral backbones of jellyfish. When I saw the 15 men attack the two homeless men, […]
By a3yo
– April 17, 2011
Jock Palfreeman, the Australian found guilty by Sofia City Court in December 2009 of the December 2007 murder of Andrei Monov and of the attempted murder of Anton Zahariev, lost his appeal in the Sofia Court of Appeal on February 21 2011. (mainstream media reported at: http://sofiaecho.com/2011/02/21/1047622_sofia-appeal-court-confirms-jock-palfreeman-guilty-verdict-20-year-jail-sentence and http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/outrage-as-aussie-loses-bulgarian-appeal-20110222-1b2pt.html)
By a3yo
– February 23, 2011
(source: http://avtonom.org/en/node/14664) A verdict in the appeal case against Jock Palfreeman’s 20-year jail sentence is due to be handed down in the next 30 days. A final hearing in the appeal trial was held in a Bulgarian court last night, 19th of January.
By a3yo
– January 20, 2011
From mainstream press “daily telegraph” in australia: SMALL but significant steps have been made towards possible freedom for a young Australian man sentenced to 20 years in a Bulgarian jail.
By a3yo
– December 5, 2010
(source: http://avtonom.org/en/node/13802) Today, on 20th of October near the Embassy of Bulgaria in Moscow was organized a picket in support of Jock Palfreeman. In the picket anarchists, antifascists, leftists and members of Autonomous-Action Moscow took part.
By a3yo
– October 20, 2010
englisches Original: http://a3yo.noblogs.org/post/2014/07/07/bpra-here-to-stay/ Es gab eine ganze Reihe Anfragen, Informationen über die Gefängnismauern des zentralen Knastest in Sofia hinaus entweichen zu lassen und ich hoffe hiermit diesen Wünschen etwas entgegenkommen zu können, obwohl ich nicht sicher bin, was genau Leute interessiert.
By a3yo
– July 8, 2014
source: http://bulgarianprisonersassociation.wordpress.com/2014/06/16/bpra-here-to-stay/ Imprisonment over the conviction time There have been numerous calls for some information to escape the prison walls of Sofia Central and I hope I can appease these requests for information although I am not sure what people will find interesting. Daily I am continuing my university degree via correspondence that was guaranteed […]
By a3yo
– July 7, 2014
(Text erschienen im Gefangeneninfo, November 2o13) Im Sommer 2012 gründeten Gefangene und ehemalige Gefangene in Sofia die “Vereinigung der Gefangenen Bulgariens zur Rehabilitierung” (B.P.R.A. – bulgarian prisoners rehabilitation association) und damit eine offizielle Organisation, um “denen eine Stimme zu geben, die in der bulgarischen Gesellschaft bisher komplett ignoriert wurden – die Gefangenen”. Ziel der Vereinigung […]
By a3yo
– January 2, 2014
En el verano de 2012 presxs y ex-presxs del carcel en Sofía, Bulgaria fundaron la “Asociación de los prisioneros Bulgaria a la rehabilitación” (BPRA – prisioneros búlgaro asociación rehabilitación) y por lo tanto una organización oficial, para “dar voz a los que han sido completamente ignorado en la sociedad búlgara – lxs prisionerxs “. El […]
By a3yo
– January 2, 2014
(source: http://bpaen.wordpress.com/2013/03/21/death-of-free-speech/) On the 15/3/13 the Sofia riot police entered Sofia Central Prison, they were reacting to an alert that the Director – Peter Krestev sent out due to an unprecedented amount of written and signed complaints against the prison’s conditions and indeed the Director himself, with many prisoners calling for him to be dismissed […]
By a3yo
– March 27, 2013
(source: http://bulgarianprisonersassociation.wordpress.com/2012/12/23/open-letter-regarding-florenzo-tandinis-case-15th-of-december-2012/) Open letter to the Bulgarian Ministry of Justice, the Bulgarian Government and the European Society From: Jock Palfreeman, Chairman of the Bulgarian Prisoners’ Rehabilitation Association On the 15/12/2012 Florenzo Tandini, an Albanian citizen in 10th group Sofia Central Prison was arguing with another prisoner in their cell. There was no physical fighting, when […]
By a3yo
– December 23, 2012
(source: http://bulgarianprisonersassociation.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/communique-from-the-bulgarian-prisonersrehabilitation-association/) On the 26.07.2012 the Bulgarian Prisoners` Rehabilitation Association (B.P.R.A.) was registered in the Sofia City Court (Bulgaria). We are an association comprised completely of prisoners and ex-prisoners. The Association is the voice of this part of the Bulgarian society, that up to now has been completely ignored- the prisoners. Our main goal is […]
By a3yo
– September 22, 2012
Für den 17.Oktober 2010 ist ein weltweiter Aktionstag zum Thema Rassismus in Bulgarien und Solidarität mit Jock Palfreeman geplant. Am 21.Oktober 2010 findet die Berufungsverhandlung in der Anklage gegen Jock Palmfreeman statt. Im wird vorgeworfen beim Schutzversuch zweier Roma gegenüber einem rassitischen Mob, einen Angreifer in Notwehr erstochen und einen weiteren verletzt zu haben.
By a3yo
– September 7, 2010
