Greek anarchists Tsourapas and Kontorevithakis were arrested earlier in June and were badly beaten by the police. See Athens IMC
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3 Arrests for attempted gas canister attack in Athens, Letter by two imprisoned anarchists in Greece .
Today in Athens, Evelpidon courthouse, begun the process against the two activists, Marios Tsourapas (21 y.o.) and Chrissostomos Kontorevithakis (19 y.o.), accused for attempted arson against a municipal police car.
They claim responsibility for this action. With them a student, Stefania D., is also accused, since she was arrested by undercover policemen in the wider area of the event, but having nothing to do with it, as both she and her co-defendants state. She was active in the students movement, so it could have something to do with that. All three of them were beaten up and tortured both during their arrest and also when kept in the notorious police station of Omonia.
The first day of the jury, process started at 9:00 and ended around 4:00. Accusation witnesses gave testimonies, the owner of the trailer one of the two activists was renting mentioned he wasn't aware of any illegal activity taking place there (as the cops and mass-media stated). One police officer and a fireworks technician couldn't support the police accusations since they couldn't explain how they got the information the two were planning to set the police car on fire and if and what damage they could cause.
More than 400 persons from around Greece gathered inside and outside the courthouse (only some 50-60 of them were allowed inside, since many seats were taken by cops) , chanting slogans against state repression and in solidarity to the prisoners and the two activists. There were many others around the courthouse, for trials of their friends or relatives, many of them were warm and supportive. Process continues on Monday, 14/7/2008.
You can check some translations of a prison letter of the two here:
http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=el&article_id=888300
you can also find some actions in solidarity, at
http://directactiongr.blogspot.com
(note: except from direct action and sabotage there was also a wide activity of spray-painting, posters, stickers, leaflets, musical gatherings and open meetings etc which cannot be that easily gathered and translated)