Bernard Rappaz - hemp political prisoner in switzerland

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Soulboy
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Bernard Rappaz - hemp political prisoner in switzerland

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Hi,

here in Switzerland, since last week we got a new hemp political prisoner sentenced to 5 years and 8 months in prison. :evil:

Imprisoned since March 20th, Bernard is on hunger strike. Condemned for an inequitable punishment, he asks for the revision of his trial.

for more info about him and his story, you can read on blogs here :
http://cwebfrance.free.fr/index.php
http://rappazbernard.romandie.com/ (french only atm, sorry)


so when people say Switzerland is a tolerant country about hemp / cannabis, think about him.. :?
5 years of jail for hemp is 2 time more than rapists got here... :evil: what the hell happend ?? :roll:


quote from the site:
SUPPORT BERNARD RAPPAZ

Summary

Bernard Rappaz, hemp farmer from Valais, Switzerland, was detained up by police on march 20th. Bernard has been accused (and comdemned by new retroactive laws) of illegal trade in cannabis, but since he is one of the country’s leading hemp industrialists and forefighters of the Freedom to Farm, he is wellknown as a pioneer for biological agriculture and renewable energy. Those "qualities" made him a genuine target of authorities from the Valais county.

We’re inviting all of you supporters to send the following sample letter to all indicated Swiss authorities contact (see below) and call for people to support. Day after day, worldwide, peoples are joining the « Empty stomach solidarity chain » for 24h or more. Please register to the chain to set Bernard free. Like in 2006, another « Empty stomach solidarity chain » started on Monday, March22th 2010.

With ENCOD support, Cannabis Sans Frontières (cannabis with no borders) initiated the mouvement. As a response to media black-out in France about Bernard Rappaz case, but also in order to put pressure on swiss authorities. Immediately, peoples from different places worldwide offered to participate, as well as to regularly send letters to swiss authorities in order to ask for an exceptionnal right to reprieve, or to decide an amnesty, or at least to suspend his penalty until his last call for a review of the trial is accepted. All we ask is simply to end drug war persecutions, first those like this one.

We need a large support, in order to ensure that Bernard’s health will not be put in danger, as his last hungerstrike occured during 73 days, due to his motivation against all injustices caused by prohibition rules.
source: http://cwebfrance.free.fr/kit.php


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