On 22 and 23 September, seven anti-fascist activists between the ages of 22 and
55 were arrested in Lyon, France, on the basis of a prefabricated case (Frenchprefectures under the Ministry of the Interior represent the national governmentat local level). On Thursday the 23rd, four of them were placed in custody. Thetrial with them took place on Thursday, November 4. ---- The allegations weremade over a clash with the far-right fundamentalist Catholic group Civitas, whichtook place last August during a demonstration against a medical card as one ofthe government's anti-crime measures. The alleged victims did not make anyallegations or report anything, yet the prosecutor's office decided on its own toconduct an investigation and requested that all the accused be taken into custody.Four of them were indeed imprisoned after being brought to the arrest judge undera recent procedure, which is to be used only occasionally and allows for a speedytrial that will not allow the accused to prepare for trial.Although insufficient evidence was presented, the following allegations weremade: intentional gang violence that did not lead to incapacity for work; anassembly for the purpose of violent action against people or the destruction ordamage of another's property during a demonstration; participation in anunauthorized demonstration and ultimately refusal to share telephone codes.These accusations are arbitrary and pulled by the hair. They are part of theprefecture of the prefecture against anti-fascist activists in Lyon, which hasbeen going on for several months (police harassment, nonsensical court charges,slander campaign on social networks, etc.). All this is happening as far-rightgroups can openly carry out racist attacks on people or harm activists who opposetheir perverted ideology. We can mention, for example, the attacks on theanarchist bookstore La Plume Noire , which were backed by members of the fascistorganization Génération Identitaire. It was banned by the central government, butit wasnothing has changed the fact that businesses run by the fascists in Lyoncontinue to operate, attacks continue and the police and authorities turn awaytheir eyes and complaints turn out to be shoved straight into a drawer, eventhough the identity of some of the attackers is known . At the same time,officials threaten to limit the funding of any place that dares to hold ananti-fascist event.There is a street fight in Lyon that the anti-fascists there are not going tolose. Unlike the fascists, however, they also face repressive pressure from theprefecture. While seven anti-fascists are being prosecuted for the chargesdescribed above, none of the fascists involved in the incident have been charged. In October, an anti-fascist demonstration took place in Lyon in response to thesituation, with 2,000 people protesting against the fascist attacks in theircity. Lyonští antifascists said: "We will not allow to be Naš and friendsarrested by the same authorities that protect the worst fascist filth by doingnothing."In court on November 4, lawyers accused the accused of an almost empty policefile and condemned the embarrassing and dangerous attempt to criminalize theanti-fascist movement and the benevolence with which the far-right movements areapproaching in Lyon. More than a hundred people, mostly supporters of accusedanti-fascists , came to see the trial, which lasted about nine hours . Due to theindictment's demand to punish the accused for up to one year in prison, they wereeventually de facto acquitted - three were acquitted, four others were fined 300euros , two of which were subject to a monthly refusal to take DNA samples andpass their mobile phone codes. .In court, the defense challenged the dubious police practice. Based on CCTVfootage, police presented seven defendants as aggressors and Civitas members asvictims. However , lawyers pointed out that the video selected by the policestarts at 5:28 p.m., while a background report describing the course of the dailydemonstrations minute by minute clearly indicates that the brawl began a fewminutes earlier. Police video was also deliberately edited to show only violenceantifascists, although activists Civitas - races and stick, homophobic andanti-Semitic organization - not just a skirmish passive and testimony by theconflict began.However, the police claimed in the accusation that "Civitas didnot commit any violence". Belonging to a "dangerous group" was police t ragikomicky evidenced by finding the antifascist stickers during a house search,the fact that one of the accused ch to your phone from hurt my 182 videos and 411images "related to anti-fascism" or that he was in a library book on the historyanarchism. In addition, the alleged injured Civitas members did not attend thetrial at all.One lawyer pointed to a double standard between the police and authorities,saying in court: "We would appreciate it if the police investigated fascistviolence with the same fervor as they tried to convict anti-fascists."Sources:https://rapportsdeforce.fr/pouvoir-et-contre-pouvoir/lyon-le-proces-de-7-antifascistes-met-la-justice-face-a-ses-contradictions-110611634https: // intlantifadefence .wordpress.com / 2021/10/30 /lyon-lyon-toujours-antifasciste /https://www.afed.cz/text/7508/antifasismus-neni-zlocin_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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