A group of people from Torredembarra has created a collective called "Acquittal for Lluís!" to support Lluís Sunyer, from the Town of Torredembarra. Lluís
Sunyer finds himself in the middle of a legal process with a repressive
nature. The facts date back to 2008 when the accused spread an ironic
picture from his personal Blog where he criticized the fiscal plundering
our country is under in comparison to an autonomous region of Spain. It
must be noted that this picture had already done the rounds in the
Social Networks that he didn't create it and that, at any rate, all he
did was to exercise his "supposed" right to free speech.
Lluís has been accused of "Outrage to the Spanish Nation", a crime that in Spain is considered very serious indeed. This is why this might end with a €145,000 fine and a 2-year prison sentence.
From
our point of view, this legal process is yet another attack coming from
the most unpleasantly backwards Spanishness, which is promoting fear
and criminal punishment in order to quash social movements that question
the current system.
Lluís is not a corrupt politician nor does he evict families from their only home. Lluís
doesn't rescue banks or building companies and doesn't even have his
money safely tucked away in Fiscal Paradise Countries. Lluís doesn't
incarcerate people who demonstrate on the streets for a better future.
Lluís belongs to the close-knit community of Torredembarra. He’s a
colleague that after many years is still ready for whatever may come in
his work and his social causes –and it is only because of that he is
being persecuted and may be sent to prison.
We, from our Lluís Support Group, demand his immediate acquittal. Not only that: We
join the popular demand of amnesty to all the people who are still
being persecuted in Catalonia for their political activism. We demand an
end to all repressive measures against the aspirations of freedom for
the Catalan Countries. We demand the implementation of the right to
self-determination, the only democratic way out which will put an end to
the political conflict that confronts our people with the State and the
institutions whose rule we are under.
We
urge the country as a whole to mobilize and disseminate this case. Only
together can we stop in their tracks those who will deny us the
possibility to advance our ideals.
Acquittal for Lluís!
Outrage to Spain? Political prosecution!
ACQUITTAL FOR LLUÍS Support Group
Torredembarra. Baix Gaià.
Spanish
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