8th May 2008

The Anarchist Black Cross today celebrated the birthday of Political Prisoner Andrea Neff with a solidarity demonstration at the German Embassy.

Today a small group gathered outside the German Embassy in Thordon, Wellington to stand in solidarity with imprisoned activist Andrea Neff.

The protest was peaceful, and no police arrived. Nobody from the embassy came to speak with us. A statement was left in the embassy mailbox.

Andrea Neff is presently serving 14 months imprisonment for her involvement in actions against Neo-Nazi demonstrations in Germany.

She has been accused of participating within an action of the "Uberflussigen" (an autonomous group active mainly on the theme of precarity) against the racist immigration office in Berlin-Lichtenberg; In October 2006, for a blockade attempt against a Neo-Nazi march in August 2006; For masking up during the protests against a Neo-Nazi demonstration towards the prison of Tegel in solidarity with Michael Regner "Lunikoff" (singer of a famous Neo-Nazi band, serving a couple of years in that prison), in October 2006; For carrying pepperspray on her person (usually legal in Germany); For carrying pepper eggs during a demonstration. On top of this come two months without probation following a squatting acton in the Liebigstrasse, Berlin-Friedrichshain.

Altogether she was sentenced on 01 December 2007 to 14 months behind bars.

Today is Andrea’s Birthday. We stand in solidarity with Andrea’s actions and oppose the oppressive nature of the German state’s actions in imprisoning her.

Free Andrea campaign page can be found at www.freeandrea.de.vu/ (this page is in German however.

Build communities, not prisons!
Free all political prisoners!

Anarchist Black Cross Wellington