A-Infos (en) Holand, vrijebond: Joke Kaviaar, activist, has been arrested - Support Group 13 September calls for protest (nl)

Joke Kaviaar has been arrested. That news has become known today, 24 January 2019. Her 
arrest was a matter of time after her earlier conviction became definitive after appeal 
and cassation on 8 January 2019. Joke Kaviaar will now do a prison time for two months and 
two weeks. Three days will be subtracted because of pre-trial arrest. That means there 
will be 71 days inside a cell. ---- Conviction and prison sentence were the outcome of 
state persecution against Joke Kaviaar, writer, activist, fighter against the persecution 
and oppression of refugees. She was sentenced to a two month suspended prison sentence, 
for publication of texts that the public persecution considered to be incitement. That 
sentence became unconditional after she was arrested during her probation time because she 
participated in an action in the municipal council hall of Zeist, against the building of 
a prison for refugee children on Kamp Zeist, which led to a two-week prison sentence as 
well. Together with the two months, that means two months and two weeks altogether. More 
on the case can be found via a press release of 8 January 2019 (scroll down for English)

The Support Group 13 September speaks out strongly against this whole state of affairs and 
calls for people to protest against her persecution and arrest. Joke Kaviaar is being 
persecuted and now imprisoned because she offers resistance against the deportation of 
refugees. Joke Kaviaar is being persecuted and now imprisoned because she uses the written 
word for this purpose in a sharp way. She uses that freedom of expression that is sacred, 
except in cases that it is a bit inconvenient. Joke Kaviaar fights criminal state 
behaviour in words and in deeds. According to the Support Group, she does not deserve 
convinction and prison sentence.

The Support Group calls for support and solidarity. Support can be expressed through the 
writing of letters and post cards as soon as the prison in which she will be held has 
become known. Solidarity can mean: spreading the forbidden texts of Joke Kaviaar further 
and further. Solidarity can mean: participating in protest actions, or organizing such 
actions yourself. The Support Group will organize an noise demonstration at the jail where 
the state holds her, and calls for people to take part. More information will become 
available through the website of the Support Group. The motto of all this: Freedom for 
Joke Kaviaar!

Also, the Support group is preparing the publication of a booklet on the case against Joke 
Kaviaar. It will include the texts for which she has been convicted. This small book will 
be presented in a series of information meetings in several cities. Again, you can find 
the relevant information on the website of the Support Group.

Steungroep 13 September

https://www.vrijebond.org/activiste-joke-kaviaar-gearresteerd-steungroep-13-september-roept-op-tot-protest/
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