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Anti-fascist prisoner Jock Palfreeman target in far-right smear campaign (Bulgaria)

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Antifascist prisoner Jock Palfreeman is currently a target for far-right smear campaign after he had been nominated to a “Human of the Year 2015” award by the human rights NGO Bulgarian Helsinki Committee. His nomination said as follows:
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Solidarity with Jock

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Jock’s Story

Jock Palfreeman, as many young Australians do, left home early in 2006 to travel overseas. As a young man with an inquiring mind, he visited a number of countries, always seeking a wider experience than that of the average tourist. This led Jock to visit Bulgaria in Eastern Europe, where he made many good friends. Jock spent a number of months living and working with his friends and their families in a small country town about an hour’s drive from the capital, Sofia. Early in 2007, Jock left Bulgaria and travelled to the United Kingdom. During the Christmas/New Year period of 2007/2008, Jock returned to Bulgaria to visit friends and a series of events unfolded that was to have tragic consequences.


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BK/NY – Friday, July 25th – Day of Solidarity With Antifascist Prisoner Jock Palfreeman

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WHAT: International Day of Solidarity
WHEN: 7:00pm, Friday, July 25th
WHEREThe Base – 1302 Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11221 (directions below)
COST: Free, but donations are appreciated.

Jock Palfreeman is an antifascist prisoner in Bulgaria. Originally from Australia, he came to the aid of two Roma men being attacked by a mob of neo-Nazi football hooligans, and in the intervening fight one of the attackers was killed. After a biased trial, Jock received a 20-year sentence, which he is serving in a notoriously rundown prison in Sophia, Bulgaria. The Bulgarian government has refused to allow his transfer to Australia to serve his sentence, despite international agreements, unless his family pays a massive ransom.

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A call for solidarity with antifascist Jock Palfreeman, in Bulgarian prison facing repression

TV DOCUMENATRY JOCK PALFREEMAN

July 7 2014

This is a call for international solidarity with antifascist Jock
Palfreeman.
A guard prison hits him (not very badly) some days ago and yesterday the
same guard hits an old man from another country. Some others inmates
from the same country defended him and 40 guards hit 7 of them really
brutal.
Very brutal!
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