{"id":45514,"date":"2019-10-01T13:30:13","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T03:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=45514"},"modified":"2019-10-16T23:22:17","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T13:22:17","slug":"free-jock-palfreeman-october-2019-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=45514","title":{"rendered":"Free Jock Palfreeman (October 2019 Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Update<\/strong> (October 16, 2019) : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-10-16\/palfreeman-released-from-bulgarian-detention-centre\/11606104\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jock Palfreeman released from Bulgarian detention centre after being granted parole<\/a>, ABC. Jock needs financial support for ongoing legal costs and living expenses while he awaits the court&#8217;s decision. You can donate to him <a href=\"https:\/\/gogetfunding.com\/jock-palfreeman-donation-campaign\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong> (October 7, 2019) : The court met but has reserved its decision for some point in the future &#8212; probably several months. Jock, meanwhile, is forced to reside in detention. <em>See<\/em> : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-10-07\/jock-palfreemans-parole-hearing-adjourned\/11578868\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jock Palfreeman&#8217;s fate unclear after Bulgarian court adjourns Australian&#8217;s parole hearing<\/a>, Bridget Brennan, ABC | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/national\/nsw\/jock-palfreeman-remains-in-limbo-as-bulgarian-court-adjourns-his-case-20191007-p52ygz.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jock Palfreeman remains in limbo as Bulgarian court adjourns his case<\/a>, Josh Dye, The Age | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2019\/oct\/07\/jock-palfreeman-remains-behind-bars-as-bulgarian-court-adjourns-hearing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jock Palfreeman remains behind bars as Bulgarian court adjourns hearing<\/a>, Ben Doherty, The Guardian | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbs.com.au\/news\/jock-palfreeman-could-face-further-two-months-behind-bulgarian-bars-after-case-adjourned\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jock Palfreeman could face further two months behind Bulgarian bars after case adjourned<\/a>, SBS (AAP).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong> (October 2, 2019) : Originally scheduled to meet on October 23, Bulgaria&#8217;s Supreme Court of Cassation is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-10-02\/jock-palfreeman-court-case-to-be-heard-two-weeks-earlier-parole\/11565662\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">instead<\/a> convening on October 7 to address the application from Bulgaria&#8217;s Prosecutor-General to overturn Jock&#8217;s parole.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/jp-e1569900521697.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/jp-e1569900521697.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"261\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45517\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh hai.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 As you may be aware, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Jock-Palfreeman-126068185455408\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jock Palfreeman<\/a> is currently languishing in a migrant detention centre in Sofia, despite having won his parole a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 I&#8217;ve written an article about Jock&#8217;s situation for Overland, which you can read <a href=\"https:\/\/overland.org.au\/2019\/10\/why-jock-palfreeman-continues-to-be-a-very-political-prisoner\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Last week, Cam &#038; I interviewed Caro Staples about Jock&#8217;s case, which you can listen to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.3cr.org.au\/suwa\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Ash Dupre started this petition to Scott Morrison (Prime Minister of Australia) to Bring Jock Home, which you can sign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/scott-morrison-bring-jock-home\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/antifainternational.tumblr.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Antifa International<\/a> has published a call-to-action:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>IT\u2019S TIME FOR US TO TAKE ACTION TO DEFEND JOCK!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) Write to the Bulgarian ambassador in your country to demand that Sotir Tsatsarov revoke his appeal of Jock\u2019s parole and that Bulgaria immediately release Jock. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embassy-worldwide.com\/country\/bulgaria\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Find a list of Bulgarian embassies here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>2) Contact the Bulgarian Prosecutor\u2019s office to demand that Tsatsarov revoke his appeal of Jock\u2019s parole and that Bulgaria immediately release Jock. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prb.bg\/bg\/kontakti\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Contact information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>3) Contact Australian foreign minister Marise Payne and demand that Australia take the strongest action possible to convince the Bulgarian government to revise the appeal of Jock\u2019s parole and release Jock to Australia immediately. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marisepayne.com\/contact-marise-payne\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Contact information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>4) Contact Australian prime minister Scott Morrison and demand that Australia take the strongest action possible to convince the Bulgarian government to revise the appeal of Jock\u2019s parole and release Jock to Australia immediately. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pmc.gov.au\/contact-us\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Contact information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>5) Share this information widely \u2013 an immediate, large, and vocal response from Jock\u2019s supporters around the world may be the difference between Jock\u2019s freedom and nine more years in a Bulgarian prison!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2022 A solidemo has been organised for Thursday, October 10 in Sydney:<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN<\/strong> : 5.30PM<br \/>\n<strong>WHERE<\/strong> : Sydney Town Hall (483 George Street, Sydney)<br \/>\n<strong>WHY<\/strong> : Bring Jock Home<br \/>\n<strong>MORE INFOS<\/strong> : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2185806811712392\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>#FreeJock<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update (October 16, 2019) : Jock Palfreeman released from Bulgarian detention centre after being granted parole, ABC. Jock needs financial support for ongoing legal costs and living expenses while he awaits the court&#8217;s decision. You can donate to him here. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=45514\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,29,28,6,16,9,893,15],"tags":[2825,1887,1380,41],"class_list":["post-45514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anti-fascism","category-broken-windows","category-death","category-history","category-media","category-state","category-thats-capitalism","category-war-on-terror","tag-bulgarian-prisoners-association","tag-bulgarian-prisoners-rehabilitation-association","tag-jock","tag-jock-palfreeman"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6AyE-bQ6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45514"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45563,"href":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45514\/revisions\/45563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}