Southern Africa - May 15th, 2020

From Zimbabwe and South Africa

Solidarity with the more than 2500 political prisoners in #Chile and appeal to unify the struggle for the freedom of all political prisoners and justices for our martyrs from Southern Africa to Latin America and the entire world

A single class, a single enemy, a single struggle over the borders in the five continents!

Immediate and unconditional freedom for all political prisoners in Chile! May that cry be heard in the entire world In recent days, 9 Mapuche political prisoners have started a hunger strike fighting for their freedom and that of all political prisoners in Chile. In the Angol prison, comrades Sergio Levinao Levinao, Víctor Llanquileo Pilquimán, Sinecio Huenchullan Queipul, Freddy Marileo Marileo, Juan Queipul Millanao, Juan Calbucoy Montanares, Danilo Nahuelpi Millanao and Reinaldo Penchulef Sepúlveda have been on a hunger strike for almost a week, just like comrade Celestino Córdova, who is currently imprisoned in Temuco prison. As the comrades denounce, in Chile there are more than 2,500 political prisoners of the working class and the rebel youth who have been taken hostage by the murderous state for having rebelled since last October against the Piñera government and the damn Pinochetista regime, servants of imperialism. While 50 fighters were killed by the repressive forces, thousands were wounded and more than 450 suffered eye damage. Today, the political prisoners continue to rot in prisons, in inhuman conditions, overcrowding and lack of minimum hygiene, leaving them exposed to the coronavirus pandemic that continues to spread quickly in the country. One example of this is that the Mapuche political prisoner Facundo Jones Huala recently had to be isolated because he had been put in contact with prison staff infected with coronavirus. From the Africa Coordination for the Freedom of Political Prisoners, which brings together relatives of political prisoners and fighters for their freedom as well as dozens of organizations, the fight to release the comrades from jails to preserve their health has been intensifying. From the "International Network for the Liberation of the World Political Prisoners and Justice for our Martyrs", we stand in solidarity and make their struggle our own. We call on all unions, workers, students, struggle organizations, human rights organizations all around the world to promote an international campaign for the freedom of the comrades. For that we call for immediate release of all the political prisoners in the world and for conquering the trial and punishment for the murderers of our fallen comrades in Chile, Bolivia, Marikana (South Africa) and all our martyrs. Chilean political prisoners must not be behind bars a minute more! Freedom now!   From …………….. Workers International League of Zimbabwe David Whitehead Workers and Retrenches Hwange Mine Wife’s and Workers Marikana Fighting Committee-South Africa