ELP has been asked to circulate the details of a new support campaign set up
for the 20-year old Swedish eco-activist, Jonatan.
Jonatan is currently on bail, awaiting sentencing, having admitted 1)
damaging a communication tower used by the Department of Defence, 2) cutting
the cables on a crane used in creating urban sprawl, and 3) damaging a
vehicle used in the logging industry.
It has yet to be decided if he will face charges for having material which
could be used in the preparation of sabotage.
At this stage it is unknown what sort of sentence Jonatan might receive and
Jonatan is feeling very nervous about what might happen to him. He has
already spent one month on remand whilst awaiting his trial and there is a
very real possibility he may be returning to prison very soon.
To enable people to send messages of support to Jonatan an e-mail address
has been set up for him. Please send messages of support to
freejonatan@yahoo.se
Jonatan reads and writes English very well and really does appreciate every
message of support he receives. We therefore urge everyone to support
Jonatan.
(Publicerat på http://breakallchains.blogspot.com )
Nöd är en s.k. objektiv ansvarsfrihetsgrund enligt den svenska brottsbalken.[1] En gärning som någon begår i nöd utgör alltså inte brott, förutsatt att den inte är oförsvarlig med hänsyn till farans beskaffenhet, den skada som åsamkas annan och omständigheterna i övrigt. Nöd föreligger när fara hotar liv, hälsa, egendom eller något annat viktigt av rättsordningen skyddat intresse.[2] När man bedömer om handlingen är oförsvarlig tar man bland annat hänsyn till den skada som görs och väger det mot det intresse som personen vill skydda. Exempel på handlande i nöd kan vara att slå sönder ett fönster för att kunna släcka en brand eller att ta någon annans båt för att rädda en person från att drunkna. Liknande bestämmelser finns i flera andra länder.
Comment by Anonymous — 10 December 2008 @ 1:16 pm
Why should anyone care about this guy? has he done anything good?.. from the explanation in your article about damaging private property I really hope he gets a strong enough sentence so he doesn’t do something like that again.
Comment by Thurizaz — 25 December 2008 @ 4:40 am
Well it’s all about which side your on. If you think that this culture (that is destroying our planet) is great and that it should continue without anyone putting up any resistance, then of course he has done something terrible and should spend a lot of time in prison.
But you can also see that it is important to agnolish his motives (wether you approve or disapprove with methods of resistance like property damage) is to make people aware of what is going on.
Personaly I value life more than property…
Comment by Wainamoinen — 27 December 2008 @ 11:09 pm