http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1082873,00.htmlPrison protester in hospital
Helena Smith in Athens
Wednesday November 12, 2003
The Guardian
Greek doctors have voiced concern for the rapidly deteriorating health of a Briton on hunger strike.
Simon Chapman, who has refused food since October 5, was taken to a hospital in a top-security prison in Athens yesterday, lawyers said.
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The group, which includes two Spanish anarchists, a Syrian and a Greek, were arrested during anti-globalisation riots at an EU summit in Salonika in June.
Mr Chapman has produced video clips which he says prove police planted firebombs and hammers in a rucksack.
this was a very good piece they did two weeks ago:http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1068650,00.htmlGreeks framed me, claims Briton in jail hunger strike Campaigner facing 25-year sentence says video of anti-capitalist demo will prove police planted weapons
Rebecca Allison
Thursday October 23, 2003
The Guardian
A British campaigner facing a possible 25-year jail sentence after being arrested during anti-capitalist demonstrations in Greece four months ago claims video evidence proves that police planted molotov cocktails and other weapons on him.
Simon Chapman, 30, from Basildon, Essex, was with thousands of other anti-capitalist protesters at the EU summit in Salonika on June 21, when he was arrested and allegedly beaten by police after rioting broke out.
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Footage from ET3, seen by the Guardian, then shows him being marched away by a group of policemen minus his bag. He is then filmed sitting on the side of the road with blood pouring down his face. The lens switches to the other side of the road where a police officer is showing an open black bag containing molotov cocktails to the camera.
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and they used these two pictures on a double page spread: