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Dear lesbians and womyn,
we write you to give you some news about Roberta’s situation. She had been arrested on the 16th of July 2001; now 7 months are passed, and she is still in jail!
The news are that both the two claims for the house arrest for Roberta had been rejected!
The 10th of January there was the claim to the Trial of Freedom; the request was supported with a letter written by Roberta’s teachers, in which they asked her to be allowed to come back to school. A week later we had known that the answer was negative (the judges of the Trial of Freedom are always the same).
The 7th of February the Court of Cassation, whose president was the judge Mario Sossi, had reject again a claim for the house arrest for Roberta (this time it was the claim after the refusal of the house arrest given by the Trial of Freedom on the 31st of July). We think that the president of this Court cannot clearly judge and, above all, discern, because in the 1974 he had been kidnapped by the Brigate Rosse.
We also think that in such an historical moment, in which the fear of terrorism is easily used everywhere to influence the consciences and thus to indiscriminately repress with coercive and compelling laws, police controls, military occupations of the lands, no judge can be better that another one.
There are no other chances for Roberta to be released before the beginning of the trial.
The Prosecuting Attorney (the judge prosecutor) Di Siervo, hasn’t fixed yet the day for beginning of the trial; but he keeps declaring that, according to him, the circle is closed and keeps saying he doesn’t need any further elements.
We want to remind you that, actually, on the 12th of November 2001, within the inquiry that regards Roberta, Magistracy and police have completed a new arrest; it has been motivated with the recovery of an insert in the inside of the computers which had been seized during the searches carried out the day of the arrest of Roberta and Fabrizio.
The investigations about the computers seized during the last arrest, are still in course; they will be probably concluded at the beginning of march. Thus, in conformity with the technical time, the trial could start at the beginning of May.

The situation is heavy!

Roberta is strong, even if she knows she must remain in jail for a long time further.
She always writes us, sending the best and strongest greetings to all the women who write her and who are close to her.
We ask you to keep supporting both Roberta herself (let’s write her, let’s constantly write her!), and us; because, even if the situation of the Supporting Committee is difficult, we always try to be at her side and we keep fighting for her liberation!
We also ask you to keep collecting money, which are necessary both for Roberta while she’s in jail, both for the legal expenses.
If you want to contribute to the campaign for Roberta you can write to robertalibera@ghostmail.net
Some of you asked us the fax number of the Ministero di Giustizia (Ministry of Justice) to send protest letters. The fax number of the Secretariat of the Minister Castelli is +3906.68897386

Comitato di donne e femministe e lesbiche per le liberazione di Roberta