Report from Berlin:

When Chandra Prakash Gajurel, also known as Comrade Gaurav, was arrested by the Indian authorities on 20 August, a wave of outrage spread throughout the world. The WPRM (Europe) called for a campaign to win the comrade's freedom.
We, the Berlin chapter, have joined this campaign. Within a few days over 200 signatures were gathered, some from such well-known persons as Mr. Gerhardt Löwenberg, a communist resistance fighter from the Nazi era, and lawyers and journalists, and presented to staff members of the Indian Embassy by two delegates. Aware of the number of internationally recognized human rights violations committed by the Indian authorities, the embassy staff member at first thought the delegation was from Amnesty International. Although the delegates were not from Amnesty, they were not able to ease the conscience of this staff member, as they had come to inform her that people in this country were also very concerned about the life of Mr. Chandra Prakash Gajurel, hold the Indian government responsible for his well-being and call upon it to release him. They called the staff member's attention to this fact and asked her to report that many people were following the actions of the Indian government closely and that in this case, if Mr. Gajurel were to be extradited, this would even further damage the reputation of the Indian government in the eyes of the people.

Although this was an important action, it was by no means the only one. There was a good repsonse and a great deal of interest in both the trial and the People's War in Nepal. Some cafes and small stores in Kreuzberg showed their support by advertising for the rally in their display windows and donating money. Within a few days around 4,000 leaflets were distributed by the activists and many discussions took place.
On Thursday, 18 September 2003, a rally was held before the Indian Embassy with over 25 people. The protest rally went on for over an hour. During this time, leaflets were passed out and slogans were chanted. After the rally a spontaneous demonstration went from the Embassy to Potsdamer Platz, where another rally took place, and then to Heinrich Platz (in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin). During the demonstration the speeches were held in Turkish and German, reflecting its internationalist character. The slogans were also chanted in different languages, including: "Free Free Free Comrade Gaurav" (in English), "Imperialisten und Reaktion?re H?nde weg von Nepal" (Imperialists and Reaktionaries, Hands off Nepal) and "Yoldas Gaurav`a Özgürlük" (Freedom for Comrade Gaurav).

Once again it has been shown that many people are following the events in the world with great interest and are ready to go into action against all forms of injustice. We consider it important to stress that experience has shown that people are prepared to act against injustice and it is our responsibility to make it possible to collectively transform this determination into action.

Report from Hamburg:

Hallo, Comrades and Friends!
Within two days, the WPRM/Hamburg organized a demonstration and rally for the freedom of Chandra Gajurel at the Indian Consulate. The mobilization was mainly carried out by collecting signatures. Journalists, lawyers, the student organization ASTA of HWP declared their solidarity with Chandra and signed the letter of protest, and in some cases will write and send their own protest letters. The rally kicking off the demonstration was held on Wednesday, 17 September 2003, at the main train station in Hamburg. Approximately 50 people from Turkey, Kurdistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Peru and native Germans took part. During the rally, along with statements on the situation in Nepal and with Chandra, solidarity statements were read from the Karawane and the Solidarity Alliance "Free Mumia Abu Jamal". All in all, the rally attracted the interest of the many passersby at the train station.

The mood was powerful and lively, and especially in front of the Consulate the following slogans were chanted over and over again: "Freedom for Chandra Gajurel!"- "Free, Free Gajurel!"- "USA and India-Hands off Nepal!" (in German and English) - Free all political prisoners!" - Up with international solidarity!"
Copies of the signatures to the protest letter, as well as declarations, were handed over to the competent diplomats by a delegation.
The action went from 2:30 to 3:45 p.m.

WPRM Chapter Hamburg

(from Devrimci Demokrasi, September 16-30, 2003)
Campaign for Gaurav has started
The campaign, being waged worldwide with the demand for immediate release and against the extradition to Nepal of comrade Chandra Prakash Gajurel (Gaurav), a member of the political bureau of the CPN (Maoist), has also been taken up in Turkey-North Kurdistan.
The Committee to Free Chandra Prakash Gajurel has been founded and a public meeting was held on September 16th in the office of the Istanbul Human Rights Association (IHD).
At the same time numerous revolutionaries, democratic associations, persons and intellectuals have been approached and have been urged to join the committee and to participate in this struggle actively. Further a text to be sent by fax to the Indian premier minister has been formulated and distributed. A signature campaign has been started. Following these activities a press conference was held on September 18th by the unified associations in front of the Indian consulate. While a delegation, formed on behalf of the masses, who were carrying a banner saying "Free Gajurel" in English and Turkish, went into the consulate to give the statement together with signatures from several associations, intellectuals, and artists, the action by the masses outside continued with the calling of slogans. As for the delegation returned the press release was read in which it was pointed out that imperialism and the reactionary Nepalese government are trying to realise they dirty games against the Nepalese communists through India. Further it was stated: "That when a juridical process which could be completed in three days has been delayed to today, it shows what real political plans are being made by these three reactionary countries…" After this the press conference the action was concluded.(ISTANBUL)

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