En prison !

[Nico]

Même s ' il y a infraction, la punition est démesurée.

c'est bien clair

[Daniel Prunier]

J' ai honte au Bengal.

[Moreau Guillaume]

Signée

[Dom']

Signée également.

[Biopmer]

J'ai signé aussi, mais quelqu'un a-t-il des nouvelles de leur situation ?

[xavier]

Signé bien sûr.

[Dom']

Ils ont été libérés le 25 juillet après un mois de gnouf... mais ils s'attendent toujours à une condamnation.

Quelques infos ici : http://aktualne.centrum.cz/czechnews/cl ... ?id=613146

[xavier]

J'ai reçu aujourd'hui ce message, que je relaie, et que les signataires de la pétition ont aussi reçu s'ils avaient fourni leur mail.Si Petr Svacha s'en sort, ce n'est pas le cas de son collègue Emil Kucera condamné à 3 ans de taule . C'est incompréhensible ...!
A nous de nous mobiliser.

Dear friends and colleagues,

Although it is quite obvious that the indictment of our colleagues Petr Svacha and Emil Kucera had been from the start based on lies, deceit and fabricated documentation, yesterday the court in Darjeeling issued a ruling so unexpected that it left all concerned parties flabbergasted. Petr Svacha has been acquitted on the grounds that the charges levied against him proved unfounded, whereas Emil Kucera was found guilty on all counts and sentenced to three years of jail without probation. The ruling is so bizarre that it defies comment.

The counts of the indictment are:

1. Collecting insects in the Singhalia National Park without a permit.

2. Collecting the most endangered, protected species.

3. Collecting with the intent of commercial gain.

None of the counts is true. The accused never entered the park, were apprehended in a hotel, and the Zoological Institute in Calcutta, where the confiscated specimens had been sent for identification, concluded that the material contains no protected species and is of no commercial value.

Because of the above, we plan to protest at embassies of India until also Emil Kucera is cleared of the charges. Svacha and Kucera simply happened to be at the wrong time in the wrong place and became hostage to west Begal officials, whose aims are territorial. It is only part of a political ploy in a region where civil war may erupt at any time, as armed conflicts have been occurring there for quite a while.

I therefore turn to you with the question whether you would be able and willing to organise protests in your respective countries. Please let me know as soon as possible, so that the actions can be coordinated and properly timed.

Let me also use this opportunity to thank all of those who have in any way supported the effort to get our colleagues back home. Unfortunately, I can thank only those whose e-mail addresses are available to me, therefore please forward this message to others. As soon as I get responses from those able to organise protests, you will receive contacts on organisers in your respective areas.

So far I have organisers in Vienna and Ottawa. If one cannot be found in your country, please write me anyway at entotera@login.cz, so that your letter can be included in other written materials and petitions and handed over to the officials at the Indian Embassy in Prague. Let me propose 18 September 2008 at 4 p.m. of local time for the first demonstration. In the next communication you will be informed whether this was found convenient. I will be most obliged for any support you can extend.

Cordially yours,

Vladislav Maly

for the Czech Entomological Society

[xavier]

Dépêche de l'AFP , 10.09.08 | 22h02 , dans LE MONDE (je ne sais pas si j'ai le droit, mais le sujet est grave ):
Un entomologiste tchèque de renommée internationale a été condamné mardi à trois ans de prison par un tribunal du nord-est de l'Inde pour avoir collecté des insectes rares dans une réserve naturelle, a indiqué mercredi soir l'agence Press Trust of India (PTI).
Emil Kucera, 52 ans, a cependant été libéré sous caution afin de lui permettre de faire appel, selon PTI.
Lui et son collègue Petr Svacha, 51 ans, avaient été reconnus coupables mardi par le tribunal de Darjeeling (Etat du Bengale occidental) de violation de la loi indienne sur la protection de la faune sauvage.
M. Svacha n'a été condamné qu'à une amende de 20.000 roupies (500 dollars).
Les deux scientifiques avaient été arrêtés le 22 juin dans un hôtel de Darjeeling près du parc naturel de Singalia en possession de plus de 50 papillons et de plusieurs autres espèces rares d'insectes.
"M. Svacha avait proposé sur internet de vendre des papillons", avait assuré mardi à l'AFP, au téléphone, un garde forestier du parc de Singalia, Utpal Nag.
Les deux hommes avaient été interpellés "en possession d'une valise pleine d'instruments pour attraper des insectes", avait accusé M. Nag.
Lors de son procès, M. Kucera avait reconnu avoir collecté quelque 200 insectes, mais qui n'étaient pas des espèces protégées. Il avait nié aussi s'être rendu avec son collègue dans la réserve naturelle de Singalia.
M. Svacha est un scientifique réputé de l'Institut d'entomologie de l'Académie tchèque des sciences et M. Kucera a publié plusieurs travaux qui ont permis de mettre au jour une centaine de nouvelles espèces d'insectes.
Les deux spécialistes ont reçu le soutien de nombreux collègues étrangers, et une pétition internationale de 600 signatures réclamant leur libération devait être remise au Premier ministre indien Manmohan Singh.


Compléments d'informations ici (radio tchèque ): http://www.radio.cz/fr/article/108080

[znort]

j'ai reçu ce matin ce mail concernant nos deux collègues tchèques



Dear friends and colleagues,

Although it is quite obvious that the indictment of our colleagues Petr Svacha and Emil Kucera had been from the start based on lies, deceit and fabricated documentation, yesterday the court in Darjeeling issued a ruling so unexpected that it left all concerned parties flabbergasted. Petr Svacha has been acquitted on the grounds that the charges levied against him proved unfounded, whereas Emil Kucera was found guilty on all counts and sentenced to three years of jail without probation. The ruling is so bizarre that it defies comment.

The counts of the indictment are:

1. Collecting insects in the Singhalia National Park without a permit.

2. Collecting the most endangered, protected species.

3. Collecting with the intent of commercial gain.

None of the counts is true. The accused never entered the park, were apprehended in a hotel, and the Zoological Institute in Calcutta, where the confiscated specimens had been sent for identification, concluded that the material contains no protected species and is of no commercial value.

Because of the above, we plan to protest at embassies of India until also Emil Kucera is cleared of the charges. Svacha and Kucera simply happened to be at the wrong time in the wrong place and became hostage to west Begal officials, whose aims are territorial. It is only part of a political ploy in a region where civil war may erupt at any time, as armed conflicts have been occurring there for quite a while.

I therefore turn to you with the question whether you would be able and willing to organise protests in your respective countries. Please let me know as soon as possible, so that the actions can be coordinated and properly timed.

Let me also use this opportunity to thank all of those who have in any way supported the effort to get our colleagues back home. Unfortunately, I can thank only those whose e-mail addresses are available to me, therefore please forward this message to others. As soon as I get responses from those able to organise protests, you will receive contacts on organisers in your respective areas.

So far I have organisers in Vienna and Ottawa. If one cannot be found in your country, please write me anyway at entotera@login.cz, so that your letter can be included in other written materials and petitions and handed over to the officials at the Indian Embassy in Prague. Let me propose 18 September 2008 at 4 p.m. of local time for the first demonstration. In the next communication you will be informed whether this was found convenient. I will be most obliged for any support you can extend.

Cordially yours,

Vladislav Maly

for the Czech Entomological Society

Ca confirme le dernier post de Xavier, par contre ils sont demandeurs de soutien, on pourrait peut être s'organiser en ce sens??

Qu'en pensez vous?