On 26 August 2010 Bernard Rappaz, the Valaisan hemp grower sentenced to a five year jail term, started his third hunger strike in 5 months. He called off the earlier strike on 20 July protest after being allowed to serve his sentence under house arrest pending a federal supreme court ruling on the affair. This ruling has confirmed the sentence and Rappaz has gone back to strike.
Source: Support Rappaz
On 8 November, the meeting of the core group of the EU Civil Society Forum on Drug Policy took place. Encod is a member of this group (together with Correlation, Irefrea, INPUD, EHRN and EURAD).
The first meeting of the core group took place on 15 June 2010.
In an answer to a parliamentary question, Eurocommissioner Viviane Reding announces a new evaluation of drug policy in the European Union.
The question remains if its conclusions will have any impact on policymaking at all.
HELP Free Taita Juan, A Major Indigenous Leader Imprisoned in the U.S.
In the end of june 2010 we launched “Plan C” with the purpose of obtaining the legal import of traditional derivates of the coca leaf in Europe.
See also the first progress report of August and September 2010
Here we present you the report of October. We have also publish the full report of the mission in Bolivia in Spanish, including the conclusions of the 23 September meeting in the National Senate.
ENCOD was invited to the fourth session of the Civil Society Forum on EU Drug Policy that will be held on December 13th and 14th 2010 in Brussels, Belgium. The agenda of this meeting was prepared at the meeting of the core group to take place on 8 November 2010
Read also the report on the last CSF produced by ENCOD, UNAD and INPUD.
After the event you will be able to see a video registration here
READ THE PRESS RELEASE
ENCOD’s Position Paper for the Civil Society Forum on Drug Policy in the European Union
In the end of june 2010 we launched “Plan C” with the purpose of obtaining the legal import of traditional derivates of the coca leaf in Europe.
See also the first progress report of August and October
Herewith we present you the report on the current situation of 18 September 2010
People around the world are speaking and acting against the war on drugs. They challenge both the social stigma and legal consequences when publically questioning the corruption, legal insecurity and discrimination that is caused by the war on drugs. They are being
persecuted or convicted for motives that are directly related to their
political work. We ask you support them.
If you know of someone who deserves to be mentioned here, please contact us