The mobilization to Connecticut for the newest Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Avelino Gonzalez Claudio's Nov. 6th Court Hearing is postponed until the court hearing is rescheduled.

Below is an update sent to ProLibertad by Avelino's support Committee in Puerto Rico:

UPDATE ON THE CASE OF
PUERTO RICAN POLITICAL PRISONER AVELINO GONZALEZ CLAUDIO

THERE CAN BE NO TRIAL DATE AT THIS TIME
The date for the beginning of the trial, which is to be presided over by Judge Alfred V. Costell of the Hartford Court, had been established as November 6, 2008. The lead attorney for Avelino has informed us there is no way that the trial can begin on November 6 because the process of discovery of evidence has barely begun. All the evidence to be presented by the prosecution, including everything that was seized during the break-ins in 1985, must be given to Avelino, and that has yet to be done by federal prosecutors.

At this time we do not know if there will be any type of hearing on November 6th of Avelino's case. During the month of November there will be meetings with Avelino's lawyers in Hartford in order to assess the steps taken and to be taken by the prosecution and the defense.

THE JUDGE INTERFERES WITH DEFENSE PREPARATIONS
Judge Alfred V. Costello denied requests for coverage of expenses needed by the defense for preparation of aspects of the case that require travel to Puerto Rico in order to interview witnesses and visits to sites that are linked to the case and the arrest of Avelino.

SOLIDARITY IN THE UNITED STATES
Solidarity in the United States with Avelino has been actively maintained by the sisters and brothers of the ProLibertad Campaign and the Hartford Committee, who maintain extensive and up-to-date communication both in the U.S. and internationally in favor of the freedom of all political prisoners detained in North American jails.

ACTIVITIES IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR PRISONERS
Compañera Estrella Lagares informed us of the Vigil held last weekend in support of the freedom of our political prisoners organized by the Human Rights Commission in Plaza Colón in Old San Juan from Friday, October 10 until Sunday October 12, 2008

The Committee of Family and Friends of Avelino González Claudio in Puerto Rico participated in this Vigil with banners, informational literature, pictures and an educational palm card about Avelino González, currently imprisoned in Hartford, Connecticut.

There was a press conference on October 8, 2008, Avelino's birthday, at 10:30 a.m. at the Puerto Rican Bar Association headquarters in Miramar.

The Committee of Family and Friends of Avelino González Claudio, Puerto Rico

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