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The handing down of his decision on the Parliament case sentence by ‘Justice’ Steve Southwood at the Supreme Court on Monday, 26 February 2007, was in a way the culmination of almost 5 years’ work and struggle by Darwin-based community organisation Network Against Prohibition, or NAP. NAP is a revolutionary class war-orientated group dedicated to using direct action to end the War on Drugs.

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“PRISON WORK’s” soapbox letter of 3rd May misses the point. Chain gangs and forced labour are not the answer. Sure, there’s work to be done, and prisoners can be given work to keep them busy. This is already the practice in many prisons. However, the letter-writer fails to address the issue of WHO is in prison and WHY. In the Territory the answers to those questions are 1)

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This is the final of a series of documents/letters that Stuart wrote while incarcerated. OFFENCE: Prisoner ignored the instruction to return to his block. OFFENDER NAME: Stuart HIGHWAY. IJIS Id: 40664 DATE OF ALLEGED OFFENCE: Tuesday, 8 November 2005. I believe the finding made by officers on Thursday 17 November 2005 was not correct. I accept the version of events detailed by the

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Friday, 25th November 2005 Written by Stuart Highway whilst incarcerated at Berrimah Prison, N.T. The guy in the cell next door said his name’s ----- and was brought up here from M Block for fighting, though he wasn’t the aggressor. He said that he was loath to defend himself as he didn’t want to get more time to serve. He said that he wanted a cell over in the other wing, meaning that section

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They gave me 3 months gaol for smashing the windscreen of a police wagon. The filth disrupted one of our community smoke-ins in Darwin on Saturday 12 October 2002 and there was a bit of a riot. I didn't mean to smash the windscreen. I was just going to the aid of my mates, hammering on the bonnet of the police vehicle, then on the windscreen, while shouting, "Let them go! Let them go!" I was

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This is another journal sort of piece that I wrote in prison but hung onto until I got out rather than run the risk of it disappearing in the system if I’d posted it… 25th December 2005. 68 days done, only 23 still to go. Merry Christmas from the Bowels of the Devil, also known as Darwin Correctional Centre. It must be about 3.30pm. We’ve just been locked up for the night. The day’s been

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I wrote this letter in November in prison but realised as I was writing it that it probably wouldn’t make it past the prison censor. So instead of posting it, and taking the risk it would end up in the screws’ wastepaper basket, I hung onto it for later. So I’m now typing it onto my blog more than two months later. Sunday, 13th November 2005. 26 days gone, 65 to go. Stuart Highway Darwin

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WOO-HOO!!! I'M OUT OF PRISON!!! I can't believe it. My body's at the NAP House, but my mind hasn't caught up yet. It's still in Punishment Cell No.3 'down the back' in B Block. I'm all fired up and ready to go. Thanks, everyone, for your amazing support. You've all been terrific! Love, Stuart

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Stuart Highway will leave Berrimah Prison tomorrow, Tuesday, January 17, 2006 at 9am. Stuart has served 3 months for his part in the 6th Smoke-In in Raintree Park where a police vehicle was damaged. Stuart has spent much of his imprisonment in a punishment cell for refusing to give a urine sample for a random drug test. When asked why he refused to submit to a test, particualrly as he is not

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PRISONER'S NAME: Stuart Highway IJIS No: 40664 OFFENCE ALLEGED: Against Prisons (Correctional Services) Regulation 3(1)sb Within 3 hours after being asked to do so, refused to supply a sample of urine to a person authorised to take the sample under section 95A of the act. I believe the guilty finding at the abovementioned hearing was incorrect. I am not a lawyer and am unable to mount a legal

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Mr Ted Egan AO The Administrator GPO Box 497 Darwin NT 0801 Dear Sir I write to you as prisoner serving a 3-month sentence in Darwin Correctional Centre at Berrimah. I respectfully ask you to grant me a pardon by setting aside my conviction, or, failing that, to show clemency by granting me an immediate release. I believe that I have paid my debt to society for the offence I was found guilty

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By Rob Inder-Smith Legendary Darwin human rights activist Stuart Highway is preparing to go “off the air” 62 days into his imprisonment at Berrimah jail. Stuart has been telephoning friends in anticipation of being found guilty at a “hearing” tomorrow morning, which will try him for being an identified drug user (IDU). If found guilty, Stuart will spend 28 days – almost the entirety of the

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Letter by NAPNT member Gary Meyerhoff to the NT Administrator, Mr Ted Egan AO requesting a pardon for Stuart Highway. Posted snail mail on Monday 05th December 2005. Please send your own version of this letter to: Mr Ted Egan AO The Administrator of the NT GPO Box 497 Darwin NT 0801 Re: Stuart Highway Dear Sir I’m writing to you in regard to my friend and comrade Stuart Highway. Stuart was

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Transcript of Stuart’s comments during his three-minute telephone call Friday, December 2, 2005, 11.15am, to the Network Against Prohibition (calls are monitored and cut off the moment the three minutes is up): Sorry, about the noise, they’re hosing down the exercise yard with high-pressure hoses. I saw legal aid yesterday (by video link) and Lorenzo told me he would get back to me next week

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Letter from Stuart Highway to NAPNT member Rob Inder-Smith written by Stuart at Darwin Prison between Friday the 25th of November and Monday the 28th. Received by Rob on Thursday 01st December 2005. Dear Rob Thanks for your latest letter. I enjoy your colourful and entertaining language, and the description of everyday life in Darwin. The experience of a trip into town on the No.4 bus is

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Note: NAPNT members are concerned for Stuart's welfare, please ring the Darwin Correctional Centre on (08) 8922 0111 (+61 8 8922 0111 from outside Australia`) to ensure that Stuart’s human rights are being respected. Please write to Stuart and let him know that he (and the other prisoners) is supported on the outside. For more information about Stuart’s case and what you can do to help Free

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Written by Stuart Highway in Darwin Prison on Friday the 11th November 2005 Dear Prime Minister I am writing to you in this eleventh hour in the hope that you will intervene to save the life of Australian citizen Nguyen Tuong Van. As Prime Minister of Australia you are in a position of power to influence the Singapore Government to stay his execution. Australia and Singapore are allies and

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Written by Stuart Highway in Darwin Prison on Thursday the 10th November 2005 Dear Nguyen Tuong Van I am a member of a Darwin-based drug law reform organisation called Network Against Prohibition. Since March 2002 we have been campaigning for the repeal of all laws against drugs. Our goal is the relegalisation of all drugs which are currently illicit, in order to reduce to a minimum

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Wed 25th October 2005 Stuart Highway Darwin Prison PO Box 1407 Darwin NT 0801 Hi Gary-O from the Barrio!! Just got your letter at the morning muster. Great to hear from you! I’ve been wondering how you’ve been out there. No, I didn’t get your letter, probably because of the magazines and newspapers you sent with it. Prisoners here aren’t allowed magazines and newspapers, we don’t even get

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I would like to remind you today that it is not possible for me . . . to prepare for the appeal*. I seek an adjournment (because) I am in prison in the bowels of the devil, the bowels being Clare Martin’s+ police state (where there is) excessive noise . . . stress and tension. I have managed to arrange a video interview . . . with legal representation on Thursday. It is possible that I won’t be

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The following is a copy of the statement by prisoners involved in last week's prison protest. Stuart Highway was able to get this copy to NAP members at his Supreme Court appearance this morning. He has now served 13 days on prison. Free Stuart Highway! THIS REPORT TO MR. COPE All prisoners in M block do not like Mr Williams. We don’t like the way he treats us, he talks down to us, and

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On Wednesday 19th October 2005, veteran human rights and social justice campaigner Stuart Highway was sentenced to 8 months’ jail (suspended after 3 months) for his involvement in a Community Smoke-In held at Darwin in October 2002. Stuart is currently in Berrimah jail. Click here to read more.

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When they came for the indigenous people and put them in their prisons I said nothing because I wasn't an indigenous person. When they locked up the asylum seekers and the refugees I said nothing because I wasn't an asylum seeker or refugee. When they came for the political activists I said nothing because I wasn't one of those ratbags! When they came for the illicit drug users I said nothing

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Dear Sir I’m writing to you in regard to my friend Ema Corro. Ema was imprisoned on Friday 7 October for an offence related to the drug law reform campaign of the Network Against Prohibition. I have known Ema for 3 years, and have found her to be an intelligent and serious young woman. I am concerned about the harm she could suffer from incarceration. Imprisonment should be used as an

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Tuesday, 31/5/05 [Apa Kabar? – How are you? in Indonesian.] STUART HIGHWAY PO Box 614 NIGHTCLIFF NT 0814 AUSTRALIA ph + 6188948 2547 Dear Schapelle Apa Kubar? I hope you are coping OK with the prison life. I sent you a postcard last Friday after hearing of your sentence on ABC radio around lunchtime. The sympathies of millions of Australians go out to you. I’m not expecting to hear

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