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Marcel Vervloesem stops the hunger strike to continue the fight

Marcel Vervloesem, in consultation with the leaders of the Werkgroep Morkhoven, decided on 30 September 2008 at 16h50, to stop the hunger strike that he began on September 5 and m atched with a thirst strike during the first 7 days.

He was imprisoned without the judges of Antwerp's Court of Appeal and Brussels' Court of Cassation, want to take for account the theft of discharging evidence, though this theft was confirmed by Higher Council of Justice, nor the denial of all the rights of the defence.

He has put his life at stake, to request for laws that protect European citizen from simulations of miscarriages of justice resulting to the destruction of the victims and witnesses of organized crime.

He accepted to stop the hunger strike, considering the procedure at the court the application of penalties, the procedures at the European Court of Human Rights, and for the motives:

Prison of Bruges

Comity against Torture and and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

1rst. The pressing request of international organisation for child protection and victims of the paedocriminal network Zandvoort, who asked him to stay alive so that he could testify at the reopening of their cases, also closed. He has been very sensitive to the call of young victims to all the other victims, asking them to stand up for their rights.

2nd. To meet delegations of the United Nations called to note

- The treatment of victims and witnesses who expose paedocriminal networks.

- The arbitrary punishments, in absence of any breach of prison rules:

• Locking up in an isolation cell.
• Violation of the Convention against Torture and and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
• Violation of the Convention on Human Rights.
• Prohibition of contact with other prisoners.
• non-compliance on the right of visits;
• Retention of mail;
• Limiting consulting his lawyers;

3rd. To continue, together with his organisation, awareness campaigns on the need to European laws for the application of Human Rights.