it from "The Tilitent!
The international camcrijgn to save the life of im rlennad -aasant
leader Hugo Mlaneo is having re;ercussirnsa even amone the Peruvian
military nuthorities: rho are to decide the question of his life
or death, There is reason to believe that the world-"lde cuter;
demanding *n manesty for Blanco hos succeeded in raining a res,ite
for the framed-uj revolutionary, although the danger to him is still
areat, (Blanco vas sentended to 25 years in the prignn fortress
of M1 Fronton, but the -resecution has now demanded the denth
penalty from Peru's hirhest military court, which is hearing the
appeal on the esse.) Tector Bejar, himself «a political irisoner
in Peru, wrote o letter on December 30th which sjyesred in tha
January issue of 'La (untrieme Internationale’, organ of the French
section of the Fourth International, in which he recorted:
"wes On Jan, 15th, thea tribiunel mes on vacation until ‘rit. iIn
addition, cany ailitery flsures, inoluding some membera of the
tribunal, sare taking: their retirenent., It saens that the present
manbers of the tribunel heve been stertled by the intern:tionsl
protest and don't want to '"have thia death on their conscience.
They otefer to leave the res oonsibllity te thesa who will reclace
then beanuse they burned their fingers in this business, For thie
reason I believe they will prefer te dre it wat, an that their names
won't be mixed in with such - death sentence. Wevertheless it.is
necessary to rem ain very vicil nt, because it could be that they
have been waiting all this tine for the ¢ameni;m for Huse te die
down, for pecvple to forert the thins a little, end then thay sill
offer us & 5ur, rise when lsarlinoent ia not in session and the
Iniversity etidents are cn vacation, {beve oll it must not bea
forgotten that a death sentence is aarried ut within 24 hous,
The only way to counter this mancevre ia to intensify the campaign
and to take advante;ce of the tine exined in order to broaden it,"
Comrt!d 4 ES
Hien Blanes Continued The cutrace at the threet.t: Slenen's life has reached masa rm -rticns in Peru itself vhere 15,000 sen “le filled the Finga San Mertin in Lima on December 2nd to demsnd freedom for. fam Blanes, The following eyewitness re ort vas ublished by "la (antrieme Internntionale's "Priday the meeting took slace that we hed bean ore; sring for during the past month. “@ were,very surprised that they permitted us to use fhe Plazes Jan Martin, the most fevoursble place for such demonstration, Than wa thought that they had authorised it to make us lock ridiculous beceuse of the smsll mumber of denonsatratora in such a btge place... but the FPlasa was Pilled te overflowing with people. The meeting ves enthusiastic, warm, the peoule of Lins were offering us their stipport and ecliderity,.. ifter the meeting the demonetratorsess Stopped in front of the sovernment palace to shout, ‘Freedom for Yasgn Blenco', mtil the nolicea dis;ersed them.” himoet a eoore of political origoners in lexies City sent « letter from prison to the bieweekly magazine 'Politias!, demanding "the immedinte relenao. of Huco Blanco, Fedro Candele,Tecter Bajar and other guerillas, workers and pessants imprisoned in Peru," 4A moving open letter by Jacqueline Lobaton on beh@lf of the Comittee for the Defence of the fighta of lian, urced intensifioation of the canpaipn, She has hed serecnal eaxoertence «ith Peru's notorious prisons having been ilaced behind bars aa a hostace while the sovernment bimted down and exectted her husband, tha played a prominent role as a leader in the movement Launched by Luis de la Poente Woede in 1965, "1 am sending you warmest ereetings,"” she vrote, "In acite of the eensorahip.., IT only want you to share today the complete triumph of the meating which 6 held at the Placa San Martin Friday Dec, end. I want. to tell you that the neorle, frea of fear, resenbled & anldier reaclutely defending the righte that have been treacoled underfoot in recent years. Unjust versecution, base crimes, illagel sentences, have sullied cur country, But we sre convinoedbeceuse we are devoted to taske which are aweet tea fulfil when life is involved= of the worth snd bematy of human baits... The defence of Hugs ia Tike A song,"
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