In the 1990s Polish anti-fascist activist Tomasz Wilkoszewski was sentenced to 15 years in prison for killing a neo-Nazi in self defence after he was attacked by the neo-nazi. He has now served almost 10 years of his sentence,which means he is now eligible for parole, and he has a hearing coming up to decide if he will be released early or not. Please support him by sending the following letter (in Polish with English translation below) to the Polish authorities responsible for his case...

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SAD OKREGOWY III WYDZIAL PENITENCJARNY I NADZORU NAD WYKONANIEM ORZECZEN KARNYCH UL. AL. ZWYCIESTWA 1 98-200 SIERADZ, POLAND

"Zwracamy sie z prosba o dolaczenie naszego apelu do akt sprawy Tomasza Wilkoszewskiego. My, nizej podpisani, pragniemy wyrazic nasze poparcie dla staran Tomasza Wilkoszewskiego, zmierzajacych do uzyskania przez niego przedterminowego, warunkowego zwolnienia z odbywania kary 15 lat pozbawienia wolnosci. Tomasz Wilkoszewski przebywa w wiezieniu od marca 1996 roku, tj. od 10 lat, co oznacza, iz nabyl on prawo do ubiegania sie o przedterminowe, warunkowe zwolnienie z odbywania zasadzonej kary. Uwazamy , ze spedzil on w wiezieniu wystarczajaco czasu, nie stwarzal tam zadnych problemow i najwyzszy czas, aby mogl zaczac prowadzic swoje zycie jako wolny czlowiek. Dalsze trzymanie go w zamknieciu doprowadzi tylko do zaprzepaszczenia jego szansy na powrót do spoleczenstwa . Prosimy o wnikliwe i wszechstronne rozpatrzenie jego staran oraz naszego apelu."

"We would like to add this appeal to the files of Tomasz Wilkoszewski’s case. We ,the undersigned would like to express our support for the attempt by Tomasz Wilkoszewski to obtain early, conditional release from his 15 year sentence. Tomasz Wilkoszewski has been in prison since March 1996 (10 years) which means he can now try to obtain earliest, conditional release. We think that he has spent enough time in jail, he didn’t cause any problems there and now its time for him to start living like a free man again. Further imprisonment will only destroy his chances to come back to the society. We request that you look into this case closely and consider his attempts and our appeal."

Tomek would also love to get letters from people, to break the isolation of prison. He can understand some English, but finds it difficult to write, so don’t necessarily expect a reply...His address is as follows :

Tomek Wilkoszewski, Zaklad Karny, ul. Orzechowa 5, 98-200 Sieradz, Poland