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| "Women in Prison" Movie Apparently Being Filmed in Ecuador |
| 2004-01-10 |
| About 20 women inmates stripped off clothing Friday and protested from their prison roof, claiming they’ve been held for more than a year without trial and should be freed. Nervous guards could be heard screaming, "Hey! ix-nay on the aked-nay! You want the warden to start asking questions?" "We want a hearing. We are demanding our rights. We want freedom," Cinthia Perez said as she covered herself with a towel. "We want... We demand..." They must be married women. The protest began at around noon when the women forced their way through the security screen of a window and scrambled to the roof. They set ablaze tires found on the roof, sending up plumes of black smoke that attracted the attention of passers-by. I don’t know about you, but I keep rubber tires and combustable materials on the roof of my home all the time. The four-hour protest was peaceful and prison officials eventually allowed reporters in to speak to the women, five of whom were nude and the others in various stages of undress. Reporters from three continents showed up. There were fist-fights over who was allowed to do the interviews. Protester Martha Sanchez said the group had decided to stage the demonstration "so that the authorities see to what point we will go." Oh, this is too cheap even for me... The women claimed that under Ecuadorean law, people accused of crimes cannot be held for more than a year without trial. Hey! A reasonable point to this story! National Prison Director Fernando Cassis told reporters Friday the Supreme Justice Court would address their claims. "Anything! Just put your damn clothes on!" |
| Posted by:Patrick Phillips |
| #6 I am waiting to see Faisel's comments to the other story about Pakistan imprisoning rape victims. I am sure that it will be full of wisdom and reason. |
| Posted by: Sue Bob 2004-1-10 6:40:58 PM |
| #5 Held without trial, I'm waiting with baited breath for all the protestors to equate Ecuadors government with the NAZIs and blame Ashcroft somehow. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2004-1-10 6:10:42 PM |
| #4 I have no doubt that you do, Faisal. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2004-1-10 4:50:58 PM |
| #3 Yeah Robert, and if in US the women could get liberated by baring it all off eh ... oh yeah.... I luv the Florida Nude Beach :P |
| Posted by: Faisal 2004-1-10 3:43:15 PM |
| #2 Ahhh, those equatorial climates, just makes you want to take off all your clothes. ¡Salsa! |
| Posted by: 4thInfVet 2004-1-10 2:00:08 PM |
| #1 They're lucky they're in South America. In a Muslim country, they'd be dead already just for showing their knees. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-1-10 1:56:10 PM |