Nol van Schaik is out of the French prison

[Oz]

He got out yesterday, Sept. 1, 2004. He was picked up at the Madrid airport when he arrived four months ago. The Spanish government suspended all rescent international laws when the Crown Prince Felipe and the Princess Letizia were married. This meant that they scrutinized everybody that entered and exited the country, especially Madrid.

 

Nol had an old charge for smuggling 400 kg of hash through France 14 years ago. The Spanish government wanted to wash their hands of the matter so they extridited him to France, where he was held virtually incumunicado for 4 months.

 

He had a trial hearing yesterday and during the proceedings his lawer pointed out that he had never entered a plee and was convicted in absentia and sentenced to 5 long years in prison.

 

Well, the French system fucked itself by not following their own rules and they had to absolve him of any crimes. He is now a free man and can travel anywhere he wants.

 

For those of you who do not know Nol, he is the owner of Willie Wortel's Coffeeshops in Haarlem and the International Hemp Museum in Haarlem. He is also the author of The Dutch Experience, a history of Dutch coffee shops. Nol is one of my heroes and a real strong man. His mate Maruska stood by him the entire time and thanks to her finding the proper legal council, he got out.

 

Nol was forced to sleep on a cold floor and was denied communication with the outside world. Livestock is treated better than Nol was treated.

 

The first thing Nol said to me was "the other guys in prison with me are not criminals and we need to think of them and get them out!"

 

Long live Nol van Schaik! Go to his website, www.hempcity.net for more details on his case. It has not been updated yet, this is one of the first notices of his release.

 

Source: Jorge Cervantis

Date: 02/09/04

[RobbieGanjaSeed]

G'day OzStoner, how's tricks?

 

Unreal treating humans like that, but what do you expect from the bloody french (or the yanks for that matter). I noticed that the article sings the praises of his freind that "got the right lawyer". Isn't that always the case...if it were you or I, and we had to rely upon our own incomes, we'd still be eating on the dungeon floor..

 

Justice is for those that can afford it. Just the same, I'm glad he got free. Should never have been arrested.

 

cheers

rob

[Luke Skywalker]

Good to see ya round robbie, hope you hang around a bit. And hope you're doing well dude, we miss ya.

 

YAY for Noel!

 

It's nothing short of taking political prisoners, and that's the only way to look at it. Bastards.