Marc Rudin, PFLP Supporter, Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison
In Denmark

     On October 20/93, the Swiss anti-imperialist Marc Rudin was
sentenced to 8 years in prison by a Danish court. Marc was the
alleged "5th man" in a November 3/88 robbery of close to $2 million
from a post office, during which a police officer was shot. This
money was used to support the Popular Front for the Liberation of
Palestine (PFLP). Marc's involvement in the case came about after
the April 13/89 arrest of four former Maoists who were accused of
several robberies, including the 1988 post office robbery. These
four later renounced armed struggle in the metropoles and gave
statements to police about a someone known as "Paul", a non-Danish
comrade, the alleged "5th man" involved in the post office robbery.
A year and a half later, Marc Rudin was arrested while crossing the
Syrian border into Turkey. Marc was tortured while in custody in
Turkey, where he was sentenced to 17 months in prison for illegal
border crossing and for possessing false identification papers. On
April 28/93, Marc was deported to Denmark. It is widely assumed
that the Mossad, Israel's secret service agency, worked in close
cooperation with Danish authorities on Marc Rudin's case in an
effort to hinder groups and individuals involved with providing
practical, anti-imperialist solidarity with the Palestinian
liberation struggle.
     Marc Rudin was raised in Switzerland in the 1950s. He later
studied graphic design in Italy, where he became active in the
radical operaist and squatters' movements. He then became active in
the Palestinian solidarity movement in France before returning to
Switzerland. In the early-80s, Marc fled to Syria/Lebanon to escape
state repression. There, he worked as a graphic design artist for
the PFLP. Under the name Jihad Mansour, he designed many of the
cover designs for "Democratic Palestine", the English-language
publication of the PFLP.

For more information:

Anti-Repressionskomiteen Marc Rudin
c/o Autonomi
BBC Box 286
Vesterbrogade 208
1800 Frederiksberg C.
Denmark

Write to Marc:

Marc Rudin
Vestre Faengsel
Postbox 701
2450 Copenhagen V.
Denmark