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More G8 Protesters Bond Out; Others On Hunger Strike

POSTED: Friday, June 18, 2004

As three more G8 protesters were released from Glynn County jail Friday afternoon, demonstrators promised to appear outside the jail until the remaining six are released.

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Some of the protesters, who have been held in jail for more than a week on charges of disorderly conduct, said they have started a hunger strike, but jail officials aren't so sure.

Nine of the 18 people arrested last Thursday outside the security gates of Sea Island, where President George W. Bush and seven other world leaders were meeting, were being held in the Glynn County Jail Friday morning -- although a few more bonded out during the day.

The released inmates said they were mistreated, but officials disagreed, saying the protesters were dealt with fairly.

"They're not treated any differently than any other offender that we have," said Ron Corbett, Glynn County's under sheriff.

The group described those detained as political prisoners, and said the Glynn County sheriff has separated the protesters in the jail, and is denying them access to family, media, legal aids -- everyone except their attorneys and religious officials.

"Some of our legal team wasn't allowed access to the jail, the media wasn't allowed inside, we weren't allowed to meet our lawyers in groups," said James Foley, who was released Friday.

Officials said they cannot allow anyone else access unless the prisoners identify themselves.

Protesters said at least four of those detained have begun a hunger strike, "which we intend to sustain until the charges against all 15 of us are dropped."

The G8 Justice Coalition released a statement Thursday, apparently written by the jailed protesters, but only identified by their jail ID numbers:

"Some of us are drinking two cups of Kool-Aid provided daily, while others are consuming only water. We have so far missed eight meals. As our bodies grow weaker, our spirits grow strong," said a letter from the protesters still in jail."

Sea Island protesters They remain detained partly because they have refused to give their names.

Glynn County Sheriff's Office denied they were being mistreated, and as for hunger strike, said eight of the nine ate breakfast Friday.

A total of 18 were arrested during the three-day summit, but more than half bonded out of jail. The remaining protesters from the self-named "Brunswick Nine" claim they will purposely stay to protest the misdemeanor charges against them.

The letter goes on to read, "The rights of free speech and a speedy trial are guaranteed under the U.S. constitution, but still here in America and especially in Georgia, dissent has become criminalized and 'justice' moves at a glacial pace," the unnamed protestor wrote.

Protestors, singing "Let My People Go," said they would keep a daily vigil outside the jail until all those detained are either tried or released.

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