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Ravage Takes State to Court

01 January 1997

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The Dutch radical newspaper Ravage is suing the Dutch government following a raid that took place in their offices last May. This follows a raid on the paper after they published a statement from the radical action group, Earth Liberation Front, which claimed responsibility for three bombings that took place in May.

The raid which followed a press-release from Ravage informing the press that they were proposing to print the statement from the ELF, led to the confiscation of a large amount of material including floppy disks containing the names of subscribers, a log book and a large amount of copy. At no time has any of the staff of Ravage been accused of any complicity in the actual bombings.

Ravage has demanded a judicial review concerning legality of the raid in order to prevent any future reoccurrences. They also state that the magazine suffered considerable damage as result of the raid, for which they are seeking compensation.

Ravage, 15.11.96.

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