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Swedish Activists Sentenced to 8 Months in Jail

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By Brian Carnell

Thursday, October 17, 2002

According to an e-mail posted on an animal rights mailing list, animal rights activists Pelle Strindlund began serving an 8 month prison term this week for destroying equipment at a slaughterhouse.

In July 2002, Strindlund was sentenced to a month in jail for releasing chickens from a Swedish farm.

Sources:

Prisoners Post. ArkangelWeb.Org, July 1, 2002.

(Sweden) Activist in prison. E-mail communication.