ARTHUR : Auction for Skoazell-Vreizh Arthur is the king, the main character of the literary cycle which bears its name. It is also the king of Brittany who will come back one day, on his red horse, to free his country. And it is also a statue created by Robert Gourlaouen (3.4 meters high, made of Lebanese cedar). Its pedestal claims its "raison d’être" : love, hope and freedom.
Arthur is put at the biddings for the account of the humanitarian association Skoazell Vreizh.
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History of Skoazell Vreizh :
In 1969, following the repression against Breton militants by the French state, the need was felt to create an organization to aid imprisoned Bretons and their families. Thus was born SKOAZELL VREIZH. The first office was set up by Gwenc'hlan Le Scouezec, writer, Xavier Grall, journalist, and Yann Choucq, by then a law student. The association was declared as conforming to the law (see the Journal Officiel of January 24, 1969).
Each time we are needed, Skoazell Vreizh intervenes. We have done so for many years, when the militants of the FLB (Brittany Liberation Front) and the ARB (Breton Revolutionary Army) were arrested and jailed – When members of Skol an Emsav (School of the Breton Movement) « checks in Breton » and of Stourm ar Brezhoneg (Fight for the Breton Language) « Breton added to signs » were prosecuted – When members of the MIB movement « Militants de l'Insoumission Bretonne » (French army Breton absentees) were jailed – When the militants of the Nantes region were prosecuted for having protested against the shameful propaganda about the so-called « Pays de Loire », and more recently, from 1992 to 1996 – When the Breton militants were prosecuted for having sheltered or even having been suspected of having sheltered Basque militants.
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The Role of Skoazell Vreizh :
The role of Skoazell Vreizh isn't the same as that of the assistance committees. Since 1969, the action of Skoazell Vreizh is permanent. That of the assistance committees is timely and usually lasts only for the duration of the event.
Our principal role is to aid the families of the accused, morally and financially, and also the accused themselves if needed, by helping them to find a lawyer when they are sent before court, by paying the honorarium of the lawyer chosen by the accused from the list of lawyers accredited by Skoazell Vreizh.
Our role doesn't stop there – When necessary, we intervene with the administration (tax issues), with banks (loan deferments) and also with international and humanitarian organizations ( ACAT, Amnesty International, Human Rights League... etc. ), with the elected representatives of Brittany, the Département General Councils, and with the Breton, French and international media in order to heighten public awareness of these matters, on behalf of those we support and defend.
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Support for Skoazell Vreizh :
Our actions oblige us to find money, lots of money!
In this also, solidarity plays a part. The assistance committees are a great help to us, in organizing various events (Festoù Noz – Dinners – Raffles – Sales of various kinds...), in giving us the greatest part of the profits, in helping us alert the media and heighten public awareness of these events.
Most important for us at Skoazell Vreizh are the bank transfers or automatic payments by persons who are concerned for our humanitarian actions on behalf of the Breton militants and their families who are harassed because of their militancy, along with the timely aid given to us by others. This the way our treasury is regularly supplied, so that we are able to meet our obligations, thanks to our reserves, when repression intensifies.
Thank you to those who regularly support us and thanks for continuing to do so, thank you to those who will be joining us as permanent donors, and thanks to all of you who help us, because to help us financially is to help the victims of repression in Brittany (Donations by French citizens are tax-deductible).
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Contact Skoazell Vreizh :
Skoazell Vreizh / Breton Aid
Committee for the aid to families of Breton political detainees
Feuteun Wenn
3, rue Aristide Briand
F-44350 Guérande - Brittany via France
Tel: +33 2.40.42.92.94
Fax: +33 2.40.24.81.38
info@skoazell-vreizh.org
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