European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 a the stars and stripes sunday january 5, 1992germans weigh terrorists parole Berlin apr with memories of leftist terrorist attacks still fresh Many germans Are infuriated by plans for a parole review of seven members of the red army faction which targeted business and nato Sites in the 1970s and �?T80s. While the attacks have tapered off in recent years some officials warn that freeing the jailed terrorists could encourage More violence. Johannes Gerster a prominent member of the conservative Christian democratic Union said the release could show a the government is subject to the seven red army faction members considered for parole Are serving sentences ranging from eight years to life. Four have been in prison since the 1970s, including Bernhard Rossner part of a commando unit that stormed the West German embassy in Stockholm Sweden in 1975. The Stern news Magazine said three of the inmates Are ill and could be the first released. Stern also reported that Irmgard Moller convicted for the 1972 bombing of the . Army Headquarters in Heidelberg that killed three people might also be considered for release bringing the total to eight. But the prosecutors office in Heidelberg says no such parole review is planned. German officials Are still Hunting Between 10 and 15 a hard cores members of the e red army faction. There Are estimated to be an additional 200 supporters. The group still can strike with deadly precision. The latest victim Detlev Rohwedder head of the Agency Selling off former East Germany a crumbling businesses. He was gunned Down in his Home in Dusseldorf in april. His killers have not been caught. Heribert Helle Broich the former head of West Germany a Domestic intelligence Agency said Parolino the terrorists could Lead to further attacks. Finance minister Theodor Taigel has demanded top level political talks before anyone is freed. The debate reached such a fever pitch that the chief Federal prosecutor on Friday appealed for Calm. Alexander von Stahl said the imprisoned terrorists had just As much right to a parole review As Ordinary criminals. Other prominent victims of the red army faction include Alfred Herr Hausen the head of Deutsche Bank the country s largest commercial financial institution. He was killed in a bomb blast nov. 30, 1989, shortly after the Berlin Wall opened. The news Magazine Der Spiegel said the terrorists had murdered at least 12 prominent germans from 1974 to 1991. Police officers and others also have been killed in the attacks. Dissident cites failing health requests parole Beijing up a a dissident imprisoned As a Leader of the Tiana men Spring protests petitioned saturday for medical parole citing chinese Laws allowing such releases for prisoners with serious illnesses his wife said. Wang Junta 33, was sentenced to 13 years As a a a Mastermind of the 1989 pro democracy movement. He applied for a release on bail medical treatment a said his wife Hou Xiaotian who delivered his petition to the labor Reform office of China a Justice ministry. The Handwritten petition cited prison doctors own diagnosis that Wang suffers from chronic Type a hepatitis a treatable but sometimes fatal inflammation of the liver. For months Hou and Wang a parents have pressed the hard line government to improve what they regarded As inadequate medical treatment and illegal prison officials a including communist party chief Jiang Zemin a have denied that Wang was ailing or jailed in squalor blaming any health problems on Brief hunger strikes Wang waged in August and september. Stung by persistent reports of poor conditions for Wang and Chen timing a fellow Tiana men Spring prisoner the government last fall videotaped both in unusually spacious cells and distributed the tape overseas in a bid to disprove the allegations. The tape was not shown in China. A they have used my husband for propaganda and made a political Issue out of his illness which All the while keeps getting worse Quot Hou said in an interview. Quot in be told officials that he had a history of liver trouble but they continually denied it. If they had been giving him adequate care from the beginning they have to be defending themselves despite denying Wang a illness prison officials never a the less moved him in september to a prison Ward at Yanqing Hospital outside Beijing and formally notified his family in december that he had Type a hepatitis describing his illness As chronic. At least two imprisoned pro democracy dissidents have won parole for Hospital treatment or rehabilitation at Home. Such releases Are available under chinese Law to prisoners suffering from diseases that Are chronic serious highly contagious or difficult to t. % y a .33. It a. A -0e. A a a w 41 a head above the rest a a Small boy looks on As hundreds of muslims Bow and Pray in a Street near the Sunna mosque during Friday prayers in Algiers Algeria. Muslims Pray five times each Day a at Dawn in the Middle of the Day at mid afternoon at Sunset and after Nightfall. Free Lance prostitutes face new tax the Hague Netherlands a the dutch government has decided that free Lance prostitutes enjoy an unfair advantage Over brothels and has ordered them to charge an 18.5 percent sales tax. However under the new Law the ladies of the night can write off As business expenses such things As condoms furniture and cleaning products. Finance ministry spokeswoman Mariette Van Vuchit conceded Friday that the value added tax for self employed prostitutes which stems from a 1990 court Rul ing is unlikely to be consistently reported or paid. A we done to really expect major revenues from this a she said Quot and we re not about to go on a Witch Hunt. A the idea is that they Are to be treated As entrepreneurs just As any prostitution is Legal in the Netherlands with Many brothels operating As night clubs. Most major cities have so called a toleration zones a red Light districts where scantily Clad women display themselves in show blast Prince Charles Over Hunt by William Tuohy los Angeles times London a conservationists in Britain have levelled their fire at Prince Charles heir to the throne As part of their Campaign to rid the country of so called blood sports. The animal rights advocates reacted with anger after Charles took his 7-year-old son Harry on a recent Hunt in which two hares were killed. Charles Niece Zara daughter of Princess Anne was also taken to the Hunt by her Uncle part of a group of 20 children among the 50 riders. Including the children on such a Hunt amounts to encouraging them to kill animals the activists said. A fall this talk of a compassionate Prince is rubbish a said John Bryant wildlife officer with the league against cruel sports. A i am sure the Public will be disgusted. He is carrying on the family tradition of butchering wildlife. A it is even More disgusting that he is killing hares because they Are not Charles took the two Royal youngsters Riding with a group from the North Norfolk harriers near Queen Elizabeth is Christmas Retreat mansion at Sandringham in Norfolk on the North sea coast. The Hunt master Ray Bradbury said the killing of the two animals was inadvertent. A the hares popped up in the Middle of the hounds by Accident. And they were gobbled up a Bradbury said adding a a it a not the killing we savor. Its the but animal rights activists such As Marilyn Watson said any sport that Al lows for the killing of animals is wrong. A this is a horrible Way for animals to die a Watson said. A Prince Charles has no feelings for animals. It makes a nonsense of him claiming he is a conservationist a Hunting has been a traditional pastime of British monarchs and their families for centuries dating Back to the time before the Norman invasion of 1066, when mounted horsemen chased Deer. In recent years however the sight of Royalty Hunting and shooting has become a controversial subject in Britain
