On September 23rd 2005 the Dutch version of the book about Maartens case was presented. The English version of the book has been released in August 2006. Both the versions can be ordered through the support group (info@steunmaarten.org), and will cost ¤ 9,90 including a DVD with short movies. The English book can also be ordered on bruna.nl and amazon.com If you would like to help with the foreign distribution of the book, please contact us.
The book contains the story of Maartens trip to Gothenburg, his arrest, expulsion and the request for extradition. It is about the court cases and actions, the difficulties Maarten experiences during the 3 year wait and the trial in Sweden. It is a story about the miscarriages of justice in Sweden, the dangers of the new European extradition treaty and of the experiences of Maartens support group, his family and friends.

A long documentary about Maartens case will have its premiere at the Gothenburg Film Festival 2005, the film will be shown on Friday 27 January, 19.30 hrs, Saturday 28 January, 17.30 hrs and Saturday 4 February, 12.30 hrs.
A link to the trailer can be found here
www.dezaakblok.info

swedish; Stöd Maarten

Maarten was released after it was conclusively proved he was innocent

In the morning of June 14, 2001, a European Summit began in Sweden, in the city of Gothenburg. Maarten had arrived in the city the previous night and had the bad luck to have chosen a place to sleep in a school provided by the city council that on that morning was surrounded by the police for a mass arrest of all the people (more than 450) who happened to be in that place at that time. He was arrested and deported to the Netherlands.

About four months later, he received notification from a Swedish group supporting those who had been charged after the European Summit; there was supposedly an international arrest warrant for him for severe disorder and violence against a police officer, after some research it turned out that this warrant did in fact exist.

Although the case was hardly supported, although there we had sufficient evidence of Maarten's innocence (video recordings and witnesses) and although all other 'foreigner' cases had been transferred to their own countries, Maarten still was extradited and faced trial in Sweden . He lost his courtcase about the extradition, and the minister of Justice minister Donner made his final decision, to extradite. Maarten was handed over to Swedish authorities on the 1st of September 2004, to undergo a almost certain unfair trial in Gothenburg.

On the second day of the trial, police officers were confronted with new photo's, which proved their contempt of court; as they had been lying the day before.

After Maarten's ordeal for the last 3 years a critical review of the 'political' trials in Gothenburg is in order.