Everything About European Refugee Protests since 2013
By admin
We put together our talks with people who were stucked behind the border in Idomeni. In the summer 2016 there were more than 10000 people stucked behind the border as the Greek government closed the border under the pressure of Germany. People occupied the rail way protesting for opening of borders. They have got attacked several times by Greek and Maccedonian armies.
From:: Berlin
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Halloliebe Freund*innen, sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
wir, Refugee Struggle forFreedom, sind eine selbst organisierter Gruppe, die aus Non-Citizens aus verschiedenen Ländern besteht. Die verschiedenen Situationen in unserenHeimatländern waren Gründen unsere Heimat zu verlassen und Geflüchtete zuwerden.
Doch hier in Deutschlandhören unsere Probleme leider nicht auf, sondern neue kommen dazu. Wir haben inder Vergangenheit viele Treffen und Proteste organisiert und nun wollen wireinmal mehr einen großen Non-Citizens-Protest organisieren. Die genauen Pläne dazu, sollen ineinem Treffen von Non-Citizens am 6. und 7. September 2016 in München entschiedenwerden. Gerade besuchen wir mit unseren Ressourcen und Möglichkeiten Lager, um möglichst viele Non-Citizens zu erreichen undzu unserem Treffen einzuladen.
Protestekosten eine Menge Geld und wir haben keine
Möglichkeit ohne finanzielleUnterstützung unsere Stimmen gegen Abschiebungen, Repressionen undunmenschliche Gesetze auf die Straße zu bringen. Daher bitten wir euch alle umUnterstützung, damit wir unsere Ideen umsetzen und ein friedliches Lebenbeginnen können.
ImAnhang finden sie einen Spendenaufruf mit der Bitte um Unterstützung und Weiterleitung. Bitte unterstützt unserenProtest. Denn wir sind alle gleich. Wir sind alle Menschen. Und wir allesollten in Freiheit leben und Bewegungsfreiheit sowie Demonstrationsfreiheithaben.
Liebe Grüße in Solidarität
Refugee Struggle forFreedom
Bankverbindung:
GLSGemeinschaftsbank
RefugeeStruggle for Freedom
BIC:GENODEM1GLS
IBAN:DE 97 4306 0967 8229 1322 00
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Dear friends, dear ladies and gentlemen,
we Refugee Struggle for Freedom are a …read more
From:: Berlin
By palme43
Last Thursday, 25 August 2016, Italy has started sending migrants back to Sudan on special chartered flights, with 48 suadenes refugees already deported.
Sudanese and Italian authorities are working together to tackle the so-called migrant crisis. This deportation is clearly part of the cooperation between the Sudanese dictatorship regime and the EU, which was started a long time ago with “Khartoum process” http://www.aedh.eu/The-Khartoum-Process-a-new-step-in.html
And at the same time the whole world knows that President Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir is wanted for war crimes and crimes against humanity be the International Criminal Court (ICC) and is abusing human rights on all levels. Amnesty International says about the human rights situation in Sudan 2015/16: “The authorities repressed the media, civil society organisations and opposition political parties, severely curtailing freedoms of expression, association and assembly. Armed conflict in Darfur, South Kordofan and Blue Nile states continued to cause mass displacement and civilian casualties; human rights abuses were perpetrated by all parties to these conflicts. Government forces destroyed civilian buildings, including schools, hospitals and clinics in conflict areas, and obstructed humanitarian access to civilians needing support because of the ongoing hostilities.” (https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/africa/sudan/report-sudan/) And after all that, we see that Italy and the EU are working …read more
From:: Berlin
By consensusdecisionmaking Comment (presque) provoquer une émeute, ou la police française dans la Jungle Mardi dernier la police de Calais a créé un dangereux mouvement en mettant de l’huile sur le feu pour faire s’embraser les violences dans un moment déjà très tendu sur la Jungle. Si les violences éclatent, l’Etat aurant du sang sur les […] …read more
From:: calaismigrantsolidarity
By admin
Two years ago more than 150 people made a political march to pass european borders, asking for change in EU Asylum policies. They write:
We decided to organize a European caravan which will go from the largest numberof European countries towards Brussels (Belgium), where the European institutionsare settled. Showing that we don’t respect the borders they impose us, holding usprisonners of the states borders and in the lagers, we will exercise our basic right offreedom of movement and adress our demands directly where the decisions comefrom.We have a dream :– Freedom of movement and of residence for all asylum seekers,– Stop the Dublin trap and the obligatory residence in Lagers throughout Europe– Permanent documents without criteria (not depending on working contractsor individual state prosecution)– Stop the imprisonment and deportation of migrants– Same working conditions for all– Same political, social and cultural rights for all: right to study and to work– Stop the European imperialist policies: no more free trade treaties and NATO wars– Abolish Frontex, Eurosur and other anti-migration policies and measures
From:: Berlin
Our guests in the studio today:
Alnour, El Tayib, Amdi and Younous from the occupied school on Ohlauer Strasse in Kreuzberg.
Last week the district announced again the eviction of the occupied school on Ohlauer Strasse and we invited our friends and neighbors, who are living in the school since 3 years to hear their opinion about this late rumors.
Ohlauer Strasse Social Center 4 All is here to stay!
Any support is most welcome, especially personal support in solidarity like accompagnying people to the authorities but money donations, hygienic articles and clothes are always needed as well. You’re most welcome if you can provide any of these; please write to:
wabf.eradio@gmail.com
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Unsere Gäste im Studio heute:
Alnour, El Tayib, Amdi und Younous aus der besetzten Schule in der Ohlauer Str in Kreuzberg.Letzte Woche wurde vom Bezirk erneut die Räumung der besetzten Schule in der Ohlauer Str angekündigt und wir haben unsere Freunde und Nachbarn, die dort seit 3 Jahren wohnen eingeladen um ihre Meinung über diese jüngsten Gerüchte zu hören.
Ohlauer Strasse Social Center 4 All bleibt!
Jede Unterstützung ist sehr willkommen; vor allem wird solidarische Unterstützung gebraucht für Behördengänge und dergleichen aber auch Geldspenden, Hygieneartikel und Kleider sind wichtig. Wenn ihr helfen …read more
From:: Berlin
By azadi
Deutzer Werft, 50679 Köln
Samstag, 3. September 10:00 – 16:00
Gemeinsame Erklärung vom Europäischen Rat für Frieden und Demokratie (ABDEM), Plattform der Demokratischen Kräfte, Vereinigte Juni-Bewegung, Kongress der Völker -Europa (HDK-A), 25.08.2016
From:: Karawan
By consensusdecisionmaking How to (nearly) incite a riot: Lessons from the French police in the Jungle On Tuesday the Calais police made a dangerous move to fuel violence in an already-tense moment in the Jungle. If violence erupts, the state will have the blood on their hands. For now, the communities in the Jungle have refused to […] …read more
From:: calaismigrantsolidarity
By No Border NetworkNo Border Network overgenomen van Indymedia: Afgelopen nacht heeft actiegroep Sloop De Deportatiemachine! een bezoek gebracht aan de woning van Rhodia Maas, directrice van de Dienst Terugkeer en Vertrek in Den Haag, Columbusstraat 92. De actiegroep heeft daar rode verf aangebracht op deur, ramen en gevel om de directrice eraan te herinneren dat ze bloed aan haar handen “sdadasdf” …read more
From:: Netherlands
beleuchtet nicht nur die Entstehungsgeschichte des bundesweit größten Kolonialviertels, in dem sich Deutschlands jahrzehntelanges Streben nach Weltherrschaft spiegelt. Er thematisiert auch den problematischen Umgang mit Kolonialismus und Rassismus in der Gegenwart.
Der Rundgang wird von der Germanistin Dr. Marie Onana und der Spoken Word Künstlerin Lahya Aukongo durchgeführt.
Die Teilnahmegebühr für die Rundgänge beträgt 8 Euro. Eine Anmeldung ist nicht erforderlich.
Die Veranstaltung wird in Kooperation mit Berlin Postkolonial e. V. durchgeführt.
From:: Berlin
Solidarity – event for a refugee-activist
Taste Cameroonian politics
when? Friday – 02/09/2016
where? at K9 – Kinzigstr. 9, U – Samariterstr.
Time 19.00 Cameroonian meal Kifa (Kitchen for all)
20.00 film & discussion with Cameroonian activists
– economic crises, riots & impacts on
feminist/gay movements in Cameroon –
22.00 Paarty
* Karacho Rabaukin – global sounds
* von Raben – Krabat Diy
* Monty Cantsin – bass/jackin house
Entrée Donation ! 
free for Refugees
From:: Berlin
By thevoicejena
Das muss man immer wieder feststellen: Auch Polizist*innen sind Rassist*innen!
From:: Karawan
By consensusdecisionmaking Règle numéro un pour les toilettes : frappe toujours avant d’essayer d’ouvrir la porte. Prie pour que ce que tu trouves derrière la porte ne déborde pas. Tiens la porte pour te protéger du vent et des autres personnes. Laisse traîner tes mains le moins possible. Retiens ta respiration. Couvre ton visage avec tout ce […] …read more
From:: calaismigrantsolidarity
By consensusdecisionmaking Rule number one for the portable toilets: Always knock before opening the door. Pray that what you find behind the door is not too overwelming. Hold the door to be protected from wind and other people. Touch as little as possible. Hold your breath. Cover your face with whatever you can. Rule number 1 for […] …read more
From:: calaismigrantsolidarity
By admin
One Berlin-based newspaper, however, wants to change how the migrant crisis is covered in print, and it’s doing so by giving the platform to the refugees themselves. In a letter from the editors, Daily Resistance explains it’s a publication that’s “fighting against a system of politicians, media, and capitalists that is based on dehumanizing laws that criminalize and instrumentalize people.” Rooted in political activism, the newspaper upholds and reiterates the demands of the refugee movement: abolish all lagers (refugee camps), end the German policy of residenzpflicht (which requires refugees to stay within certain boundaries), stop all deportations, and allow refugees to work and study. Articles are written by refugees situated in the camps, as well as by members from activist groups around Europe. The paper is eventually printed in different languages that cater to its readership, including Farsi, Arabic, Turkish, German, French, and English.
Read the full article here:
From:: Berlin
By roeben
WE ARE HERE IS 4
D E M O N S T R A T I O N on FRIDAY 2 september
FESTIVAL & C.O.N.F.E.R.E.N.C.E.
In the beginning of September 2016 WE ARE HERE is FOUR years old. WE ARE 4!
We will demonstrate on Friday the 2nd of September in a march from the Vluchtgemeente to the World Garden of the Protestant Diaconie, where it all started.
WE CAN’T GO (BACK) WIJ GAAN NIET WEG
The march starts at 10 a.m. from Pieter Calandlaan 1, to Vluchtelingenwerk on Surinameplein, through the Vondelpark, passing by the Vluchtkantoor, on Weteringschans, the IND Office on the Stadhouderskade, the residence of the Mayor on Herengracht, across the Skinny Bridge to the City Hall and we finish at the World Garden of the Diaconie.
WE ARE HERE organizes a cultural festival with speeches, stories, music, performance, dance, food and drinks and exposition of photo’s , art, film , etc. This will give moral support and positive energy to all refugees-on-the-street and show our gratitude to all people who helped us in the last four years.
In the Vluchtgemeente we will talk with everyone who has ideas about the future and is able to help realize these ideas. Where are we now? …read more
From:: Amsterdam
26.08.2016 (Fr) – 20 Uhr – Stadtteilladen Zielona Góra, Grünberger Str. 73, Berlin-F’Hain
Film: Concerning Violence, 2014, English, 89min
The documentary-film combines original film-material from the african liberation movements from the 60s and 70s with extracts from Frantz Fanons “The Wretched of the Earth” (spoken by the rap-musician Lauryn Hill) in a collage of political violence. Directed by Göran Olsson (Sweden), who also was the director of “The Black Power Mixtape”. The black french philosopher and psychiatrist Frantz Fanon wrote his book in 1961 as a radical manifest against colonialisation and for liberation from the rassist colonial context.
From:: Berlin
Am Freitag, 26. August 2016, von 10 – 17 Uhr an der HU in Berlin-Mitte.
From:: Berlin
By admin
Some of our friends who where active in the Balkan route and in the Greece last year has wrote a self-reflection about the German activists who travelled there. Mixing the words Volunteering and Turism and also Solidarity and Holiday we come to the terms Voluntourism and Holidarity. You can read their text in English and German in the blog:
excerpt from the introduction:
1. Introduction: Man spricht Deutsch on the ‘Balkanroute’
Summary: Many activists from Germany started going to the ‚Balkanroute‘ during last summer to support migrants– it seemed like a new trend. After our own trips to the ‚Balkanroute‘, we wanted to reflect more about the connection between this kind of activism and our own privileges. On the one hand, direct signs of political solidarity with migrants1 seemed important. On the other hand, we realized that sometimes our presence and activities stabilized our privileges and the system of white supremacy.
Heading from Belgrade Eastwards to the Croatian border. Stopover in Adaševci, the gas station where most of the migrants are waiting for hours, before continuing their journey by train. While searching for a parking lot for our van, we recognize two other vans: German license plates, …read more
From:: Berlin
Solidarity also with Ragip Zarakolu, Asli Erdogan, Eren Keskin and Filiz Koçali
Daily Özgür Gündem, which has been shut down by court order, has been released as a special four-page edition carrying the headline “We will not give in”. The daily, published in solidarity, appeared in newsstands as a special edition of Atılım newspaper. On the back page, it was captioned “You cannot silence us” with photos of the daily’s workers.In the editorial article issued on the first page, following phrases were used: “We call all of our friends to repel this attack directed at our daily, and we call our people to look out for their newspaper and free press. We are repeating our unhesitant firm stance, which we have maintained against the February 28 coup that the Islamist media had remained silent about. We persist to stand against the [July 15] coup attempt. We will stand against AKP (Justice and Development Party) coup as well. We’ve never remained silent, you will not be able to silence us.”
EFJ: Özgür Gündem shut down and journalists houses raided
Özgur Gündem is the latest opposition newspaper in Turkey to be forcibly shut down following …read more
From:: Berlin
By beatingborders Still a lot of people try their luck for reaching Europe through Morocco. Although the majority of the travellers are subsaharan, there are more and more people from Morocco and Algeria as well who take the way via the street of Gibraltar these months. Repression, raids and ” hot refoulments by military, the police and the […] …read more
From:: Marocco
By beatingborders Toujours autant de candidats à l’exil tentent leur chance pour rejoindre l’Europe par le Maroc. Même si la majorité de ces voyageurs restent des subsaharien(ne)s, force est de constater que cette route migratoire par le détroit de Gibraltar est de plus en plus empruntée par des Maghrébins (Maroc et Algérie) ces mois. Les répressions, les […] …read more
From:: Marocco
Facebook-Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1783711758510106/
Twitter-Nachricht: https://twitter.com/OuryJalloh/status/765328822354997248
https://initiativeouryjalloh.wordpress.com/
mailto:initiative-ouryjalloh@so36.net
Pressekontakt mobil: +49 176 – 99 621 504
https://www.facebook.com/Das-war-Mord-223847517774985/
https://twitter.com/OuryJalloh
AUFRUF ZU DEUTSCHLANDWEITEN MAHNWACHEN
anlässlich der neuen „Transparenz“-Offensive der Dessauer Staatsanwaltschaft
am 18.08.2016 ab 11:00 Uhr mit Brandversuchen
am sächsischen Institut für Brand- und Löschforschung in Schmiedeberg, wo die Staatsanwaltschaft das Brandgeschehen nachstellen lassen will.
Hintergrund: Am 26.7.2016 hat die Staatsanwaltschaft Dessau-Roßlau die Anwältinnen der Familie kurzfristig über die geplante Durchführung eines Brandversuches am 18.8.2016 informiert und eine formelle Einladung zur persönlichen Teilnahme ausgesprochen. Da diese „Einladung“ außer der Anmerkung „zur Nachstellung des Zellenbrandes am 7.1.2005“ keinerlei konkrete Informationen zu Fragestellungen, Versuchsplanung und -durchführung oder zum Auswertungsdesign enthielt und der Termin im Übrigen – entgegen üblicher Gewohnheit – vorher nicht abgestimmt wurde, erging am 1.8.2016 ein dringliches Antwortschreiben des Rechtsbeistandes der Familie an die Staatsanwaltschaft, in welchem die Nebenklagevertreterin Gabriele Heinecke die Verlegung des Termins beantragte. Frau Heinecke befindet sich zu dem Termin im Urlaub. Da hierauf keine Reaktion erfolgte, baten die Rechtsbeistände der Familie per Eilantrag am 08.08.2016 erneut um die Darlegung konkreter Informationen zum Brandversuch sowie um eine Verschiebung des Termins.
Am 11. August 2016 veröffentlichte der Pressesprecher der StAW Dessau-Roßlau, StA Olaf Braun eine Pressemitteilung an jene Pressevertreter*innen, die zum „ergebnisoffenen …read more
From:: Berlin
The U.S. is moving towards war against Eritrea, a fiercely independent African nation of only six million people. Washington has deployed its UN “human rights” proxies to justify another “humanitarian” military intervention, remarkably like the UN-sanctioned aggression against Libya, in 2011. The UN panel charges Eritrea with “enslaving” and murdering its own people – a pack of imperial lies. Obama is set to add another war to his bloody legacy.
“Eritrea’s fierce independence has put it in imperialism’s crosshairs.”
The United States is methodically setting the stage for a so-called “humanitarian” military intervention against the small northeast African nation of Eritrea, under legal pretexts much like those used to justify NATO’s war of regime change against Libya, in 2011. As in Libya, the U.S. has hijacked the United Nations human rights apparatus to claim a “responsibility to protect” (R2P) Eritrea’s citizens from alleged abuses by their own government. War and regime change are the intended result.
Washington engineered UN sanctions against Eritrea, beginning in 2009, on the patently bogus charge that Eritrea’s determinedly secular government provided “political, financial and logistical support” to Islamist Shabaab fighters in Somalia. Islamic jihadism is anathema to Eritrea, whose population of six million on the shores of …read more
From:: Berlin
By thevoicejena
Appeal for Public donation and to participants of refugee-migrants meeting this week in Hamburg
“We are are coming to you” – The refugee community needs you!
Important NOTICE! For participants of refugee-migrants meeting this week in Hamburg on Thursday, 18. till Friday,19.08.2016.
From:: Karawan
Please help us spread the statement of people from the solidarity
squat Ορφανοτροφείο in regards to the eviction of our squat in
Thessaloniki last week. Police raided and evicted the house in the early
hours of Wednesday arrested the people and afterwards transported all
non-European comrades to a military camp 45 minutes outside of the city,
meanwhile 4 European comrades are faced with a trial tomorrow.
This was my home
This was home for me and my children And for thirty more families
and many other people. We were living like one family, and we came from
all over the world It was our school, it was our culture. It embraced
our different opinions and beliefs. It was the real helping hand for
everyone. Freedom of speech and expression existed there in the full
sense of the term.
The main aim of this place was to bring together and unite all human
ideas and practices in order to serve the weak and the oppressed and
support the dispossessed. And just when we thought we were at last safe,
that we were in the right place, European governments that claim to
support justice and equality and not sectarianism and authoritarianism
and that allegedly stand for freedom and democracy decided that we don’t
deserve to live in peace. They decided we …read more
From:: Berlin
TOGETHER WE STAND – UNITED WE’LL WIN
TOUCH ONE – TOUCH ALL
The Public Prosecution Office of Dessau is going to perform on
re-enactment of the fire of January 7th, 2005 in Saxony:
Date: August 18th 2016
Place: Institute of Fire – and extinguishing research,
Altenberger Straße 64,
01744 Dippoldiswalde, OT Schmiedeberg
Time: 11 am
… together with invited press media.
Google Maps Oury Jalloh family – his father and brother – do not want the re-enactment to take place with public media coverage like a showcase of a prosecution did Prevented justice from being served for so many years prosecution is hiding from the incidental attorneys and fooling the public by denying mainstream answers to the most central evidence of the case: . There was no lighter at hand in police cell No 5 at the time of the Initiative in Remembrance of Oury Jalloh is calling into the Black and Refugee and Migrants communities to join in German-wide vigils as to show critical attention to the manipulation of public opinion and pervertion of justice! Organize local vigils as from 11 am in public places and spaces as to power up our demand did justice needs to be served – not only in the case of Oury Jalloh but …read more
From:: Berlin
Die Flüchtlings-Community braucht euch!
Review on Break Deportation Culture – Deportation is criminal and we
fight to stop it!
http://thevoiceforum.org/node/4210
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Deutsch:
Hamburg: „Wir kommen zu euch“ – Die Flüchtlings-Community braucht euch!
Foto vom Flüchtlings-Community-Treffen in Berlin vom 08. July
http://thevoiceforum.org/node/4212
Das Protokoll des Treffens der Flüchtlings-Community mit Aktivist_innen
von THE VOICE Refugee Forum in Jena, am Samstag, dem 30.07.2016:
http://thevoiceforum.org/node/4211
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Regular meetings will continue:
Appeal For Urgent Donation Needed:
Please support us by public donation to inspire self-organized movement
of refugees in Germany
Die regelmäßigen Treffen werden weitergehen.
Dringender Aufruf für Spenden
Betreff/Code: Refugee Activism“
The VOICE e. V
Sparkasse Göttingen
Kontonummer: 127829
BLZ: 260 500 01
IBAN: DE97 2605 0001 0000 1278 29
BIC: NOLADE21GOE
From:: Berlin
Spread the word - Bitte Weiterleiten -
(Text in engl. / german - Please translate to others - Bitte für andere
übersetzen)KUNDGEBUNG / MANIFESTATION at OranienPLATZ - Berlin
Welcoming WOMEN IN EXILE ON TOUR2016
SATURDAY 13.08.2016
15.00 – 19.00 UHR / 3 – 7 P.M.
Women in Exile & Friends are finishing their Summer Bus Tour 2016 in Berlin. Since 25th of July they have been visiting refugee women all over the country to fight for their rights and against the discrimination they face as women and as refugees.
Berlin's welcoming group for Women in Exile invites you to the rally when they arrive in Berlin!PROGRAM:
- Statement from Women in Exile
- Some words from supporters
- Photo exhibition from the tour
- Madalenas/Kuringa: Theatre of the Oppressed
- Las puchachitas - feminist Son Jarocho
- FootballAT 6 P.M. DEMONSTRATION: OPLATZ - MARIANNENPLATZ
“WE ARE GETTING LOUDER AND LOUDER! ABOLISH ALL LAGERS!”
(This has been the slogan of the Women in Exile Summer Bus Tour 2016.)Women in Exile & Friends kommen zum Abschluss ihrer Bustour 2016 nach Berlin. Seit dem 25. Juli haben sie geflüchtete Frauen im ganzen Land besucht und sie ermutigt, für ihre Rechte und gegen Diskriminierungen zu kämpfen.
Die Berliner Willkommensgruppe lädt Euch ein:
Kommt und begrüßt ...read more
From:: Berlin
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