The source of the following article is the petition in change.org: (https://www.change.org/p/european-court-of-human-rights-free-nour-al-sameh) as well as the picture which is taken from this petition too.
Cases of state repression against refugees arriving with boats on greek islands by criminalizing their act of eventually conducting a boat as human trafficking as written below, are no single cases. It is a systematicly policy of deterrence and arbitrariness. We want to make these cases visible. Nour is an exemplary case for this:
Free Nour Al-sameh!
Nour Al-Sameh is 29 years old ٍSyrian who is unjustly imprisoned in Greece for 4 years now because he flee to Europe for refuge. Just like the Captain of the Sea-Watch Carola Rackete, he acted to save the lives of people on a boat in the Aegean Sea who would otherwise have drowned in the water.
Nour studied Business Management in Syria, he fled his country due to persecution and war that burst in. He stayed in Turkey in an unbearable situation without shelter or job until he managed to leave Turkey, in July 29th 2015. The only possibility for him to seek refuge in Europe was crossing the Aegean Sea in small sailing boat. He was the only person on the boat who could speak English, when the boat was about to sink he called for help using the walky-talky on the boat.
People on the boat were taken by The Greek coast guards accompanied by military forces (according to Nour,this forces were in military uniform, and he thinks that they were speaking in German)
The boat was taken to the harbor of Perya Island in Greece, he was handed to the Greek coast guards. Being blindfolded and handcuffed, Nour was beaten, insulted and humiliated by the Greek police.
He was accused with Human Trafficking and sentenced for 315 years and a fine of 3150000 Euros in June 2016. Similar cases have shown that the court counts prison year by the number of people on the boat. With the support of his friends he managed to get a lawyer and appeal against this decision in November 2017, the judge of Perya court dismissed the appeal. In another attempt for justice Nour’s lawyer brought the case to the highest court in Greece, the Supreme Court, to win the opportunity for an appeal and to explain his story properly. Since the hearing in the Supreme Court in February 2019 Nour is waiting for an answer on his claim.
Nour’s case is not an exception. Many refugees have been criminalized, arrested and are currently detained in Greek prisons simply because they were fleeing. The Legal Center Lesvos has documented https://legalcentrelesvos.org/category/news/).
“The individuals charged are denied the basic rights to a fair trial, guaranteed under Article 6 of the European Convention of Human Rights, as they are routinely denied adequate interpretation, are denied a fair hearing, and convictions are based on the sole fact that the individual was driving the boats attempting to reach Europe from Turkey” In Nour’s case it was simply making a call to ask for help. The Christian Peacemaker Team also documented a trial against refugees concluding
“No one in the courtroom supported the business of human smuggling of refugees—making immense profits by charging huge prices for transporting refugees in very dangerous conditions, usually crowding too many people in unsafe boats, often not giving them life jackets that actually work, or not putting enough fuel in the motor to reach the shore of the Greek island. It’s a horrendous crime against these vulnerable and desperate people. But the people being tried in this courtroom were not the people running these illegal businesses and getting rich.”
We are happy to tell you that 4 years after the brutal attack of the Hungarian state on the protests after the closing of the Roeszke border crossing and the arrests of the eleven people, the so called Roeszke 11, the last person Ahmed H. was finally able to leave the country to Cyprus, back to his family, on the 28th of September 2019.
After several years in prison and through the court instances, the Hungarian state ignored the European wide protests and convicted Ahmed in a fake trial of “terrorism” to prison for 5 years in the end in 2018. Since January 2019 he we was meant to be released from prison but had to stay in deportation detention as Cyprus didn`t want to let him return to his family there.
We wish Ahmed and his family all the best! Thanks to all people supporting Ahmed and his family and the Roeszke 11 – solidarity will win! Lets fight injustice and the border regime!
The Cyprian government denies Ahmed’s return to his family
Today four years have passed since the “Röszke riot”, the attack of the
Hungarian riot police and TEK (counter-terrorism unite) on protesting
migrants against borders and limitation of freedom of movement in
September 2015. During and after this riot eleven people were arrested
and later faced a court trial.
Ahmed H., one of the arrested eleven people was convicted for terrorism
and sentenced first to 10, than to 7 and on the last court instance to 5
years prison.
On the 19th of January 2019 he was supposed to get released on parole,
after he finished two third of his sentence. But instead of returning
home, he was transferred to the immigration prison in Nyirbátor, in the
east of Hungary. He was waiting for months there for Cyprus to renew his
visa, which expired during the time he spent in prison . He used to live
in Cyprus before his arrest for more than ten years together with his
wife and children. He left the country and ended at Hungarian-Serbian
border, because he accompanied his parents from Syria to Europe.
Although the authorities promised him that he can return home with his
renewed visa after the administration procedure is over, after months of
waiting he learnt, that the government of Cyprus refused his return. The
interior ministry of Cyprus stated that he is a security threat and
cannot get visa.
There is apparently no state willing to let Ahmed enter, so he remains
trapped in the Hungarian jail. In the last months we could not publish
anything about the case because his family did not want to go public
with this further developments until now. We were silent, but we did not
disappear.
During the trial, there was very strong criticism against the Hungarian
state. The liberal media, international organisations, and even the EU
parliament were accusing Hungary of not respecting european values.
Cyprus’ refusal to renew Ahmed’s visa prove, that his situation is not
exclusively the
fault of an ‘undemocratic’, ‘dictatorial’ regime. The racist
anti-immigrant and anti-terrorist
discourse is an essential part of the idea of ‘Europe’ and the european
border regime,
that all european states follow.
This is a call for solidarity actions targeting this time the Cyprian
state and its institutions. A strong international public pressure is
needed for Ahmed’s release and return home. The government of Cyprus has
to let him join his family again and be finally free from the
imprisonment! Spread the news, spread solidarity!
Let us not forget the prisoners of the Fortress!
Freedom for Ahmed H.!
Interview zur Situation der “smuggling cases” – zuerst veröffentlicht von dm aegean:
Not only European sea rescue organizations are criminalized. Hundreds of migrants seeking protection in Europe are immediately arrested after their arrival by boat on the Greek Islands. They are accused of human smuggling.
The police is looking for the people who were driving the boat. These people are either refugees who could not afford their journey in a rubber dinghy and accept to steer the boat or Turkish citizen not knowing the risk they occur.
One trial against a “smuggler” lasts less than half an hour. In nearly all cases, the accused migrants are found guilty. Their average sentence is about 44 years in prison that is to be served for about 19 years. The average fines imposed are over 370.000 Euros.
Artikel zuerst veröffentlicht von dm aegean und V.H.
The following short report is based on data collected by the organization Christian Peacemaker Teams Lesvos (CPT-Lesvos) who has been monitoring smuggling trials since 2014. All graphs have been made by CPT-Lesvos. An in-depth analysis of the data collected will be published in autumn 2019.
Criminalizing Migration and Escape Aid
Many people who reach the Greek islands in rubber dinghies have been travelling for months or years to find freedom and safety in the European Union. But surviving the crossing of the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece does not mean that they eventually reached safety.
On the Greek hotspot islands, some migrants are regularly arrested from their boats and directly detained and accused of human smuggling. The European Union claims:
“Fighting and preventing human smuggling and trafficking is one of the priorities of the European Union and crucial to address irregular migration in a comprehensive way.”
Jamil from Afghanistan (name changed) experienced what this means. He was sentenced to 90 years in prison of which he will have to serve 25 years and was also convicted to a 13,000 Euro penalty. Jamil was captured driving a refugee boat from Greece to Lesvos. He could not afford to pay for his wife’s and his own journey, so he accepted the offer from the smuggler who asked him to drive the boat and return to get a free ride with his wife. He did not know that driving a boat would be considered a crime. While his wife now lives in Germany, he is still imprisoned – he appealed the court decision but was again convicted.
His example shows that the maxim of fighting human smuggling is not only used to criminalize civilian sea rescue as in the cases of the recent accusations against the captain of the Sea Watch 3 and the crew of the rescue boat Iuventa. It however impacts people who do not hold European passports much more directly. Many of them come as refugees themselves, intending to seek asylum in Europe. While European sea rescuers have so far only been accused for crimes but not convicted, hundreds of migrants have been sentenced to decades in prison with excessive charges.
Arresting “smugglers”
The organization Christian Peacemaker Teams Lesvos (CPT-Lesvos) has been monitoring the smuggling trials since 2014. They found that most of the people accused of smuggling are Turkish citizens and some of them migrants from other countries seeking protection in Europe. All people arrested are male. CPT-Lesvos member Rûnbîr Serkepkanî explains:
“What is common among most of them is that they are poor, they are students, they are migrants who couldn’t afford paying for the travel to the Aegean islands. (…) If you are a Turkish citizen – we have many migrants who are Turkish who have applied for asylum here in Greece – you are automatically accused of being the smuggler or the driver of the boat.”
Rûnbîr Serkepkanî, CPT-Lesvos, March 2019
Dariusz Firla from CPT-Lesvos describes how people labelled as “smugglers” are often identified:
“When the Coast Guard or FRONTEX pick up refugees at sea, they usually ask directly: “Who drove the boat?”. Sometimes people even say, “That was me,” because they don’t know it’s a crime. In some cases, it is simply a matter of refugees who paid less and drive the boat for this, but often it is Turks from poor regions who, for example, had no work and were hired by the smugglers for some pocket money to go and return the boat. Sometimes they are beaten bloody after their arrest until they arrive at the port.”
Dariusz Firla, CPT Lesvos, June 2017
The Greek Coast Guards in the port of Mytilene, Lesvos. Photo: March 2018
CPT-Lesvos interviewed Tarek (name changed) from Syria who has been detained in Chios prison for 14 months. He explained: “I was beaten from the moment I was arrested at sea until arriving at the police station. I was bleeding.”
After their arrest, people are held in pre-trial detention. CPT-Lesvos found that migrants are on average detained for 7 months before their first trial. There were also cases where the trial was postponed twice, leading to 29 months of pre-detention.
A farce of a court case
One of the major problems in court is a shocking lack of deep processing. CPT-Lesvos timed the duration of 28 trials and found that the average duration of an individual trial was only 28.5 minutes, while the average duration of a joint trial was 43 minutes. Obviously, this makes a thorough investigation of the question of guilt impossible. Furthermore, the translation within the trials is extremely poor.
Table 1: Duration of Trials
In many cases, the defendants are sentenced even if there is hardly any evidence against them. Dariusz Firla explains:
“Sometimes there is only the Coast Guard as witness. For the judges, it can be sufficient if the witness identifies the defendant as the driver of the boat. In one case, the Coast Guard even stated that he had not been present at the rescue operation himself, but that his colleague had told him that the defendant was guilty.”
Dariusz Firla, CPT Lesvos, June 2017
On top of the lack of deep processing by the judges, the quality of the court-appointed lawyers poses a major problem, especially since most lawyers are only appointed at the day of the trial and have no means to do any investigation for the defence. Sometimes, state or private lawyers also do not appear before the court, as in the case of Tarek (name changed), who had spent 14 months in pre-trial detention. Tarek’s family sold whatever they could to pay for a Greek lawyer, but the lawyer failed to show up on the day of the trial and he was sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Life long sentences
In nearly all cases, the accused migrants are found guilty of human smuggling and in some cases also of entry to Greece without permission and disobedience. Rûnbîr Serkepkanî states:
“The punishment of people who are accused with or charged with smuggling is higher than murder in Greece. So it is more serious to drive a boat which carries migrants to the Greek islands than murdering people.”
Rûnbîr Serkepkanî, CPT-Lesvos, March 2019
The sentences are calculated adding factors such as the number of people transported, transport without life vests, and if their lives were put in danger (e.g. through capsizing of the boat), which is why the sentence can exceed 100 years. Since the maximum period of factual imprisonment in Greece is 25 years, the sentences is then reduced accordingly. In some cases, mitigating circumstances are taken into account, reducing the penalty to about ten years. Sometimes the deportation of the convicted person is ordered directly after the release. In fact, looking at 41 cases between 2016 and 2017, CPT-Lesvos found that the average sentence of the trials they monitored was about 44 years in prison with an expected actual duration in prison of about 19 years. In addition, there are huge fines imposed, on average more than 370.000 Euros.
Charge
Average Sentence (41 cases)
Average time the sentence is to be served(41 cases)
(1) human smuggling (illegal transportation in order to earn money)
48 years
18 years
(1) human smuggling (illegal transportation in order to earn money) (2) entry to Greece without permission
51 years
19 years
(1) human smuggling (illegal transportation in order to earn money) (2) entry to Greece without permission (3) disobedience
32 years
19.5 years
Table 3: Sentence and incarceration Table 4: Sentence, Incarceration and Money Penalty
The European incarceration of the marginalized
The necessity to prevent human smuggling has been normalized in the European Union. Arrests are supported by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency FRONTEX and hardly any politician would question the necessity to prevent human smuggling at the EU external borders. The actions of the Greek state and courts are either tacitly supported or ignored.
The EU Commission, FRONTEX and interior ministries tend to mention the need to fight human smuggling in one breath with the necessity to save lives and ensure protection of humans. This was especially made possible through the convergence of discourses around human trafficking, human smuggling and escape aid.[4] The EU claims:
“While trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling are two different crimes subject to different legal frameworks they are closely interlinked.”
Trafficking and smuggling may overlap in some cases, however, they are in fact two completely different issues. Trafficking is a forced transfer of people, connected to kidnapping, exploitation and modern slavery, while human smuggling is a response on the restrictive border policies preventing even refugees to be able to cross borders in a legal way.
For the majority of the worldwide population, there is no safe passage and no legal way to enter an EU country and seek asylum or receive a working visa. People are forced to embark on illegalized deadly routes and have no other option but to use the service of facilitators that are in many cases excessively overpriced and risky. The facilitation of people’s journeys is illegalized even if their right to stay is approved through an asylum decision afterwards. Destroying smuggling networks will not save lives – people rely on them to save their own lives.
As the example of Greece shows, the people who are arrested in the fight against human smuggling are exactly those already suffering most from the EU border policies. In many cases, they had no choice and are themselves seeking protection. The anti-smuggling policies at the external border of Greece only hit the smallest link in a chain. Since people often have neither information on the risks they undergo nor a choice, these policies do not even have a deterring effect and only follow a senseless ideology of punishment. Without any need, the lives of marginalized people are destroyed in devastating ways. It is migrants and refugees seeking protection – unheard and without any lobby – who have to pay with their lives and dreams for these misguided and inhumane European policies.
“Aufstehn, ihr Toten! Heute besetzen wir das Panthéon, wir, die EinwandererInnen ohne Papiere, BewohnerInnen der (Not-) Unterkünfte, MieterInnen der Straße. Wir haben keine Papiere, keine Stimme, kein Gesicht für die französiche Republik. Wir kommen zusammen auf dem Grab eurer großen Männer um eure Schändungen anzuprangern, die der Erinnerung unserer Kameraden, unserer Väter und Mütter, unserer Brüder und Schwestern im Mittelmeer, in der Straßen von Paris, in den Lagern und Gefängnissen. Frankreich fährt fort mit der Skaverei auf andere Art. Unsere Väter sind für Frankreich gestorben. Und die Toten bleiben tot und sollen in Frieden ruhen. Vorgestern haben wir die Grenze angegriffen, indem wir den Air France Terminal im Flughafen Cherles de Gaulle bestzten. Es ist dort, wo die französische Polizei uns in die Flugzeuge nach Algier, Dakr, Khartum, Bamako oder Kabul verfrachtet hat. Von dort ist Djiby deportiert worden! Gestern haben wir den Turm von Ellor in La Défence und die Hauptdirektion des Arbeitsamtes besetzt. Wir waren dort um den Chefs, die uns erniedrigen und das Rückgrat brechen, zu sagen: Die Angst hat das Lager gewechselt! Heute fahren wir fort, die Schläge zurückzugeben an den Staat und seinen Rassismus, in Frankreich und in Europa. Wir sind gekommen um unsere Würde zu verteidigen. Wir flehen niemanden mehr an und wir werden unsere Rechte mit der Kraft des Kampfes herausreißen! Wir sind gekommen um euch zu sagen, dass das Motto Frankreichs für die Fremden Erniedrigung, Ausbeutung, Deportation ist. Frankreich für dort Krieg, beutet unsere Ressourcen aus und entscheidet für und mit unseren korrupten Staaten. Frankreich für hier Krieg gegen uns. WIR BESETZEN,
weil es 200 000 freie Wohnungen in Paris gibt, und dabei die Unseren unter den Auffahrten des Périphérique schlafen und das Rathaus gestern die Straßen des Camps Avenue Wilson in Saint Denis eingezäunt hat.
Weil im Lager von Thiais, wie in allen anderen, die Polizei heute morgen die Bewohner bis in ihre Wohnungen verfolgt hat.
Weil wir die Befreiung unserer Schwarzwesten-Kameraden verlangen, die in Verwahrzentren und anderswo gefangen sind.
Für die Abschaffung der Gefängnisse für Fremde! Wir kämpfen nicht nur für Papiere, sonder gegen das System, das die Papierlosen erschafft. Wir werden keinen Bullen oder Schalterbeamten mehr bezahlen um einen Termin zu bekommen. Wir wollen nicht mehr mit dem Innenminister und seinen Präfenkturen verhandeln müssen WIR WOLLEN JETZT MIT DEM MINISTERPÄSITENTEN EDOUARD PHILIIPE SPRECHEN! Wir bleiben hier, bis der letzte von uns seien Papiere bekommt und damit diejenigen, die kommen werden, das Recht zu bleiben bekommen. An alle, die revoltieren, hier, im Sudan oder in Algerien, An unsere Kameraden, an alle, die gegen die Ausbeuter kämpfen, An alle, die glauben, dass kein Mensch illegal ist, An alle, die es leid sind, alle 5 Jahre der extremen Rechten den Riegel vorzuschieben und die überzeugt sind, dass der Kampf gegen den kommenden Rassismuns der Kampf gegen den existierenden Ressisum bedeutet. Papiere und Wohnungen für alle! Bewegungs- und Niederlassungfreiheit! Es lebe der Kampf der Schwarzwesten! Schwarzwesten in den Kampf!“
Friday, July 12th, 700 Gilets Noirs have occupied the Panthéon in Paris reclaiming their rights and were victim of big repression.
Despite several hospital cases, 36 of them were arrested, 19 still being in prison waiting for their deportation. To support them legally they need
to collect 6000 EUR until this night etc. etc., so feel free to support this campaign as much as you can: https://www.lepotcommun.fr/pot/v346wpgn
Les Gilets Noirs cherchent le Premier Ministre !
/Né en Novembre 2018, le mouvement des Gilets Noirs lutte contre
le racisme et pour des papiers pour toutes et tous. Il regroupe
aujourd’hui 50 foyers d’Ile-de-France et des locataires de la rue,
en lutte pour leur dignité./
Vendredi 12 juillet, 700 Gilets Noirs ont occupé le Panthéon pour
revendiquer leurs droits, le droit à la dignité, le droit à avoir des
papiers pour ne plus être chassé.e.s quotidiennement par les flics.
Cette action s’inscrit dans la campagne victorieuse des Gilets Noirs
“Gilets noirs cherchent premier ministre” lancée le 19 mai 2019 par
l’occupation du terminal 2F de l’Aéroport de Roissy-Charles de Gaulle et
l’occupation de la tour Elior à la Défense le 12 juin 2019. Ces deux
premiers coups portés au système raciste d’exploitation des sans-papiers
ont montré que les gilets noirs n’avaient plus peur.
Parce qu’ils et elles revendiquaient ce vendredi, comme ils et elles le
font depuis plusieurs mois la fin de l’humiliation, de la répression, du
racisme, et après plusieurs heures d’occupation du Panthéon et de
négociations en cours avec Matignon, les gilets noirs ont été
brutalement réprimés alors que le commissaire Marsan s’était engagé à
une sortie négociée sans violence et sans contrôle d’identité.
Nassé.e.s à l’arrière du Panthéon, rue Clotilde, et alors que de
nombreux soutiens nous avaient rejoints, dont les député.e.s Danièle
Obono et Eric Coquerel et la sénatrice Esther Benbassa, l’ordre a été
donné de frapper aveuglément et de cibler et rafler un maximum de
camarades sans-papiers. Après quatre charges policières ultra-violentes
dont la dernière a mis à terre plus de quarante personnes blessées, dont
certaines inconscientes dans un état grave, la nasse a pu être libérée.
Les camarades se sont passé.e.s le relais toute la nuit dans les
hôpitaux pour accompagner les blessé.e.s et s’assurer de leur prise en
charge. Nous avons recueilli plus d’une vingtaine de certificats pour
porter plainte au pénal.
36 personnes ont été arrêtées. Alors que 17 ont été libérés hier suite à
un rassemblement devant le commissariat du 5ème arrondissement, 19
autres ont été arbitrairement enfermées au centre de rétention de
Vincennes, prison pour étranger.e.s afin de les déporter.
Nous nous organisons nuit et jour pour la riposte.
Les avocat.e.s ont les dossiers et beaucoup de moyens de nullité ont été
soulevés.
Nous avons besoin d’argent pour payer les avocat.e.s et organiser leur
défense. Pour venger les camarades blessés sous les coups de la police
raciste, fichés par l’hôpital, et enfermés au centre de rétention de
Vincennes.
*Les Gilets Noirs disent : “On lâche rien jusqu’à la fin du monde.” Nous
les libérerons. *
*Vous pouvez participer à la lutte des Gilets Noirs et à leur libération
en faisant un don ici :*
*/Tribune de soutien/*
:_ __https://www.liberation.fr/debats/2019/06/27/gilets-noirs-cherchent-premier-ministre_1736092_
A quoi servira l’argent collecté ?
/*Frais d’avocats et autodéfense juridique* :*/
Contestation des Obligations de Quitter le Territoire Français, des
placements en rétention (JLD et recours devant le Tribunal
Administratif), des arrêtés de transfert Dublin, défense en gardes à vue
dans le cadre des actions : 20 000 euros
Plainte contre la police pour les victimes obtiennent justice: 10 000
/*Matériel :*/
Achat d’une sono = 329 euros
Achat de 3 mégaphones = 3 x 80 = 240 euros
Commande de stickers Gilets Noirs = 80 euros
Confection de T-Shirt et drapeaux du mouvement = 240 euros
Achat de bombes de peinture et tissu pour les banderolles = 150 euros
*TOTAL : 31 039 euros*
(*Il n’existe aucune aide financière de l’Etat pour la défense juridique
des personnes enfermées en Centre de Rétention. Les frais d’avocats
peuvent s’élever jusqu’à 1200 euros pour une seule personne.)
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Pour suivre les Gilets Noirs : page Facebook et Twitter Collectif La
Chapelle Debout!
Contact mail : gilets-noirs-en-lutte@riseup.net
/
collectif.lachapelle.debout@gmail.com
We are sharing a text by Amnesty International with the call to let Ahmed H. of the Röszke11 finally return home:
“Cyprus: Ahmed H. must be allowed to return home
Ahmed H. has been separated from his Cypriot wife and two daughters for almost four years. In September 2015, he was imprisoned in Hungary and wrongfully convicted for “complicity in an act of terrorism” in a blatant misapplication of Hungary’s counter-terrorism laws. Ahmed H. was conditionally released on 19 January 2019 and is being held in immigration detention in Hungary. As he is a Syrian national he is at risk being forcibly returned to Syria, a country that is not safe. Cyprus must allow his return home to be reunited with his family.”
Unsere neue CANDY-Broschüre gibts jetzt zum kostenlosen Herunterladen, Drucken, Bestellen gegen Spende und Lesen: CANDY_Brochure_Ausgabe 2.2019 Schreibt uns gerne an cantevictsolidarity@riseup.net, dann schicken wir sie euch zu.
Aus der Broschüre zitiert: “Wer wir sind und was wir wollen: Ihr haltet unsere zweite Broschüre in den Händen. Wir haben die Antirepressionskampagne „You can‘t evict solidarity“ haben im Sommer 2016 als Reaktion auf die Räumungen solidarischer Hausbesetzungen in Thessaloniki gestartet. Der Fokus der Kampagne liegt auf der Unterstützung von Menschen, die nach z.B. Widerstandshandlungen in antirassistischen Kämpfen an den EU-Grenzen von staatlichen Repressionen betroffen sind. Wir sammeln Spenden um Anwalts- und Gerichtskosten für Betroffene zu bezahlen, begleiten Gerichtsprozesse vor Ort oder von Deutschland aus solidarisch, schaffen Öffentlichkeit zur aktuellen Situation an den EU-Grenzen gehalten und bauen eine transnationale Vernetzung und Zusammenarbeit mit Betroffenen und lokalen Initiativen auf. In dieser Broschüre sollen kritische und selbstbestimmte Texte Platz finden von Menschen, die nicht länger ein Migrationsregime mittragen wollen, das kategorisiert, unterdrückt und ausbeutet, sondern die für eine grenzenlos solidarische Gesellschaft
kämpfen. Die Artikel erscheinen in Englisch und Deutsch. Wir freuen uns über Texte in allen Sprachen für die nächste Ausgabe. Ihr erreicht uns unter cantevictsolidarity@riseup.net oder auf unserem Blog cantevictsolidarity.noblogs.org. Viel Spaß mit der Broschüre. Our passion for freedom is stronger than their prisons!”
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You can‘t evict Solidarity – Antirepressionsarbeit an den EU-Grenzen
Info-Veranstaltung zur Solidaritätsarbeit mit Fliehenden an den EU-Grenzen und Broschüren-Release der Kampagne
am Mittwoch, den 24. Juli 2019 um 19.00 Uhr im Stadtlabor Göttingen, Schildweg 1, Göttingen
Die Fluchtrouten, z.B. über das ägäische Meer vom türkischen Festland auf die griechischen Inseln wie Lesbos, werden für Flüchtende seit dem EU-Türkei-Deal immer riskanter. Trotz allem nehmen immer noch viele Menschen den gefahrvollen Weg auf sich und sitzen z.B. in Lagern auf den griechischen Inseln, an den Grenzen entlang der Balkanroute oder in Gefängnissen fest.
Gleichzeitig werden Proteste gegen die Zustände und für offene Grenzen häufig gewaltvoll von Polizei und Militär niedergeschlagen, die Protestierenden abgeschoben oder inhaftiert. Trotz der staatlichen Repression kämpfen weiterhin viele Menschen gemeinsam entlang der EU-Grenzen, in den Camps und auf den Straßen gegen die unmenschlichen Bedingungen.
Die im Jahr 2016 gestartete Solidaritäts-Kampagne „You can‘t evict Solidarity” unterstützt Betroffene gegen staatliche Repression und kämpft für eine alternative Öffentlichkeit.
In dieser Informations-Veranstaltung wird nach einem kurzen Rückblick auf die Entwicklungen an den Grenzen seit 2015 die aktuelle Situation auf der Balkanroute, in Griechenland und an den EU-Grenzen skizziert sowie die willkürliche Kriminalisierung von protestierenden Menschen an Beispielen verdeutlicht und über die Arbeit der Kampagne „You can’t evict Solidarity” berichtet. Ein Kurzfilm zeigt zudem die Kriminalisierung von Fliehenden, die auf den griechischen Inseln als „Schmuggler“ inhaftiert und zu hohen Gefängnisstrafen verurteilt werden.
Desweiteren wird im Rahmen der Veranstaltung die neue CANDY_Brochure (Ausgabe 2.2019) der Kampagne mit Texten zur Situation an den EU-Grenzen vorgestellt und ist gegen Spende erhältlich. Außerdem ist bei dem Vortrag Raum für Diskussionen und Updates zwischen Vortragenden und Zuhörenden.
Mehr Infos und aktuelle Beiträge unter cantevictsolidarity.noblogs.org.
In Kooperation mit bordermonitoring aegean und Labor für kritische Migrationsforschung ()https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/***veranstaltungskalender***/605082.html. Übersetzung ins Englische möglich.
Nour Al-Sameh is 29 years old ٍSyrian who is unjustly imprisoned in Greece for 4 years now because he flee to Europe for refuge. Just like the Captain of the Sea-Watch Carola Rackete, he acted to save the lives of people on a boat in the Aegean Sea who would otherwise have drowned in the water.
We are happy to tell you that 4 years after the brutal attack of the Hungarian state on the protests after the closing of the Roeszke border crossing and the arrests of the eleven people, the so called Roeszke 11, the last person Ahmed H. was finally able to leave the country to Cyprus, back to his family, on the 28th of September 2019.
several hospital cases, 36 of them were arrested, 19 still being in prison waiting for their deportation. To support them legally they need
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