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  • DEMO against the bloody Dictatorship of Idriss Deby / October 11th, 2016, Berlin

    We, the Chad Youth in Germany, wish to protest against the visit of the Chadian dictator Idriss Deby in Germany because this tyrant represses his people. We urge the leaders of Germany not to be complacent with the dictator Deby who does not respect any democratic principle and values. For 26 years, he has monopolized…

  • Initiative in Gedenken an Oury Jalloh: Pressemitteilung vom 5.8.2016 – Feuerzeugrest war nicht in der Zelle Nr. 5!

    [ENGLISH BELOW] Pressemitteilung vom 5. August 2016 Feuerzeugrest war nicht in der Zelle Nr. 5 ! Staatsanwaltschaft Dessau ermittelt mit den neuen Brandversuchen „ergebnisoffen“ an der zentralen Frage nach den Täter*innen vorbei. Oury Jalloh kann das Feuer gar nicht selbst entzündet haben! Seit dem 7.1.2005 hält die Staatsanwaltschaft Dessau beharrlich an ihrer Hypothese fest, dass…

  • Lampedusa Migration Network in Manchester

    “The Symposium served as a platform to discuss current research, policies and narratives on the timely and critical  issues of migration, asylum and detention in Lampedusa. The Symposium’s key aim and point of success was bringing together UK and international academics from Postcolonial, International and Visual Studies, refugees, Lampedusa-based NGO representatives, journalists, activists, and the wider public,…

  • The second issue of >Daily Resistance< is out!

    The second issue of >Daily Resistance< is out!

    Dear people from all over the world, this is the second issue of the newspaper >Daily Resistance< (Read it as a PDF)! It is written by people in the same position like you as so-called refugees who don’t accept their disfranchisement by the German state. They write about their fight and share their opinions to…

  • Youth against Racism: Call for Plenum and Demonstration against Deportation Treaties in Berlin

    [English] Open Plenum – DEMONSTRATION AGAINST DEPORTATION TREATIES | 09.07. in Berlin Due to the EU-Turkey deal the way for refugees via Turkey towards Europe is blocked. Turkey receives six billion Euros, to shut down the borders and to keep refugees in camps under conditions of forced labor. Now De Maizère and Merkel propose a…

  • LOOKA HERE! Magazine, Edition No. 11 (digital version) out now!

      (to read the magazine as a PDF, please click on the cover)

  • Anti Frontex Days 21-23 May 2016

    This year more than ever, we need your support to say NO to the European Union’s migration policies and criminal activities of its border control agency, Frontex. Closing borders and cutting the wealthy Europe off from the countries of South and East – plundered and kept in poverty – aims at preserving inequalities on both…

  • The first issue of the newspaper ›Daily Resistance‹ is now out!

    The first issue of the newspaper ›Daily Resistance‹ is now out!

    It is a newspaper published and written by people, so-called refugees, who don’t accept their disfranchisement by the German state. They write about their fight and share their opinions to reach out to people who are in the same situation. It will be published on a continuous basis. Read the Newspaper-PDF. (You can find the…

  • Torture and other Abuses: Turkey, the War in Syria, and the Role of Germany

    “Turkish political prisoner and torture victim, in Germany now, faces life in prison if he returns to Turkey, but Germany considers him a terrorist not entitled to asylum based on a Turkish conviction related to torture — torture that bars Germany from deporting him. On the topic of torture the nation of Turkey could teach…

  • BOOK ABOUT DETENTION AND CONTROL

    Border Watch: Cultures of Immigration, Detention and Control (Anthropology, Culture and Society) by Alexandra Hall  (Pluto Press: London and New York, 2012).  This book takes an inside look into detention centres and describes in detail everyday encounters  between immigrant/detention  officials and immigrants. Please click here for the  review of this critical book.