Support Ali Safianou Touré struggle at administrative court of Schwerin!

Ten years of pending deportation, ten years denial of refugee protection, ten years of agony

Enough is enough!

ALI SAFIANOU TOURÉ against the Federal Republic of Germany

Friday 22th of June 2012 from 9°° AM

(short-term change of date is possible and will be immediately notified)

Administrative Court Schwerin, Wismarsche Strasse 323 a, 19055 Schwerin

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In 2002 Ali Safianou Touré came to Germany. As a political activist he had to flee the immediate threat by Togos Eyadema-Regime. His application for asylum was rejected in 2004. The same year the campaign of the Togolese refugees against the dictatorship in Togo and its collaboration with Germany has begun. Notwithstanding the refusal of asylum by the German authorities Ali Safianou Touré was one of the most present activists in the campaign and still is a determined enemy of the Eyadema-Regime. When in 2005 the power of the late General was taken over by his son through bloody violence, the Togolese refugees intensified their campaign and sought support for the families that were persecuted by the Togolese regime. Ali Safianou Touré is from Bafilou, a small town in the north of Togo which was hit hard by the regimes repression.

Due to Germanys disastrous policy - the denial of political asylum - like many Togolese refugees Ali Safianou Touré saw himself exposed to the second tracking - the threat of deportation to Togo, in effect a delivery to the country of persecution.

We recall the hush-hush operation of the authorities of Mecklenburg against Alassane Moussbaou who was taken from his bed in the infirmary of Bützow prison and deported to Togo under secrecy. Alassane Moussbaou was threatened at the airport of Lomé already. He could save himself only be his immediate escape to Ghana. Meanwhile the regime in Togo managed to bribe some of the opposition and thus gives the impression of overcoming the time of dictatorship. The sellout of resources and the delivery of national sovereignty to France are just now going on, like high employment, extreme poverty, the very poor health care and the impunity of the murderers and torturers of the regime. An opposition that seeks to overcome the regime and gain independence is being suppressed at this time successfully. 

  Michael Ruf, Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit, Ali Safinaou Touré

Ali Safianou Touré never abandoned his principles against unjust. In Germany he has stood up against human rights violations for many years and his solidarity and selflessness are known to refugees and non-refugees all over Germany. Since last summer his life story is presented in the play „Asylmonologe“. In many performances the audience had the opportunity to get to know Ali Safianou Touré in person. Many asked for ways to end his agony of the long-unhealthy, unsafe and humiliating life as a refugee in acquiescence.

Ali Safianou Toure is physically heavily disabled - – Poliomyelitis has left his leg in a heavily underdeveloped and deformed state. When he left Togo, he was able to walk without walking aid. After several falls – he has to walk with crutches.

From 2006 on his health situation deteriorated steadily. Today, he can travel only short distances with crutches, but he often has to take a break. ALI SAFIANOU TOURÉ hast o suffer heavy pain for years. High blood pressure and sleeping disorders are consequences of long life in collective lagers, limited social benefits, the limited social welfare through the German social welfare Law for asylum seekers and the unsecured residence and the threat of deportation. Post-traumatic stress disorders are massive. Friends invite him to Hamburg as often as possible and have bought him an electric wheelchair to give him back more mobility.

Political asylum was rejected which is insane, for many years the decision on asylum for health/humanitarian reasons has not been taken in the council of the Parchim district. A revisiting request of the case at the Federal Office is pending since last year. After intervention of the stage for human rights and Caravane network at the Federal Office, a early treatment oft his case was promised – it is shocking and unacceptable that cases of severe health impairment are not beeing treated for years. Surprisingly the summons came in the case against the Ludwigslust/Parchim district, where Ali Safianou Touré five years ago presented the request to stay for humanitarian reasons.

We call on you to come to the process and to stand aside Ali Toure Safinanou in solidarity.

We call upon you to put on a sign that not again a secure residence and the beginning of a new life plan shall be stolen from him.

We will not allow the german authorities or courts to bring his life in danger.

Stop the deportations - end the LAGER-System in Germany!

KARAWANE für die Rechte der Flüchtlinge und MigrantInnen, The VOICE Refugee Forum

Kontakt: 0176 303 66 55 9 KARAWANE Hamburg Brigittenstrasse 5, 20359

www.thecaravan.org www.thevoiceforum.org

In Memory of Christy Schwundeck, Oury Jalloh and oll other victims....

On Saturday, 2nd of June the city centre of Frankfurt vitnessed a powerfull demonstration in Memory of Christy Schwundeck, an African woman who was shot to death by the police inside Frankfurt Jobcenter one year ago, and oll other known victims of racist police violende in Germany.

The murder of Oury Jalloh & the struggle for justice

The article below, reposted from Uhuru News, covers a recent attack by German police on a protest against the police murder of an African named Oury Jalloh. The Uhuru Solidarity Movement stands in solidarity with the struggle for justice and reparations to the family of Oury Jalloh and the entire African community who have faced colonial violence from the white imperialist State (in the UK, the US and throughout the world where Africans are dispersed and colonized) for more than five centuries. The case of Oury Jalloh is one example of how Africans in Europe--many of whom in recent times have migrated there in pursuit of their own resources that have been stolen to build up European society-- experience colonial conditions of repression and violence just as they do in North America. We say, Down with US and European colonial violence! Justice for Oury Jalloh! Reparations to the African Nation! 

Shared from Uhuru News: On January 7, 2005, Oury Jalloh, a young African from Sierra Leone/Guinea, was violently detained by police terrorists in the city of Dessau, Germany and taken to a holding cell in the basement of the local police station.

Four hours later his body was found in a charcoaled state, his corpse chained at the hands and feet to a fireproof mattress.

For seven years, the Initiative in Remembrance of Oury Jalloh has fought for truth, justice and indemnity. Nevertheless, the authorities have responded with terrorism, repression, cover-up and systematic lies.

On January 7, 2012, police terrorists attacked the march in memory of Oury Jalloh in Dessau, Germany. The demonstration was met with massive police brutality and violence against the peaceful demonstrators.

Several demonstrators were injured by the police terrorists. Throughout the demonstration, the behavior of the police terrorists had been provocative and highly aggressive.

In addition to the intentional interferences by the police and the enormous police presence, brutality and arbitrariness, the police especially targeted the leading activists of the Initiative in Remembrance of Oury Jalloh-- Komi Edzro, Mbolo Yufani and Mouctar Bah.

Mouctar Bah was the target of police terrorist attacks before, during and at the end of the demonstration. The strategic aggression against the founder of the Initiative in Remembrance of Oury Jalloh had been announced two days prior to the demonstration when the police threatened Mouctar Bah saying that they would no longer tolerate the word 'murder' with regard to the case of Oury Jalloh and would hold him responsible if it were used during the demonstration.

However, in 2006, courts had already decided that the slogan, 'Oury Jalloh-- That Was Murder' was legally allowed, and the police had no legal restraint allowing them to forbid certain statements at the demonstration.

Therefore this prohibition was a tremendous violation of the right of freedom of speech rooted in the Basic Constitutional Law.

The police tried to keep the demonstrators from referring to the case of Oury Jalloh as murder by violently attempting the removal of those who exposed it as such and abruptly beating on them.

At the end of the demonstration Mouctar Bah was thrown to the ground and beaten until he lost consciousness and had to be brought to the hospital in an ambulance. He is currently still hospitalized due to his injuries caused by the police terrorists.

One of the Initiative's leaders, Komi Edzro, stated, "No matter how hard the police attacks and injures us, we will never give up the fight for a clarification of the murder of Oury Jalloh."

Our struggle continues.

No justice, no more peace on the plantation!

Campaign for Nurjana and Nuradil in Gifhorn (Germany)

Stopa deportation of Occupy Oakland activist Pancho!

Free Pancho now!

Demand that Barbara Lee order ICE to lift the immigration ban on Pancho!
Sign the petition now: http://www.change.org/petitions/free-pancho-now.

For more information and actions you can take click here (PDF).

Pancho while being arrested

Francisco “Pancho” Ramos-Stierle was arrested while meditating at the Oscar Grant Plaza during the second early morning raid on the Occupy Oakland encampment on November 14th. He is currently being held by the Oakland Police Department on $10,000 bail and they plan to turn him over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for immediate deportation. He could be sent to Arizona as soon as tommorrow morning. That means we need to act now!

Pancho is an Oakland resident and a powerful community organizer. He was recently pursuing his PH.D in astrophysics at UC Berkeley but resigned from the program when he learned that his work would be used to promote “safer nuclear weapons.” Pancho has continued his service to the Oakland community through promoting community gardens and organizing against divisive programs such as the ICE-coordinated “Secure Communities”.

As a mediator and activist, Pancho has become an icon of peaceful protest against the unnecessary force the city of Oakland is using against the 99%. Join us in demanding that Senator Barbara Lee intervene forcing ICE to drop the immigration hold on Pancho immediately and that they stop the unjust surveillance of immigrants in Oakland.

The photo of Pancho meditating–as riot police arrest him–has gone viral on Twitter, and Facebook and has been a source of incredible inspiration to many around world. In a note from jail Pancho wrote to us saying, “Just tell them I love them all. Great space to meditate!” Now it is time to demand the freedom of our brother as we speak out against police crackdowns, unjust U.S. immigration policies and support this growing movement against Wall Street greed.

Angela Davis speaks on Occupy Oakland - General Strike 02-11-11

Video footage of Angela Davis giving one of the opening speeches on the morning of November 2, 2011--The day of the first General Strike in Oakland since 1946.

Her speech is followed by an announcement stating that the Longshoreman's Unions has shut down the Port of Oakland in solidarity with the Strike.

Thousands went on the streets an shut down the port...





and the day ended this way....

Traveler's Aid Building Takeover and Police Response

Nov 2 Oakland General Strike

Blockade Port of Oakland During Nov 2 General Strike

resolution passed unanimously by the Occupy Oakland strike assembly on Friday October 29

On Wednesday, November 2nd as part of the Oakland General Strike, we will march on the Port of Oakland and shut it down. We will converge at 5pm at 14th and Broadway and march to the port to shut it down before the 7pm night shift.

We are doing this in order to blockade the flow of capital on the day of the General Strike, as well as to show our commitment to solidarity with Longshore workers in their struggle against EGT in Longview, Washington. EGT is an international grain exporter which is attempting to rupture longshore jurisdiction. The driving force behind EGT is Bunge LTD, a leading agribusiness and food company which reported 2.4 billion dollars in profit in 2010; this company has strong ties to Wall Street. This is but one example of Wall Street’s corporate attack on workers.

The Oakland General Strike will demonstrate the wide reaching implications of the Occupy Wall Street movement. The entire world is fed up with the huge disparity of wealth caused by the present system. Now is the time that the people are doing something about it.The Oakland General Strike is a warning shot to the 1% – their wealth only exists because the 99% creates it for them.