Tuesday, July 29, 2008
In Memory of Oury Jalloh
On January 7, 2005, Oury Jalloh, a young refugee from Sierra Leone/Guinea, was violently detained by the police in the city of Dessau 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, the corpse chained at the hands and feet to a fireproof mattress. For over 3 1/2 years the Initiative in Memory of Oury Jalloh has fought for truth, justice and indemnization. Nevertheless, the authorities have responded with repression, cover-up and systematic lies. Our struggle continues.
We shall not give up until the truth is told.
For information see:
http://initiativeouryjalloh.wordpress...
http://thevoiceforum.org
http://thecaravan.org
http://www.umbruch-bildarchiv.de/bild...
In memory of Oury Jalloh, Dominique Koumadio, Laye Konde and all other victims of racist police violence (and in solidarity with Mumia Abul Jamal)
Sunday, July 27, 2008
International Solidarity for Kurdish Roj TV
Please sign & distribute as wide as possible
Bitte unterzeichnen & verbreiten
ROJ TV INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN
Lucina Kathmann
International Vice-President, International PEN (worldwide writers' association)
Apdo. 287, San Miguel de Allende
37700 Gto. México
To whom it may concern,
GERMAN GOVERNMENT
I am writing to encourage all parties involved to find an amicable solution to the current problems about Roj TV. Kurdish people everywhere need this station. They have very few media in their language. Print media cannot substitute as some Kurdish people can read one alphabet and others can read another. Whatever the disagreements about what is broadcast, please do not consider closing down the station as a reasonable punishment. That disposition impoverishes the lives of many women and children. Typically disputes have to do with news programs and politics, which are only a small part of the services Roj TV provides. Closing the station is a disproportional response; please seek a more balanced solution.
Lucina Kathmann
Noam Chomsky Linguist - Imre Kertèsz, Nobelpreisträger, Berlin - Jean Ziegler, UN Rapporteur, Genf - Justin Randall, CAMPACC, UK - K. Rajamanoharan Tamill student, UK - Yvonne Kestler, UK Chantal Naqvi, UK - CAMPACC, UK - David Morgan Journalist, UK - Alex Fitch CAMPACC, UK - Hagir Ahmed - CAMPACC, UK - Lavinia Brown, Office
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Cape Town, SA - Erling Folkvord, Member of City Council of Norway, Oslo - Professor Dr. Bertram Schefold, Frankfurt - Vereinigung kurdischer Ärzte in Deutschland e.V. - Annabel Bermejo, amnesty international - Professor Dr. Wolf Dieter Narr, Komitee für Grundrechte und Demokratie - Kariane Westrheim, Professor (RAFTO Foundation) Norway - Professor Dr. Raimund Rütten, Frankfurt - Wolfgang Jungheim, Pater - Memo Sahin, Dialogkreis - Lokhman Muhamad, USA - Dr. Günther Rusch, ECOSOC, Vereinte Nationen - Sybille Kernstner, Lektorin, Matthes & Seitz - Peter Bierl, Fastenopfer, Zürich - Al Imfeld, Publizist, Zürich -
Professeur Jean-Louis Cravan, Unversité Sorbonne - Conni Fredriksson, Sozialistische Internationale (SI) - Dan Wyman, University of California (UCLA), Director Political Science - Eva Quistorp, Founding Member of Green Party, Germany - Dr. Jorgo Chatzimakakis, EU Parlament, Athen - Estella Oliveira Felsberg, Lawyer, Sau Paulo, Brazil - Giovanni del Re, Journalist, ADKRONOS - Gwynne Roberts, Filmproducer - Dari Fo & Franca Rame, Mailand - Hossein Dabaghian, Iran / Paris - Bookstore L’imaginare, Bruxelles - Ville Punto, Jurist, Finnland - Professor Courtney West, INFIMES Foundation, Prague - Katrin Venema, Lawyer, Den Haag Urs Kienberger, Waldhaus-Hotel, Schweiz - Kirkuk Center Kirkuk - Ronni van de Velde, Artist, Belgium - John Wronoski, Lame Duck Books, NY - Martin van Bruinessen, Kurdologe, Universität Amsterdam - Ludivine Sagnier, Actor, Théatre de Paris - Professor Michael Cahn, Cambridge University, UK - Naji Wadhai, Dubai, Salesman - Professor Dr. Sulaiman Muhamed, Brandeis University, Cal. - Jeremy Brinks, UNESCO, Paris - Ricardo de Lima, Assaf, Lawyer, Sao Paulo - Professor Gerhard Zähringer, Bern, Erklärung von Bern - Sabine Meyer, Green Party EU Koordination, Bruxelles - Professor Dr. Klaus Landfried, Würzburg - Dr. Beate von Moisy, München, Bayrische Landesbibliothek - Hans-Jürgen Breuste, Künstler, Hannover - Claudio Pozzoli, Instituto Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Milano - Jürgen Brodwolf, Künstler, Markgräflerland, Baden - Karl-Josef Schwarzschild, UNDP, Washington - Alfred Hrdlicka, Bildhauer, Wien - Neville Alexander, Bürgerrechtler, Cape Town, (SA) - Jan van der Donk, Artist, New York/ Perugia - Ilka Jakoola, NGO-Representative, Finnland - Christian Kaiser, Photograph, Germany - Willi van Ooyen, Peace activist, Frankfurt - Venerable Thich Quang Do, Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) - Dr. Mehmoud Othman Member of National Assembly of Iraq - Pater Wolfgang Jungheim, Pax Christi Nassau-Lahnstein; Rashidi-Kalhur Ardishir, President, Southern California Division United Nations Association of the USA; Mel Boynton Claremont, CA - Ulla Hoffman, member of Central Committee of The Swedish Left Party, Member of Parliament; Kalle Larsson, member of Swedish Parliament (The Left Party); Siv Holma, Member of Swedish Parliament (The Left Party); Amineh Kakebaveh, member of International Committee of The Swedish Left Party ; Anelli Dostan, Psychotherapist , Sweden; Karla Lopes, member of Swedish Parliament(The Swedish Green Party); Hama Dostan, Novelist, Sweden; Dr. Helen Coley, Education and Social Research Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK; Eugene Schoulgin, writer, Norway; Céline Delforge, Député ECOLO; Mahfoudh Romdhani, Députée PS Vice-Président du Parlement Bruxellois; Jan Beghin, Vice Président et Député du Parlement Bruxellois; Bernard Granjon, ancien président de Médecins du Monde, Gemma Goldfein - Psychoanalyst (Marthas Vineyard, USA) - Wolfgang und Rolf Riehm, Musiker, Composers, Germany - Alex Kayser, Anthropologist, Zürich, Switzerland - A.R. PENCK, Artist, Dublin - Kay Friedrich Schade, Kreativ Kompetenz, Germany - Francois Lecointre-Drouet, Directeur, Theatre du Soleil, Marseille - Maria Oshana,
Parlamentarian Assistant, German Parliament,- Dr. Kenneth Spellman, Art Director, San Antonio, Texas - John Wronoski, Antiquarian, USA - Harun Farocki, Filmproducer, Berlin - Hark Bohm, Writer, Filmproducer, Germany - Clint O'Connuir, Writer, Boston, USA - Werner Spiess, Centre Pompidou, Paris - Welat Akboğa, Teknoloji mühendisi, Turkey - Clara Steenkamp, Dutch PEN Center, Amsterdam, Holland - Joel Goldstijn, Musician, Metropolitan Opera, New York - Karel Marel, Writer, Czech Writers Union Vice-President, Prague - Christiaan Breytenbach, Medical Professor/Physician, Cape Town University - Professor Dr. Raimund Ruetten, Romanist, Frankfurt - Professor Paul-Leon Bisson-Millet, Karlsruhe University, Germany - Paul Armand Gette, Artist, Sculpturor, France - Juergen Brodwolf, Artist (Germany) - Günther Brus, Artist, Vienna - Elke Krystufek, Artist, Vienna - New York - Claus Peymann, Theater Director, Germany - Hakaedo Aikashi, Photographer, Japan - Susanne Peymann, Psychotherapeut, Germany - Lionel Vandenberghe, sénateur-Spirit, au parlement fédéral de la Belgique; Cornil Jean sénateur PS/Belgique; Belhouari Talbia,
députée fédérale PS/ Belgique; Maes Nelly Présidente du parti Alliance Libre Européenne/Belgique ; Genot Zoé députée fédérale ECOLO Belgique; Galand Pierre
sénateur PS Belgique; Laloy Marie-José , sénatrice PS parlement fédéral de la Belgique; Wiriya Rawenduzy, Dr, veteran anti violence activist, Austria; Dr. Khidir Masum, President of Koya University - Iraqi Kurdistan; Hemin Seydi, lecturer; Dr. Nasir Simayi , Psychologist and Lecturer; Suleyman Chukeli , Lecturer, The Collage of Education, University of Koya - Jonathna Bloch, Co-author of “Global
Intelligence”, UK , Estella Schmidt, UK; Hans Branscheidt, Mezopotamian Development Society e.V., Germany - Tove Skutnabb Kangas dr.phil., Roskilde University, Denmark & Åbo Akademi University, Finland; Robert Phillipson, Professor, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark - Art Spiegelmann, Cartoonist, New York - Ruggiero Cavallo, Dirigent, Locarno - Maria Virginia Gonzalez Romero, Berlin - Karel Precicka, Theater an - er Moldau, Prag - Anna Mazzoleni, Italy - Ari Heikinnen, Green Party, Finnland - Furio Cerutti, Istituto Lelio Basso, Milano - Masud Akko, Autor, Syrisch-Kurdistan - Dr. David Stang, Ars Libri, USA - Istvan Sandor, University of Budapest, Psychologist - Ted Howell, Sinn Féin, Andersonstown, Belfast - André Brie, Member of EU Parlament, Bruxelles - Ute Sautmann, amnesty international, Germany - Deutschland - Dr. Siobhan O’Reilly, Parlamentarian, Ireland - Ricardo Gustavo Espeja, S.Nicolas, Cordoba. Argentinia - Haval Suleiman, London - Kemal Oksay, UNHCR Office, Paris - Nick Hannes, Journalist, Antwerpen, Belgium - Seamus Clancey, Publisher, Dublin, Ireland - Ensemble of Artists, Theater an der Wien, Austria - Jan Ceuleers, Antiquarian, Antwerpen, Belgium - Thomas Schmidinger, Publizist, Wien - Mary Kreutzer, Publizistin, Wien - Peter Grosells, Copenhagen - Elisabeth Siller, Hensau, Schweiz - Professor Dr. Slavomir Mrozek, Warszawa, Poland - Florcence Hatier, Traité de l’Union Ouvriere, Paris - Lord Rea of Eskdale, House of Lords, UK - Jonathan Bloch, Councillor and writer, UK - Richard McKane, Poet and writer, UK - Kazim Baba, Member of City Parliament, Berlin - Wolfgang und Rolf Riehm, Musiker, Composers, Germany - Joel Goldstijn, Musician, Metropolitan Opera, New York - Werner Spiess, Centre Pompidou, Paris - Welat Akboğa, Teknoloji mühendisi, Turkey - Clara Steenkamp, Dutch PEN Center, Amsterdam, Holland - John Wronoski, Antiquarian, USA.
MEMBERS OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTS
Vittorio Agnoletto, EP-Kurds Group, MEP-GUE/NGL; Monica Frassoni, Chair MEP-V-ALE Group; Francis Wurtz, Chair MEP-GUE/NGL Group; Hélène Flautre, Chair DROI,
MEP-V-ALE; Luisa Morgantini, Chair DEVE, MEP-GUE/NGL; Frieda Brepoels, MEP-PPE; Marie-Arlette Charlotti, MEP-PSE; Jiri Mastalka, MEP-GUE/NGL; Ewa Pettersen
Hedkvist, MEP-PSE; Renate Sommer MEP-PPE; Jens Holm, MEP-GUE/NGL; Panagiotis Beglitis, MEP-PSE; Britta Thomsen, MEP-PSE; Marios Matsakis, MEP-ADLE; Jean Lambert, MEP-V-ALE; Bernat Joan i Mari, MEP-V-ALE; Feleknas Uca, MEP-GUE/NGL; Baroness Sarah Ludford, MEP-ADLE; Roberto Musacchio, MEP-GUE/NGL; Baart Staes MEP-V/ ALE; Adamos Adamou, MEP-GUE; Pierre Jonckheer, MEP-PSE; Bairbre De Brún, MEP; Inger
Segelström, MEP-PSE; Dimitri Papadimoulis, MEP-GUE/NGL; Umberto Guidoni, MEP-GUE/NGL; Tatjana Zdanoka, MEP-V-ALE; Willy Meyer Pleite, MEP-GUE/NGL; Mary Lou McDonald, MEP-GUE/NGL; Pierre Jonckheer, MEP-Green/EFA; Jan Andersson, MEP-PSE; Miguel Portas, MEP-GUE/NGL; Anna Hedh, MEP-PSE; Asa Westlund, MEP-PSE; Giusto Catania, GUE/NGL; Vincenzo Aita, MEP-GUE/NGL; Enrico Speroni, MEP-NI; Bernadette Bourzai, MEP-PSE; Chiesa Giulietto MEP-PSE; Sven Wollter,; Dr. Mehmoud Othman Member of National Assembly of Iraq; Bodil Ceballos, Member of Swedish parliament; Gunvor G Ericson, Member of Swedish parliament; Peter Radberg, Member of Swedish Parliament - Bodil Ceballos, Member of Swedish parliament; Gunvor G Ericson, Member of Swedish parliament; Peter Radberg, Member of Swedish Parliament - Feleknas Uca - MdEP - Germany.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!ON THE BANNING OF THE KURDISH ROJ TV STATION IN GERMANY
INTERNATIONAL APPEAL AND SIGNATURE CAMPAIGN
The Copenhagen Criteria, the basis for Turkey’s EU accession process, sets as a
condition the free and unimpeded use of the Kurdish language. But the German Interior Minister is practising the opposite of what he preaches: Herr Schäuble is banning the only Kurdish TV broadcaster that operates all over the world and covers all aspects of culture and news. Millions of people watch this channel daily all over the world and set great store by it. It belongs to them – not to any party.
VOICE OF MESOPOTAMIAN CULTURE BANNED
Roj TV is the voice of the people of Kurdistan, and is living proof of the existence
of the Kurdish language. People from all heritages are shown extensively in its broadcasts; Roj TV is against war, argues energetically for a just peace, and has
denounced human rights violations in Turkey as no other media have done; it has condemned racism and nationalism. Women get to speak on Roj TV, against honour
killings, genital mutilation and violence within families. The Turkish state has
tried to block this by signal disruption, dismantling of satellite antennae, and by
illegal persecution. Without succeeding! But they have succeeded now with the Interior Minister of the Federal Republic. Minister Schäuble has banned the station, had studios closed, confiscated all the equipment, and threatens with fines. At the same time Herr Schäuble is exerting considerable pressure on the Danish government to likewise bn and close down Roj TV in Denmark. Wolfgang Schäuble is abusing the democratic rights of Article 5 of the German Grundgesetz (Basic Law) to achieve foreign policy objectives, which only serve the interests of
European elites and not the people of Europe.
“SIGNIFICANT INTERESTS OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC”
For Kurds not just in Diyarbakir but in Kapstadt, Los Angeles and the whole of the
rest of the world to be able to receive their own broadcasts evidently goes against
the “significant interests of the Federal Republic”. We are aghast at this injustice, which is directed not just against Kurdish people, but against Europe and against democracy in Germany. We demand the lifting of the ban. This campaign appeal is supported by Kurdish people all over the world. Please support it too and sign it! Name/Organisationemail SEND BACK TO: mesop@online.de
MEZOPOTAMIAN DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY - GERMANY PHONE 0049 62171 74135 Profile of Roj
TVThe Kurdish broadcaster Roj TV operates journalistically on the criteria of
objectivity and independence. All its programmes conform strictly to the
requirements of European law, giving room for encouragement of debate, freedom of
thought and criticism. This is a luxury that the Kurds were deprived of for decades.
Committed journalists and correspondents daily produce news programmes according to
the journalistic values of objectivity, in order to promote democracy, respect for
minorities and for cultural identity in Turkey and the Near East. We will be happy
to send you detailed information about journalism as practiced at Roj TV.
ES REICHT JETZT !
ÜBER DAS VERBOT DES KURDISCHEN FERNSEHSENDERS IN DEUTSCHLAND
EIN INTERNATIONALER APPELL & UNTERSCHRIFTENKAMPAGNE
Die „Copenhagener Kriterien“, Grundlage für den Beitrittsprozeß der Türkei
nach Europa, machen dafür die freie und ungehinderte Benutzung der kurdischen
Sprache zur Bedingung.
Der deutsche Innenminister praktiziert das Gegenteil: Herr Schäuble verbietet den einzigen global tätigen und alle Bereiche der Kultur und des Nachrichtenwesens
umfassenden kurdischen Sender. Der weltweit täglich von Millionen Menschen empfangen und geschätzt wird.
Der ihnen gehört – keiner Partei!
STIMME DER MESOPOTAMISCHEN KULTUREN VERBOTEN
ROJ TV („GUTEN TAG“) ist die Stimme der Menschen Kurdistans. Beweis für die Tatsache der lebendigen Existenz der kurdischen Sprache. In seinen Sendungen sind Menschen aller anderen Herkunft reichlich präsentiert. ROJ TV ist gegen jeden Krieg, plädiert energisch für einen gerechten Frieden und hat wie kein anderes Medium die Menschenrechtverletzungen in der Türkei angeprangert, hat Rassismus und Nationalismus verurteilt. In ROJ TV kommen die Frauen zu Wort: gegen Ehrenmorde, Genitalverstümmelung und Gewalt in Familien.
Der türkische Staat hat das zu verhindern versucht: mit Störsendern, Abbau von
SAT-Antennen, rechtswidriger Verfolgung.
Erfolglos ! – Erfolgreich aber jetzt beim Innenminister der BRD. Minister
Schäuble verbot die Arbeit des Senders, ließ Studios schließen, beschlagnahmte alles Gerät und droht widrigenfalls mit Strafen. Herr Schäuble übt zugleich erheblichen Druck auf die dänische Regierung aus, auch die dortigen Einrichtungen von ROJ TV zu vernichten. Wolfgang Schäuble instrumentalisiert die demokratischen Rechte des Grundgesetzes (Art. 5) für außenpolitische Zwecke, die nicht den Menschen, sondern einem Europa der Eliten gelten.
DIE „ERHEBLICHEN INTERESSEN DER BRD“
Das Kurdinnen & Kurden nicht nur in Diyarbakir, sondern auch in Kapstadt, Los Angeles und aller Welt ihren Sender empfangen können, das verstößt angeblich gegen „erheblichen Interessen der BRD“.
Wir sind bestürzt über diesen Unrechtsakt, der sich nicht nur gegen Kurden
richtet, sondern gegen Europa und auch gegen die Demokratie in Deutschland.
Wir fordern die Aufhebung der Verbotsverfügung.
Unterzeichnet und bestätigt wird dieser KAMPAGENAUFRUF durch die Unterschrift aller
Kurdinnen & Kurden dieser Welt.
Bitte unterschreiben Sie mit!
NAME EMAIL ETC.
Antwort an: mesop@0nline.de
Mesopotamische Entwicklungsgesellschaft - Deutschland - Tel. 06171 74135
PROFIL DES SENDERS ROV TV
Das kurdische Fernsehsender ROJ TV, gegründet in Kopenhagen, ist journalistisch
fundiert auf den Kriterien von OBJEKTIVITÄT UND UNABHÄNGIGKEIT
Alle Programme orientieren sich strikt an der europäischen Gesetzgebung und ihren Standards, um Raum für Debatte, Freiheit des Gedankens und Kritik zu fördern.
Ein Luxus, auf den die Kurden über Jahrhunderte verzichten mußten. Engagierte Journalisten und Korrespondenten bearbeiten die täglichen kurdischen und
internationalen Ereignisse entsprechend den journalistischen Werten der Objektivität, um Demokratie, Respekt für Minoritäten und kulturelle Identität in der Türkei und im Nahen Osten zu fördern.
Wir senden Ihnen gerne detaillierte Informationen über das journalistische ROJ TV
Profil.
Bitte unterzeichnen & verbreiten
ROJ TV INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN
Lucina Kathmann
International Vice-President, International PEN (worldwide writers' association)
Apdo. 287, San Miguel de Allende
37700 Gto. México
To whom it may concern,
GERMAN GOVERNMENT
I am writing to encourage all parties involved to find an amicable solution to the current problems about Roj TV. Kurdish people everywhere need this station. They have very few media in their language. Print media cannot substitute as some Kurdish people can read one alphabet and others can read another. Whatever the disagreements about what is broadcast, please do not consider closing down the station as a reasonable punishment. That disposition impoverishes the lives of many women and children. Typically disputes have to do with news programs and politics, which are only a small part of the services Roj TV provides. Closing the station is a disproportional response; please seek a more balanced solution.
Lucina Kathmann
Noam Chomsky Linguist - Imre Kertèsz, Nobelpreisträger, Berlin - Jean Ziegler, UN Rapporteur, Genf - Justin Randall, CAMPACC, UK - K. Rajamanoharan Tamill student, UK - Yvonne Kestler, UK Chantal Naqvi, UK - CAMPACC, UK - David Morgan Journalist, UK - Alex Fitch CAMPACC, UK - Hagir Ahmed - CAMPACC, UK - Lavinia Brown, Office
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Cape Town, SA - Erling Folkvord, Member of City Council of Norway, Oslo - Professor Dr. Bertram Schefold, Frankfurt - Vereinigung kurdischer Ärzte in Deutschland e.V. - Annabel Bermejo, amnesty international - Professor Dr. Wolf Dieter Narr, Komitee für Grundrechte und Demokratie - Kariane Westrheim, Professor (RAFTO Foundation) Norway - Professor Dr. Raimund Rütten, Frankfurt - Wolfgang Jungheim, Pater - Memo Sahin, Dialogkreis - Lokhman Muhamad, USA - Dr. Günther Rusch, ECOSOC, Vereinte Nationen - Sybille Kernstner, Lektorin, Matthes & Seitz - Peter Bierl, Fastenopfer, Zürich - Al Imfeld, Publizist, Zürich -
Professeur Jean-Louis Cravan, Unversité Sorbonne - Conni Fredriksson, Sozialistische Internationale (SI) - Dan Wyman, University of California (UCLA), Director Political Science - Eva Quistorp, Founding Member of Green Party, Germany - Dr. Jorgo Chatzimakakis, EU Parlament, Athen - Estella Oliveira Felsberg, Lawyer, Sau Paulo, Brazil - Giovanni del Re, Journalist, ADKRONOS - Gwynne Roberts, Filmproducer - Dari Fo & Franca Rame, Mailand - Hossein Dabaghian, Iran / Paris - Bookstore L’imaginare, Bruxelles - Ville Punto, Jurist, Finnland - Professor Courtney West, INFIMES Foundation, Prague - Katrin Venema, Lawyer, Den Haag Urs Kienberger, Waldhaus-Hotel, Schweiz - Kirkuk Center Kirkuk - Ronni van de Velde, Artist, Belgium - John Wronoski, Lame Duck Books, NY - Martin van Bruinessen, Kurdologe, Universität Amsterdam - Ludivine Sagnier, Actor, Théatre de Paris - Professor Michael Cahn, Cambridge University, UK - Naji Wadhai, Dubai, Salesman - Professor Dr. Sulaiman Muhamed, Brandeis University, Cal. - Jeremy Brinks, UNESCO, Paris - Ricardo de Lima, Assaf, Lawyer, Sao Paulo - Professor Gerhard Zähringer, Bern, Erklärung von Bern - Sabine Meyer, Green Party EU Koordination, Bruxelles - Professor Dr. Klaus Landfried, Würzburg - Dr. Beate von Moisy, München, Bayrische Landesbibliothek - Hans-Jürgen Breuste, Künstler, Hannover - Claudio Pozzoli, Instituto Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Milano - Jürgen Brodwolf, Künstler, Markgräflerland, Baden - Karl-Josef Schwarzschild, UNDP, Washington - Alfred Hrdlicka, Bildhauer, Wien - Neville Alexander, Bürgerrechtler, Cape Town, (SA) - Jan van der Donk, Artist, New York/ Perugia - Ilka Jakoola, NGO-Representative, Finnland - Christian Kaiser, Photograph, Germany - Willi van Ooyen, Peace activist, Frankfurt - Venerable Thich Quang Do, Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) - Dr. Mehmoud Othman Member of National Assembly of Iraq - Pater Wolfgang Jungheim, Pax Christi Nassau-Lahnstein; Rashidi-Kalhur Ardishir, President, Southern California Division United Nations Association of the USA; Mel Boynton Claremont, CA - Ulla Hoffman, member of Central Committee of The Swedish Left Party, Member of Parliament; Kalle Larsson, member of Swedish Parliament (The Left Party); Siv Holma, Member of Swedish Parliament (The Left Party); Amineh Kakebaveh, member of International Committee of The Swedish Left Party ; Anelli Dostan, Psychotherapist , Sweden; Karla Lopes, member of Swedish Parliament(The Swedish Green Party); Hama Dostan, Novelist, Sweden; Dr. Helen Coley, Education and Social Research Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK; Eugene Schoulgin, writer, Norway; Céline Delforge, Député ECOLO; Mahfoudh Romdhani, Députée PS Vice-Président du Parlement Bruxellois; Jan Beghin, Vice Président et Député du Parlement Bruxellois; Bernard Granjon, ancien président de Médecins du Monde, Gemma Goldfein - Psychoanalyst (Marthas Vineyard, USA) - Wolfgang und Rolf Riehm, Musiker, Composers, Germany - Alex Kayser, Anthropologist, Zürich, Switzerland - A.R. PENCK, Artist, Dublin - Kay Friedrich Schade, Kreativ Kompetenz, Germany - Francois Lecointre-Drouet, Directeur, Theatre du Soleil, Marseille - Maria Oshana,
Parlamentarian Assistant, German Parliament,- Dr. Kenneth Spellman, Art Director, San Antonio, Texas - John Wronoski, Antiquarian, USA - Harun Farocki, Filmproducer, Berlin - Hark Bohm, Writer, Filmproducer, Germany - Clint O'Connuir, Writer, Boston, USA - Werner Spiess, Centre Pompidou, Paris - Welat Akboğa, Teknoloji mühendisi, Turkey - Clara Steenkamp, Dutch PEN Center, Amsterdam, Holland - Joel Goldstijn, Musician, Metropolitan Opera, New York - Karel Marel, Writer, Czech Writers Union Vice-President, Prague - Christiaan Breytenbach, Medical Professor/Physician, Cape Town University - Professor Dr. Raimund Ruetten, Romanist, Frankfurt - Professor Paul-Leon Bisson-Millet, Karlsruhe University, Germany - Paul Armand Gette, Artist, Sculpturor, France - Juergen Brodwolf, Artist (Germany) - Günther Brus, Artist, Vienna - Elke Krystufek, Artist, Vienna - New York - Claus Peymann, Theater Director, Germany - Hakaedo Aikashi, Photographer, Japan - Susanne Peymann, Psychotherapeut, Germany - Lionel Vandenberghe, sénateur-Spirit, au parlement fédéral de la Belgique; Cornil Jean sénateur PS/Belgique; Belhouari Talbia,
députée fédérale PS/ Belgique; Maes Nelly Présidente du parti Alliance Libre Européenne/Belgique ; Genot Zoé députée fédérale ECOLO Belgique; Galand Pierre
sénateur PS Belgique; Laloy Marie-José , sénatrice PS parlement fédéral de la Belgique; Wiriya Rawenduzy, Dr, veteran anti violence activist, Austria; Dr. Khidir Masum, President of Koya University - Iraqi Kurdistan; Hemin Seydi, lecturer; Dr. Nasir Simayi , Psychologist and Lecturer; Suleyman Chukeli , Lecturer, The Collage of Education, University of Koya - Jonathna Bloch, Co-author of “Global
Intelligence”, UK , Estella Schmidt, UK; Hans Branscheidt, Mezopotamian Development Society e.V., Germany - Tove Skutnabb Kangas dr.phil., Roskilde University, Denmark & Åbo Akademi University, Finland; Robert Phillipson, Professor, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark - Art Spiegelmann, Cartoonist, New York - Ruggiero Cavallo, Dirigent, Locarno - Maria Virginia Gonzalez Romero, Berlin - Karel Precicka, Theater an - er Moldau, Prag - Anna Mazzoleni, Italy - Ari Heikinnen, Green Party, Finnland - Furio Cerutti, Istituto Lelio Basso, Milano - Masud Akko, Autor, Syrisch-Kurdistan - Dr. David Stang, Ars Libri, USA - Istvan Sandor, University of Budapest, Psychologist - Ted Howell, Sinn Féin, Andersonstown, Belfast - André Brie, Member of EU Parlament, Bruxelles - Ute Sautmann, amnesty international, Germany - Deutschland - Dr. Siobhan O’Reilly, Parlamentarian, Ireland - Ricardo Gustavo Espeja, S.Nicolas, Cordoba. Argentinia - Haval Suleiman, London - Kemal Oksay, UNHCR Office, Paris - Nick Hannes, Journalist, Antwerpen, Belgium - Seamus Clancey, Publisher, Dublin, Ireland - Ensemble of Artists, Theater an der Wien, Austria - Jan Ceuleers, Antiquarian, Antwerpen, Belgium - Thomas Schmidinger, Publizist, Wien - Mary Kreutzer, Publizistin, Wien - Peter Grosells, Copenhagen - Elisabeth Siller, Hensau, Schweiz - Professor Dr. Slavomir Mrozek, Warszawa, Poland - Florcence Hatier, Traité de l’Union Ouvriere, Paris - Lord Rea of Eskdale, House of Lords, UK - Jonathan Bloch, Councillor and writer, UK - Richard McKane, Poet and writer, UK - Kazim Baba, Member of City Parliament, Berlin - Wolfgang und Rolf Riehm, Musiker, Composers, Germany - Joel Goldstijn, Musician, Metropolitan Opera, New York - Werner Spiess, Centre Pompidou, Paris - Welat Akboğa, Teknoloji mühendisi, Turkey - Clara Steenkamp, Dutch PEN Center, Amsterdam, Holland - John Wronoski, Antiquarian, USA.
MEMBERS OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTS
Vittorio Agnoletto, EP-Kurds Group, MEP-GUE/NGL; Monica Frassoni, Chair MEP-V-ALE Group; Francis Wurtz, Chair MEP-GUE/NGL Group; Hélène Flautre, Chair DROI,
MEP-V-ALE; Luisa Morgantini, Chair DEVE, MEP-GUE/NGL; Frieda Brepoels, MEP-PPE; Marie-Arlette Charlotti, MEP-PSE; Jiri Mastalka, MEP-GUE/NGL; Ewa Pettersen
Hedkvist, MEP-PSE; Renate Sommer MEP-PPE; Jens Holm, MEP-GUE/NGL; Panagiotis Beglitis, MEP-PSE; Britta Thomsen, MEP-PSE; Marios Matsakis, MEP-ADLE; Jean Lambert, MEP-V-ALE; Bernat Joan i Mari, MEP-V-ALE; Feleknas Uca, MEP-GUE/NGL; Baroness Sarah Ludford, MEP-ADLE; Roberto Musacchio, MEP-GUE/NGL; Baart Staes MEP-V/ ALE; Adamos Adamou, MEP-GUE; Pierre Jonckheer, MEP-PSE; Bairbre De Brún, MEP; Inger
Segelström, MEP-PSE; Dimitri Papadimoulis, MEP-GUE/NGL; Umberto Guidoni, MEP-GUE/NGL; Tatjana Zdanoka, MEP-V-ALE; Willy Meyer Pleite, MEP-GUE/NGL; Mary Lou McDonald, MEP-GUE/NGL; Pierre Jonckheer, MEP-Green/EFA; Jan Andersson, MEP-PSE; Miguel Portas, MEP-GUE/NGL; Anna Hedh, MEP-PSE; Asa Westlund, MEP-PSE; Giusto Catania, GUE/NGL; Vincenzo Aita, MEP-GUE/NGL; Enrico Speroni, MEP-NI; Bernadette Bourzai, MEP-PSE; Chiesa Giulietto MEP-PSE; Sven Wollter,; Dr. Mehmoud Othman Member of National Assembly of Iraq; Bodil Ceballos, Member of Swedish parliament; Gunvor G Ericson, Member of Swedish parliament; Peter Radberg, Member of Swedish Parliament - Bodil Ceballos, Member of Swedish parliament; Gunvor G Ericson, Member of Swedish parliament; Peter Radberg, Member of Swedish Parliament - Feleknas Uca - MdEP - Germany.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!ON THE BANNING OF THE KURDISH ROJ TV STATION IN GERMANY
INTERNATIONAL APPEAL AND SIGNATURE CAMPAIGN
The Copenhagen Criteria, the basis for Turkey’s EU accession process, sets as a
condition the free and unimpeded use of the Kurdish language. But the German Interior Minister is practising the opposite of what he preaches: Herr Schäuble is banning the only Kurdish TV broadcaster that operates all over the world and covers all aspects of culture and news. Millions of people watch this channel daily all over the world and set great store by it. It belongs to them – not to any party.
VOICE OF MESOPOTAMIAN CULTURE BANNED
Roj TV is the voice of the people of Kurdistan, and is living proof of the existence
of the Kurdish language. People from all heritages are shown extensively in its broadcasts; Roj TV is against war, argues energetically for a just peace, and has
denounced human rights violations in Turkey as no other media have done; it has condemned racism and nationalism. Women get to speak on Roj TV, against honour
killings, genital mutilation and violence within families. The Turkish state has
tried to block this by signal disruption, dismantling of satellite antennae, and by
illegal persecution. Without succeeding! But they have succeeded now with the Interior Minister of the Federal Republic. Minister Schäuble has banned the station, had studios closed, confiscated all the equipment, and threatens with fines. At the same time Herr Schäuble is exerting considerable pressure on the Danish government to likewise bn and close down Roj TV in Denmark. Wolfgang Schäuble is abusing the democratic rights of Article 5 of the German Grundgesetz (Basic Law) to achieve foreign policy objectives, which only serve the interests of
European elites and not the people of Europe.
“SIGNIFICANT INTERESTS OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC”
For Kurds not just in Diyarbakir but in Kapstadt, Los Angeles and the whole of the
rest of the world to be able to receive their own broadcasts evidently goes against
the “significant interests of the Federal Republic”. We are aghast at this injustice, which is directed not just against Kurdish people, but against Europe and against democracy in Germany. We demand the lifting of the ban. This campaign appeal is supported by Kurdish people all over the world. Please support it too and sign it! Name/Organisationemail SEND BACK TO: mesop@online.de
MEZOPOTAMIAN DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY - GERMANY PHONE 0049 62171 74135 Profile of Roj
TVThe Kurdish broadcaster Roj TV operates journalistically on the criteria of
objectivity and independence. All its programmes conform strictly to the
requirements of European law, giving room for encouragement of debate, freedom of
thought and criticism. This is a luxury that the Kurds were deprived of for decades.
Committed journalists and correspondents daily produce news programmes according to
the journalistic values of objectivity, in order to promote democracy, respect for
minorities and for cultural identity in Turkey and the Near East. We will be happy
to send you detailed information about journalism as practiced at Roj TV.
ES REICHT JETZT !
ÜBER DAS VERBOT DES KURDISCHEN FERNSEHSENDERS IN DEUTSCHLAND
EIN INTERNATIONALER APPELL & UNTERSCHRIFTENKAMPAGNE
Die „Copenhagener Kriterien“, Grundlage für den Beitrittsprozeß der Türkei
nach Europa, machen dafür die freie und ungehinderte Benutzung der kurdischen
Sprache zur Bedingung.
Der deutsche Innenminister praktiziert das Gegenteil: Herr Schäuble verbietet den einzigen global tätigen und alle Bereiche der Kultur und des Nachrichtenwesens
umfassenden kurdischen Sender. Der weltweit täglich von Millionen Menschen empfangen und geschätzt wird.
Der ihnen gehört – keiner Partei!
STIMME DER MESOPOTAMISCHEN KULTUREN VERBOTEN
ROJ TV („GUTEN TAG“) ist die Stimme der Menschen Kurdistans. Beweis für die Tatsache der lebendigen Existenz der kurdischen Sprache. In seinen Sendungen sind Menschen aller anderen Herkunft reichlich präsentiert. ROJ TV ist gegen jeden Krieg, plädiert energisch für einen gerechten Frieden und hat wie kein anderes Medium die Menschenrechtverletzungen in der Türkei angeprangert, hat Rassismus und Nationalismus verurteilt. In ROJ TV kommen die Frauen zu Wort: gegen Ehrenmorde, Genitalverstümmelung und Gewalt in Familien.
Der türkische Staat hat das zu verhindern versucht: mit Störsendern, Abbau von
SAT-Antennen, rechtswidriger Verfolgung.
Erfolglos ! – Erfolgreich aber jetzt beim Innenminister der BRD. Minister
Schäuble verbot die Arbeit des Senders, ließ Studios schließen, beschlagnahmte alles Gerät und droht widrigenfalls mit Strafen. Herr Schäuble übt zugleich erheblichen Druck auf die dänische Regierung aus, auch die dortigen Einrichtungen von ROJ TV zu vernichten. Wolfgang Schäuble instrumentalisiert die demokratischen Rechte des Grundgesetzes (Art. 5) für außenpolitische Zwecke, die nicht den Menschen, sondern einem Europa der Eliten gelten.
DIE „ERHEBLICHEN INTERESSEN DER BRD“
Das Kurdinnen & Kurden nicht nur in Diyarbakir, sondern auch in Kapstadt, Los Angeles und aller Welt ihren Sender empfangen können, das verstößt angeblich gegen „erheblichen Interessen der BRD“.
Wir sind bestürzt über diesen Unrechtsakt, der sich nicht nur gegen Kurden
richtet, sondern gegen Europa und auch gegen die Demokratie in Deutschland.
Wir fordern die Aufhebung der Verbotsverfügung.
Unterzeichnet und bestätigt wird dieser KAMPAGENAUFRUF durch die Unterschrift aller
Kurdinnen & Kurden dieser Welt.
Bitte unterschreiben Sie mit!
NAME EMAIL ETC.
Antwort an: mesop@0nline.de
Mesopotamische Entwicklungsgesellschaft - Deutschland - Tel. 06171 74135
PROFIL DES SENDERS ROV TV
Das kurdische Fernsehsender ROJ TV, gegründet in Kopenhagen, ist journalistisch
fundiert auf den Kriterien von OBJEKTIVITÄT UND UNABHÄNGIGKEIT
Alle Programme orientieren sich strikt an der europäischen Gesetzgebung und ihren Standards, um Raum für Debatte, Freiheit des Gedankens und Kritik zu fördern.
Ein Luxus, auf den die Kurden über Jahrhunderte verzichten mußten. Engagierte Journalisten und Korrespondenten bearbeiten die täglichen kurdischen und
internationalen Ereignisse entsprechend den journalistischen Werten der Objektivität, um Demokratie, Respekt für Minoritäten und kulturelle Identität in der Türkei und im Nahen Osten zu fördern.
Wir senden Ihnen gerne detaillierte Informationen über das journalistische ROJ TV
Profil.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Stop deportation hearing with Nigerian Embassy in Munich!
17th – 19th of June: Stop the deportation hearing with the Nigerian Embassy in Munich!
Protest action in front of the refugee camp at Tischlerstraße 30:
17th – 19th of June, each day from 8 am till 3 pm
Public transport connection:
Metro line U3, metro station Fürstenried West
Bus 166, bus stop Tischlerstraße
>>From 17th to 19th of June 2008, Nigerian Embassy officials will be coming to Munich again on the invitation of the Southern Bavaria Central Deportation Agency (Zentrale Rückführungsstelle Süd) to identify Nigerian Asylum seekers
for the purpose of issuing travel documents to deport them. Nigerians from different cities have been summoned to show up for this embassy deportation hearing, taking place inside a refugee camp at Tischlerstraße 30.
In order to facilitate the quick deportation of Nigerian refugees living in Germany, the German authorities are conniving with Nigerian embassy officials by bringing these officials all the way from Berlin to different places all over Germany, where Nigerians are forced to attend so-called identification hearings with these officials for the purpose of issuing travel documents for their deportation, against their will. The invited refugees are not informed about the purpose of these invitations and are even forced through various repressive means, including imprisonment. The aim of the German authorities is clear: Accelerating massive deportation of Nigerian citizens! And not only of Nigerian citizens: Even people from other African countries, like Liberia, Togo or Sudan, are forced to attend these hearings, with the aim to deport them to Nigeria as well.
For every refugee that is issued a travel document thereby paving the way for his eventual forceful deportation, the embassy is paid a certain sum of money by the German authorities, 250 Euro for every interview and 250 Euro more for every travel document! This means a total of 500 Euros for every refugee that is invited and finally issued a travel document. So, the embassy officials receive money to facilitate the denial of fundamental human rights by a foreign country to Nigerian and other African citizens living in this foreign country.
The practice of embassy identification hearings with the Nigerian embassy has come to an extent that they are taking place every month, each time in another region and another city of Germany. The Nigerian embassy officials were in Munich in August 2007, in January 2008 they were in Halberstadt, in February they were in Dortmund in March they were in Ludwigsburg and in April they were in Leipzig. The Nigerian embassy has now become a central agency for the deportation of African migrants and refugees!
But experience with previous embassy deportation hearings has also shown: Many refugees have successfully stopped their own deportation by refusing to attend these hearings. Boycott and protest actions against deportation hearings can be an efficient strategy to stop deportations!
Therefore, the Munich group of the Caravan for the Rights of Refugees and Migrants calls for massive protest and pressure against the Nigerian embassy to stop them from carrying out their shameful deportation business.
Stop embassy deportation hearings!
Stop the corrupt business with traveling certificates for deportations!
Stop deportations to Nigeria, stop all deportations!
Boycott-Information:
To all who got an invitation to the embassy interview with the Nigerian Embassy from 17th till 19th of June in Munich / Tischlerstraße refugee camp:
Dear brothers and sisters,
>>From 17th to 19th of June 2008, Nigerian Embassy officials will be coming to Munich to identify Nigerian Asylum seekers for the purpose of issuing travel documents to deport them. Nigerians from different cities have been summoned to show up for this embassy deportation interview, taking place inside a refugee camp at Tischlerstraße 30.
Warning: Attending the embassy interview with the Nigerian embassy is only for your own deportation! Boycott the embassy interview, don't support your own deportation!!
Don’t talk any word with Nigerian embassy officials unless a lawyer is with you!!
First: You should NOT sign any document proving your identity or your country of origin! Such a paper can be used to issue travelling documents for deportation without any other evidences or documents.
What is the problem with the embassy interview? What is happening there?
It is clear that the only purpose of an embassy interview is issuing travelling documents for deportation! Usually, authorities send out letters through which people are asked to come to an embassy hearing for reasons that are not clearly specified. Sometimes, the authorities threaten to revoke the "Duldung" if the refugees don’t attend the embassy interview. This is partly wrong because the authorities HAVE TO prolong the Duldung, if they cannot deport a person.
During the embassy interview, refugees will be questioned by Nigerian embassy officials in order to confirm their Nigerian origin based on their language, their accents or specific words they use. It has also been reported that not only Nigerians, but also asylum seekers from Togo, Liberia or Sudan have been invited to embassy hearings with the Nigerian embassy to deport them to Nigeria as well. It has to be clear: Don’t trust the Nigerian embassy officials, even if they offer to help you! You should also know that the embassy officials receive 500 Euro from the German authorities for every refugee that is invited and finally issued a travel document. That means, they make money by supporting the deportation of fellow Nigerians and other Africans!
Which consequences might happen to you if you go to an embassy interview?
Those attending an embassy interview are being issued papers of identification and, shortly afterwards, they receive a note of deportation.
Why it makes sense to boycott an embassy interview :
Many refugees who refused attending an embassy interview were able to stop their own deportation successfully and to win time to find alternative solutions for their own situation!
Possibility of penalties for refusing to to take part in an embassy interview or if you don’t talk with the embassy officials:
It’s a matter of fact that if you refuse to attend an embassy interview and/or to talk with the embassy officials, you can get penalties such as cuts of your social welfare money. The authorities could also take away your working permission or you could get a restriction of your "Residenzpflicht".
However, many people still don’t receive any penalty and often, these penalties are given only for a limited period of time. There are also possibilities to avoid troubles for not going to an embassy hearing, e.g. if you can present a medical certificate that proves that you are suffering from an illness which is so severe that you cannot participate in an interview.
Concerning the question of penalties, we ask you to contact us and/or your lawyer!
Also important to know: If you have already refused to take part in a hearing, police might try to arrest you at your place and might try to bring you directly to the hearing. Be careful, call your lawyer and/or contact us!
Therefore, our advice is: Do not to take part in an embassy interviews and refuse any cooperation. Boycott embassy interviews and try to get in touch with people and groups that support you! Don’t talk any word with Nigerian embassy officials unless a lawyer is with you!
Get in touch with us to get to know more about embassy interviews, tell us about your experiences. Let’s come together and protest against embassy deportation interviews!
Contact us:
Caravan for the Rights of Refugees and Migrants, c/o Eine Welt Haus,
Schwanthalerstraße 80, 80336 München
e-mail: caravane-munich@zeromail.org
website: www.carava.net
meeting: every Thursday, 8.30 pm, at Eine Welt Haus, Schwanthalerstraße 80,
Munich (near metro station U4/U5 Schwanthaler Höhe)
V.i.S.d.P.: Chimanda Adichie, c/o Karawane, Eine Welt Haus, Schwanthalerstr. 80,
80336 München
Protest action in front of the refugee camp at Tischlerstraße 30:
17th – 19th of June, each day from 8 am till 3 pm
Public transport connection:
Metro line U3, metro station Fürstenried West
Bus 166, bus stop Tischlerstraße
>>From 17th to 19th of June 2008, Nigerian Embassy officials will be coming to Munich again on the invitation of the Southern Bavaria Central Deportation Agency (Zentrale Rückführungsstelle Süd) to identify Nigerian Asylum seekers
for the purpose of issuing travel documents to deport them. Nigerians from different cities have been summoned to show up for this embassy deportation hearing, taking place inside a refugee camp at Tischlerstraße 30.
In order to facilitate the quick deportation of Nigerian refugees living in Germany, the German authorities are conniving with Nigerian embassy officials by bringing these officials all the way from Berlin to different places all over Germany, where Nigerians are forced to attend so-called identification hearings with these officials for the purpose of issuing travel documents for their deportation, against their will. The invited refugees are not informed about the purpose of these invitations and are even forced through various repressive means, including imprisonment. The aim of the German authorities is clear: Accelerating massive deportation of Nigerian citizens! And not only of Nigerian citizens: Even people from other African countries, like Liberia, Togo or Sudan, are forced to attend these hearings, with the aim to deport them to Nigeria as well.
For every refugee that is issued a travel document thereby paving the way for his eventual forceful deportation, the embassy is paid a certain sum of money by the German authorities, 250 Euro for every interview and 250 Euro more for every travel document! This means a total of 500 Euros for every refugee that is invited and finally issued a travel document. So, the embassy officials receive money to facilitate the denial of fundamental human rights by a foreign country to Nigerian and other African citizens living in this foreign country.
The practice of embassy identification hearings with the Nigerian embassy has come to an extent that they are taking place every month, each time in another region and another city of Germany. The Nigerian embassy officials were in Munich in August 2007, in January 2008 they were in Halberstadt, in February they were in Dortmund in March they were in Ludwigsburg and in April they were in Leipzig. The Nigerian embassy has now become a central agency for the deportation of African migrants and refugees!
But experience with previous embassy deportation hearings has also shown: Many refugees have successfully stopped their own deportation by refusing to attend these hearings. Boycott and protest actions against deportation hearings can be an efficient strategy to stop deportations!
Therefore, the Munich group of the Caravan for the Rights of Refugees and Migrants calls for massive protest and pressure against the Nigerian embassy to stop them from carrying out their shameful deportation business.
Stop embassy deportation hearings!
Stop the corrupt business with traveling certificates for deportations!
Stop deportations to Nigeria, stop all deportations!
Boycott-Information:
To all who got an invitation to the embassy interview with the Nigerian Embassy from 17th till 19th of June in Munich / Tischlerstraße refugee camp:
Dear brothers and sisters,
>>From 17th to 19th of June 2008, Nigerian Embassy officials will be coming to Munich to identify Nigerian Asylum seekers for the purpose of issuing travel documents to deport them. Nigerians from different cities have been summoned to show up for this embassy deportation interview, taking place inside a refugee camp at Tischlerstraße 30.
Warning: Attending the embassy interview with the Nigerian embassy is only for your own deportation! Boycott the embassy interview, don't support your own deportation!!
Don’t talk any word with Nigerian embassy officials unless a lawyer is with you!!
First: You should NOT sign any document proving your identity or your country of origin! Such a paper can be used to issue travelling documents for deportation without any other evidences or documents.
What is the problem with the embassy interview? What is happening there?
It is clear that the only purpose of an embassy interview is issuing travelling documents for deportation! Usually, authorities send out letters through which people are asked to come to an embassy hearing for reasons that are not clearly specified. Sometimes, the authorities threaten to revoke the "Duldung" if the refugees don’t attend the embassy interview. This is partly wrong because the authorities HAVE TO prolong the Duldung, if they cannot deport a person.
During the embassy interview, refugees will be questioned by Nigerian embassy officials in order to confirm their Nigerian origin based on their language, their accents or specific words they use. It has also been reported that not only Nigerians, but also asylum seekers from Togo, Liberia or Sudan have been invited to embassy hearings with the Nigerian embassy to deport them to Nigeria as well. It has to be clear: Don’t trust the Nigerian embassy officials, even if they offer to help you! You should also know that the embassy officials receive 500 Euro from the German authorities for every refugee that is invited and finally issued a travel document. That means, they make money by supporting the deportation of fellow Nigerians and other Africans!
Which consequences might happen to you if you go to an embassy interview?
Those attending an embassy interview are being issued papers of identification and, shortly afterwards, they receive a note of deportation.
Why it makes sense to boycott an embassy interview :
Many refugees who refused attending an embassy interview were able to stop their own deportation successfully and to win time to find alternative solutions for their own situation!
Possibility of penalties for refusing to to take part in an embassy interview or if you don’t talk with the embassy officials:
It’s a matter of fact that if you refuse to attend an embassy interview and/or to talk with the embassy officials, you can get penalties such as cuts of your social welfare money. The authorities could also take away your working permission or you could get a restriction of your "Residenzpflicht".
However, many people still don’t receive any penalty and often, these penalties are given only for a limited period of time. There are also possibilities to avoid troubles for not going to an embassy hearing, e.g. if you can present a medical certificate that proves that you are suffering from an illness which is so severe that you cannot participate in an interview.
Concerning the question of penalties, we ask you to contact us and/or your lawyer!
Also important to know: If you have already refused to take part in a hearing, police might try to arrest you at your place and might try to bring you directly to the hearing. Be careful, call your lawyer and/or contact us!
Therefore, our advice is: Do not to take part in an embassy interviews and refuse any cooperation. Boycott embassy interviews and try to get in touch with people and groups that support you! Don’t talk any word with Nigerian embassy officials unless a lawyer is with you!
Get in touch with us to get to know more about embassy interviews, tell us about your experiences. Let’s come together and protest against embassy deportation interviews!
Contact us:
Caravan for the Rights of Refugees and Migrants, c/o Eine Welt Haus,
Schwanthalerstraße 80, 80336 München
e-mail: caravane-munich@zeromail.org
website: www.carava.net
meeting: every Thursday, 8.30 pm, at Eine Welt Haus, Schwanthalerstraße 80,
Munich (near metro station U4/U5 Schwanthaler Höhe)
V.i.S.d.P.: Chimanda Adichie, c/o Karawane, Eine Welt Haus, Schwanthalerstr. 80,
80336 München
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Boycott British Airways from May 15th
PRESS STATEMENT BY RESPECT NIGERIANS COALITION (RNC) ON THE EXPIRATION OF ULTIMATUM GIVEN TO BRITISH AIRWAYS
Click here to download a flyer and pass on to others
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press, we are issuing this Statement on behalf of Respect Nigerians Coalition (RNC), a coalition of organizations and persons championing the campaign against British Airways’ discriminatory and indecorous treatment of its Nigerian customers. You all know that on Thursday, 27 March 2008, British Airways officials and the police subjected Mr Ayodeji Omotade to degrading treatment and went further to eject the other 135 passengers (overwhelmingly Nigerians) from BA075 flight bound for Lagos Nigeria from London Heathrow Airport. Of course, we are acutely aware that without your unstinting support, this story would have been swept under the carpet. That is why today, we are once again calling on you to help deepen international consciousness about the campaign.
On Tuesday, April 15 2008, we made five specific demands on British Airways over this issue and asked that they address these before Wednesday, April 30, 2008. We asked British Airways to:
- tender a clear and well-worded apology to all passengers affected by their discriminatory and intimidatory conduct aboard flight BA075 on 27 March, 2008 in a Nigerian national newspaper;
- tender a clear and well-worded written apology and appropriate compensation to Mr Ayodeji Omotade for financial and emotional losses suffered as a result of the conduct of British Airways and its agents on the day;
- withdraw all adverse statements made to the police about Mr. Ayodeji Omotade over this incident;
- lift the ban imposed on Mr Ayodeji Omotade, even as he would still retain his right to decide whether or not to fly British Airways in the future, and
- issue an undertaking that British Airways shall improve its customer care culture and desist from such practices that give the impression that the airline is arrogant, uncaring and discriminatory.
So far, British Airways has failed to do any of the above or give any indication of its intention to do any of the above. The terrible statements its faceless officials have been making in the press over this issue, both in the United Kingdom and Nigeria, attest to the unwillingness of those who run the airline to see reason. In the face of British Airways’ stonewalling, it is therefore our intention to now inform you of our next line of action.
We members of the Respect Nigeria Coalition (RNC) have resolved to officially commence the worldwide boycott of British Airways goods and services as from Thursday, 15 May, 2008. We are calling on every Nigerian and friends of Nigeria, every person who loves justice and fairness and every person who has a social conscience to vote against British Airways with the power of their purse. We are calling on people to educate British Airways on the virtues of good corporate citizenship. Nigerians and friends of Nigeria all over the world will continue to sign the Petition/Protest Letter posted on our two websites – www.nigeriavillagesquare and www.respectnigerians.com as long as the protest continues.
We recognize the concern showed by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and the Nigerian Federal Government over this issue. We are aware that discussions are ongoing between agents of the Federal Government and British Airways, the details of which are unknown to us at this time. But we are not waiting for the Federal Government to teach British Airways that the customer is king. They will find that out as they continue to test our resolve, because we are absolutely determined to prove that it’s possible for people’s power to trounce corporate tyranny.
Finally, you, members of the press, are the most important pillars of support we have throughout this struggle. It is you that put our issue on the front-burner of national and international discourse. Your reports have roused the consciousness of the British and international public and we know that the endless stream of messages of support we are receiving and the thousands of signatories supporting our protest have been largely due to the publicity and support you have given our campaign from the beginning.
Please, stand solidly with us, for the man dies in him who keeps silent in the face of tyranny of any sort.
Thank you for your support, care and attention.
Signed:
Kennedy Emetulu
Michael Egbejumi-David
Tosin Awotesu.
(For and on behalf of Respect Nigerians Coalition)
Extradite the terrorist Posada!
Extradite or prosecute the terrorist Posada,
Free the Cuban Five anti-terrorists!
How long will the Bush administration continue to harbor terrorist Luis Posada Carriles?
We are writing to urge you to join the campaign to demand the extradition and prosecution of anti-Cuban terrorist Luis Posada Carriles. We are asking you to send a letter today in support of the demand that Posada be extradited to Venezuela, or prosecuted in the United States for the bombing in a civilian Cuban airliner in mid-flight, and other terrorist acts. Right now Posada is being treated as a guest of honor by the Bush administration, which is planning new aggressions against the people of Cuba.
Take a moment to send a letter today by clicking this link. People all over the country and the world are mobilizing. It will only take a minute, but your action can help make a difference.
If you can make an urgently needed donation to help this campaign, please do so now.
Background
Should a man who is responsible for killing 73 people in a plane bombing, be honored with a dinner and an art gallery exhibit of his paintings?
That is precisely what has happened in the city that knows best how to protect and honor terrorists—Miami. The terrorist is Luis Posada Carriles, and the Miami dinner held in his “honor” on May 2nd, is just the beginning.
Posada made a brazen statement at the May 2 Miami dinner, evoking a call to terrorism once again. “We must not wait for Fidel Castro to die… for Raul to make mistakes.”
Misappropriating the words of Cuban independence fighter Antonio Maceo, Posada then said, “‘liberty is not something we must beg for. It is conquered with the sharp edge of the machete.' We ask God to sharpen our machetes because difficult times are arriving.”
Posada and the CIA
These are not idle words.
For over 40 years as a CIA operative, he has used explosives to carry out brutal attacks on unsuspecting victims, in the name of bringing “democracy” to Cuba. An Italian tourist, Fabio Di Celmo, was killed when one of the bombs that Posada made himself, exploded in a Havana hotel in 1997.
Although he bragged about Di Celmo’s murder in 1998 to The New York Times, he has never been charged. A New Jersey grand jury investigation on Posada's terrorist bombing in Cuba is still underway, but it is three years, and there is still no indictment.
Posada is not alone in his terrorist objectives. There is a network of Miami terrorists with whom he continues to work.
As late as 2000, Posada planned, along with three other Miami terrorists Pedro Remón Rodríguez, Guillermo Novo Sampol and Guillermo Jiménez Escobedo, to bomb an auditorium in Panama City, in order to assassinate Fidel Castro. That attempt would have killed hundreds of people. Fortunately that terrorist attack was thwarted, but now those four terrorists are living in Miami, after they were pardoned by the outgoing Panamanian pro-Bush president, Mireya Moscoso.
Remember George Bush's own words
It is an absolute outrage for Posada Carriles to be free in the streets, free to organize more terrorist attacks against the people of Cuba, or anyone else he deems an enemy.
George W. Bush’s own words, “If you harbor a terrorist...you are as guilty as a terrorist” brings into focus the question: Why has Bush not acted against Posada?
The Bush administration has guided Posada out of jail through a series of deliberate steps since he entered the United States in 2005.
When Posada sneaked illegally into Miami’s harbor in late March 2005, it took two months for Homeland Security to detain him, despite worldwide cries for his arrest and prosecution. Now he has been released, allowing him to openly organize new terrorist attacks.
George W. Bush and his father -- shielding anti-Cuban terrorists
After three years, the Bush government still refuses to honor Venezuela’s request to extradite Posada for the 1976 Cuban airliner bombing in Caracas. Bush’s father was CIA director at the time.
George W. is following in his father’s footsteps. Orlando Bosch—Posada’s accomplice in the plane bombing—was about to be deported from the United States in 1990 when president George H.W. Bush overrode the deportation order. Thus, the two architects of the Cubana plane bombing both live free in Miami.
Even if the U.S. government refuses to extradite with some nefarious pretext that it can’t trust Venezuela to respect Posada’s human rights, Washington is bound by international law to prosecute him in the United States, according to the Montreal 1971 Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation, “without exception whatsoever and whether or not the offense was committed in its territory…”
Cuban Five imprisoned, while Posada walks free
But even more outrageous is the continued U.S. imprisonment of the five Cuban men who were stopping the Miami terrorists’ plots.
The “Cuban Five” are Cuban nationals who came into Miami in the early1990s, to infiltrate, keep a vigilant eye on the Miami terrorists, and stop their attacks. The Cuban Five were doing what the U.S. government has refused to do, act against the Miami extremists. More than 3,400 Cubans have died by terrorist attacks of the Miami ultra-right.
Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando González and René González, whose mission was to save lives, are serving 15 years to double life, falsely convicted on federal conspiracy charges. Hernández and Fernando González had the specific mission of keeping an eye on Bosch.
The Cuban Five won the right to a new trial in 2005 when a federal court ruled that they were improperly tried in Miami, due to 'pervasive prejudice' towards defendants related to Cuba. Then the Bush administration appealed the decision. The five remain in prison.
The story doesn’t end there. Alexander Acosta—the U.S. Attorney in Miami who represented the government in arguing against a new trial for the Cuban Five—is the same prosecutor who requested a sentence reduction for the two terrorists who illegally sneaked Posada into the United States in March 2005.
Despite illegally possessing massive weapons caches and refusing to testify before an El Paso grand jury about Posada’s illegal entry, Santiago Alvarez and Osvaldo Mitat won a reduction in their already-short prison sentences, thanks to Miami prosecutors.
Only pressure from the people of the United States on the U.S. government will bring Posada to justice.
Take action -- Send a letter today!
1) We urge you to send a letter to your representatives in Congress, to demand that the U.S. government act immediately to extradite or prosecute Posada, and allow the Cuban Five to return home to Cuba
Free the Cuban Five anti-terrorists!
How long will the Bush administration continue to harbor terrorist Luis Posada Carriles?
We are writing to urge you to join the campaign to demand the extradition and prosecution of anti-Cuban terrorist Luis Posada Carriles. We are asking you to send a letter today in support of the demand that Posada be extradited to Venezuela, or prosecuted in the United States for the bombing in a civilian Cuban airliner in mid-flight, and other terrorist acts. Right now Posada is being treated as a guest of honor by the Bush administration, which is planning new aggressions against the people of Cuba.
Take a moment to send a letter today by clicking this link. People all over the country and the world are mobilizing. It will only take a minute, but your action can help make a difference.
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Background
Should a man who is responsible for killing 73 people in a plane bombing, be honored with a dinner and an art gallery exhibit of his paintings?
That is precisely what has happened in the city that knows best how to protect and honor terrorists—Miami. The terrorist is Luis Posada Carriles, and the Miami dinner held in his “honor” on May 2nd, is just the beginning.
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Misappropriating the words of Cuban independence fighter Antonio Maceo, Posada then said, “‘liberty is not something we must beg for. It is conquered with the sharp edge of the machete.' We ask God to sharpen our machetes because difficult times are arriving.”
Posada and the CIA
These are not idle words.
For over 40 years as a CIA operative, he has used explosives to carry out brutal attacks on unsuspecting victims, in the name of bringing “democracy” to Cuba. An Italian tourist, Fabio Di Celmo, was killed when one of the bombs that Posada made himself, exploded in a Havana hotel in 1997.
Although he bragged about Di Celmo’s murder in 1998 to The New York Times, he has never been charged. A New Jersey grand jury investigation on Posada's terrorist bombing in Cuba is still underway, but it is three years, and there is still no indictment.
Posada is not alone in his terrorist objectives. There is a network of Miami terrorists with whom he continues to work.
As late as 2000, Posada planned, along with three other Miami terrorists Pedro Remón Rodríguez, Guillermo Novo Sampol and Guillermo Jiménez Escobedo, to bomb an auditorium in Panama City, in order to assassinate Fidel Castro. That attempt would have killed hundreds of people. Fortunately that terrorist attack was thwarted, but now those four terrorists are living in Miami, after they were pardoned by the outgoing Panamanian pro-Bush president, Mireya Moscoso.
Remember George Bush's own words
It is an absolute outrage for Posada Carriles to be free in the streets, free to organize more terrorist attacks against the people of Cuba, or anyone else he deems an enemy.
George W. Bush’s own words, “If you harbor a terrorist...you are as guilty as a terrorist” brings into focus the question: Why has Bush not acted against Posada?
The Bush administration has guided Posada out of jail through a series of deliberate steps since he entered the United States in 2005.
When Posada sneaked illegally into Miami’s harbor in late March 2005, it took two months for Homeland Security to detain him, despite worldwide cries for his arrest and prosecution. Now he has been released, allowing him to openly organize new terrorist attacks.
George W. Bush and his father -- shielding anti-Cuban terrorists
After three years, the Bush government still refuses to honor Venezuela’s request to extradite Posada for the 1976 Cuban airliner bombing in Caracas. Bush’s father was CIA director at the time.
George W. is following in his father’s footsteps. Orlando Bosch—Posada’s accomplice in the plane bombing—was about to be deported from the United States in 1990 when president George H.W. Bush overrode the deportation order. Thus, the two architects of the Cubana plane bombing both live free in Miami.
Even if the U.S. government refuses to extradite with some nefarious pretext that it can’t trust Venezuela to respect Posada’s human rights, Washington is bound by international law to prosecute him in the United States, according to the Montreal 1971 Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation, “without exception whatsoever and whether or not the offense was committed in its territory…”
Cuban Five imprisoned, while Posada walks free
But even more outrageous is the continued U.S. imprisonment of the five Cuban men who were stopping the Miami terrorists’ plots.
The “Cuban Five” are Cuban nationals who came into Miami in the early1990s, to infiltrate, keep a vigilant eye on the Miami terrorists, and stop their attacks. The Cuban Five were doing what the U.S. government has refused to do, act against the Miami extremists. More than 3,400 Cubans have died by terrorist attacks of the Miami ultra-right.
Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando González and René González, whose mission was to save lives, are serving 15 years to double life, falsely convicted on federal conspiracy charges. Hernández and Fernando González had the specific mission of keeping an eye on Bosch.
The Cuban Five won the right to a new trial in 2005 when a federal court ruled that they were improperly tried in Miami, due to 'pervasive prejudice' towards defendants related to Cuba. Then the Bush administration appealed the decision. The five remain in prison.
The story doesn’t end there. Alexander Acosta—the U.S. Attorney in Miami who represented the government in arguing against a new trial for the Cuban Five—is the same prosecutor who requested a sentence reduction for the two terrorists who illegally sneaked Posada into the United States in March 2005.
Despite illegally possessing massive weapons caches and refusing to testify before an El Paso grand jury about Posada’s illegal entry, Santiago Alvarez and Osvaldo Mitat won a reduction in their already-short prison sentences, thanks to Miami prosecutors.
Only pressure from the people of the United States on the U.S. government will bring Posada to justice.
Take action -- Send a letter today!
1) We urge you to send a letter to your representatives in Congress, to demand that the U.S. government act immediately to extradite or prosecute Posada, and allow the Cuban Five to return home to Cuba
Thursday, May 01, 2008
NYPD go to hell, we are all Sean Bell
n New York, a coalition of civil rights advocates are calling for a permanent state-level special prosecutor to handle police brutality cases following the acquittal of three NYPD detectives in the killing of Sean Bell. The twenty-three-year-old Bell died in a hail of fifty police bullets on the morning of what would have been his wedding day in November 2006. Two of his friends were also injured in the shooting. All three men were unarmed.
Brief summary of Friday April 25th
* Peoples Justice Rally for Justice for Sean Bell & All Victims of Police Brutality
* 2 arrests following formal march
Following yesterday morning's announcement of Judge Cooperman's "not guilty on all counts" acquittal verdict of 3 of the 5 NYPD officers involved in the murder of Sean Bell, hundreds gathered in Queens to express their outrage. Disgusted by the trial process (determined by 1 judge rather than a jury), and the unjust outcome, the Peoples Justice rally began at 5:30pm by the Queens DA's office, with family members speaking of having lost loved ones to police brutality, and others speaking of personal experiences being victimized by law enforcement violence, including: Nicholas Heyward, Sr. spoke of his son - Nicholas Heyward, Jr. - murdered by the NYPD; members of Jayson Tirado's family; Juanita Young, mother of Malcolm Ferguson and founder of Parents Against Police Brutality; representatives of the Bushwick 32 case; Desis Rising Up & Moving, linking the struggle against police brutality to the struggle against the criminalization of immigrants. In addition to justice for Sean Bell and other specific cases, Peoples Justice is calling for an end to racist & militarized policing of our communities; the creation of a permanent independent prosecutor for all cases of police brutality in NYC; and increased efforts for community control of our safety through creation of community Cop Watch patrols and Know Your Rights work.
Peoples Justice moved the rally from the Queens DA's office with a march to Liverpool, the site of the 50-shot murder of Sean Bell and injuries to his friends Trent Benefield & Joseph Guzman. The unpermitted march, growing to 1,500 on Queens Boulevard, stopped traffic and was greeted by enormous support from community members along the way -- many joined the march; others honked their support from their cars, not seeming bothered to be stopped in traffic; others cheered from rooftops, apartments, stores, and buses.
At the closing rally on Liverpool (site of the shooting), about 500 vowed to continue the struggle for justice for Sean Bell & all victims of police brutality. Co-MC's Jessica Sanclemente (from the Justice Committee) and Thenjiwe McHarris (Malcolm X Grassroots Movement) reminded community members of the need to demand accountability of the police while also taking steps towards community control through Know Your Rights education and Cop Watch patrols. Those interested in developing their own Cop Watch patrols can contact the Justice Committee or Malcolm X Grassroots Movement for more information, and Peoples Justice can be contacted for more information about Know Your Rights training.
Following the close of the formal Peoples Justice march & rally, some continued with an impromptu march through parts of Jamaica, Queens. According to updates Peoples Justice received, at about 11:30pm, following the dispersal of one group at the 103rd Precinct, a protester was arrested as he was leaving, and a legal observer who tried to get badge information of the arresting officers was also arrested. After getting the news last night, Peoples Justice organizers secured an attorney to work with the 2 who were arrested, and also had several Peoples Justice organizers go to the 107th precinct where they were being held before being transported to Central Booking. The attorney attempted to have them released with DAT's (desk appearance tickets), which is often protocol in such cases. The NYPD refused. We expect that the 2 will be released today, and will post additional updates if community mobilization is required.
"We Are All Sean Bell": Images of the People's Justice march that took the streets of Queens on Friday, April 25, 2008. The spark: The acquittal of the three cops who fired 50 shots into an unarmed Black man on his wedding day in 2007.
The demand: Justice for Sean Bell and All Victims of Police Brutality. Community Control of the Police.
Brief summary of Friday April 25th
* Peoples Justice Rally for Justice for Sean Bell & All Victims of Police Brutality
* 2 arrests following formal march
Following yesterday morning's announcement of Judge Cooperman's "not guilty on all counts" acquittal verdict of 3 of the 5 NYPD officers involved in the murder of Sean Bell, hundreds gathered in Queens to express their outrage. Disgusted by the trial process (determined by 1 judge rather than a jury), and the unjust outcome, the Peoples Justice rally began at 5:30pm by the Queens DA's office, with family members speaking of having lost loved ones to police brutality, and others speaking of personal experiences being victimized by law enforcement violence, including: Nicholas Heyward, Sr. spoke of his son - Nicholas Heyward, Jr. - murdered by the NYPD; members of Jayson Tirado's family; Juanita Young, mother of Malcolm Ferguson and founder of Parents Against Police Brutality; representatives of the Bushwick 32 case; Desis Rising Up & Moving, linking the struggle against police brutality to the struggle against the criminalization of immigrants. In addition to justice for Sean Bell and other specific cases, Peoples Justice is calling for an end to racist & militarized policing of our communities; the creation of a permanent independent prosecutor for all cases of police brutality in NYC; and increased efforts for community control of our safety through creation of community Cop Watch patrols and Know Your Rights work.
Peoples Justice moved the rally from the Queens DA's office with a march to Liverpool, the site of the 50-shot murder of Sean Bell and injuries to his friends Trent Benefield & Joseph Guzman. The unpermitted march, growing to 1,500 on Queens Boulevard, stopped traffic and was greeted by enormous support from community members along the way -- many joined the march; others honked their support from their cars, not seeming bothered to be stopped in traffic; others cheered from rooftops, apartments, stores, and buses.
At the closing rally on Liverpool (site of the shooting), about 500 vowed to continue the struggle for justice for Sean Bell & all victims of police brutality. Co-MC's Jessica Sanclemente (from the Justice Committee) and Thenjiwe McHarris (Malcolm X Grassroots Movement) reminded community members of the need to demand accountability of the police while also taking steps towards community control through Know Your Rights education and Cop Watch patrols. Those interested in developing their own Cop Watch patrols can contact the Justice Committee or Malcolm X Grassroots Movement for more information, and Peoples Justice can be contacted for more information about Know Your Rights training.
Following the close of the formal Peoples Justice march & rally, some continued with an impromptu march through parts of Jamaica, Queens. According to updates Peoples Justice received, at about 11:30pm, following the dispersal of one group at the 103rd Precinct, a protester was arrested as he was leaving, and a legal observer who tried to get badge information of the arresting officers was also arrested. After getting the news last night, Peoples Justice organizers secured an attorney to work with the 2 who were arrested, and also had several Peoples Justice organizers go to the 107th precinct where they were being held before being transported to Central Booking. The attorney attempted to have them released with DAT's (desk appearance tickets), which is often protocol in such cases. The NYPD refused. We expect that the 2 will be released today, and will post additional updates if community mobilization is required.
Murdered by the NYPD
The Families
The People's Verdict
Taking It to the Streets
By Any Means Necessary
NYPD + ICE = Racists
Roses for Sean Bell
Killer Cops
Stolen Lives
The Fire From Below
The demand: Justice for Sean Bell and All Victims of Police Brutality. Community Control of the Police.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
The Conspiracy to Divide Bolivia Must Be Denounced
The process of changes in favor of the Bolivian majority is at risk of being brutally restrained. The rise to power of an Indigenous president with unprecedented support in that country and his programs of popular benefits and recovery of the natural resources have had to face the conspiracies of the oligarchy and United States interference from the very beginning.
In recent days the increase in conspiracy has reached its climax. The subversive and unconstitutional actions of the oligarchic groups to try to divide the Bolivian nation reflect the racist and elitist minds of these sectors and constitute a very dangerous precedent not only for the country’s integrity, but for other countries in our region.
History shows with ample eloquence, the terrible consequences that the divisionary and separatist processes supported and induced by foreign interests have had for humanity.
Faced with this situation the signers below would like to express their support for the government of Evo Morales Ayma, for his policies for change and for the sovereign constituent process of the Bolivian people. At the same time we reject the so-called Santa Cruz Autonomy Statute due to its unconstitutionality and the attempt against the unity of a nation of our America.
Please sign the petition in support of the Bolivian government HERE
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