JULIAN ASSANGE ARRESTED/ATTACK ON FREEDOM OF PRESS
by Astrid Essed Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010 at 4:53 PM
The arrest case of Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks is politically motivated and therefore an attack on the freedom of press
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2010/Julian Assange arrested/Attack on freedom of press
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2009/White Christmas operation in Coccaglio 2009
WHITE CHRISTMAS OPERATION IN COCCAGLIO 2009
by Astrid Essed Monday, Dec. 28, 2009 at 11:11 PM
Christmas 2009 The ”White Christmas” operation in Coccaglio, aiming the expulsion of all ”illegals” out of the town, is not only a sign of utter racism and xenophobia, it also reveals the inhuman Italian asylumpolicy, which has hardened this year Therefore it is of great importance to undertake action against as well the White Christmas operation as Italian asylumpolicy in general
CHRISTMAS 2009
WHITE CHRISTMAS OPERATION IN COCCAGLIO”AND SHE GAVE BIRTH TO HER FIRSTBORN, A SON.
SHE WRAPPED HIM IN CLOTHS AND PLACED HIM IN A MANGER, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO PLACE FOR THEM IN THE INN”
WHITE CHRISTMAS OPERATION IN COCCAGLIO”AND SHE GAVE BIRTH TO HER FIRSTBORN, A SON.
SHE WRAPPED HIM IN CLOTHS AND PLACED HIM IN A MANGER, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO PLACE FOR THEM IN THE INN”
Dear Editor and Readers,
On this Night before Christmas I travel with you through some Moments in the history of men, kept in a dusty archive.
CASE 1
YEAR ZERO
BIRTH IN BETHLEHEM
NO PLACE IN THE INN
A poor and hungry couple arrives in Bethlehem, where they had to go on order of the Roman occupier because of a people’s registration
The young woman is pregnant of her first child and has recently survived a heavy travel with a donkey, on paths of stones.
It is impossible to rest, because all inns are already filled with other people, coming for that registration
They don’t have any money to rent a room elsewhere
Out of pity, because the time of the woman has come, a friendly innkeeper gives them permission to sleep in the manger
The same night she gives birth to her first Son.
She calls Him Jesus [Joshua in Hebrew]
CASE 2
2001 YEARS LATER
BIRTH IN THE VICINITY OF BETHLEHEM, 2001
TRAGEDY
A Palestinian family arrives at an Israeli military checkpoint [1] at al Walaja village, near Bethlehem
They are not Joseph and Mary, but Nasser and Fatima.
They try to reach the hospital in Bethlehem, but soldiers at military checkpoints twice refuse to allow them to pass, saying that Fatima’s condition was not critical.
After trying for about one hour to pass the checkpoints, Fatima gives birth to a son, in their car.
At al Walaja, near Bethlehem
She calls him Walid
But there are medical complications
Fatima is only seven months pregnant, when the baby is born.
As a premature baby, Walid requires urgent medical treatment.
The family reaches the hospital in Bethlehem one and a half hours after he was born, but the weight and temperature of the baby are too low.
He didn’t survive
He died that afternoon [2]
CASE 3
DECEMBER, 24 2009
COCCAGLIO
A knock on the door [3]
It’s a day before Christmas
Police officials call at the home of a refugee family in Coccaglio, asking them for their residence papers.
As they learn, that the residence papers have expired, the family is asked to leave the house and the town.
Christmas Eve they leave town, towards an insecure future.
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2011/Osama bin Laden killed by US forces/No Justice without a trial
OSAMA BIN LADEN KILLED BY US FORCES/NO JUSTICE WITHOUT A TRIAL
by Astrid Essed Monday, May. 09, 2011 at 5:55 PM
Not only killing the unarmed Osama bin Laden is a warcrime, as any other human being he had a right on a fair and independent trial No justice without a trial
OSAMA BIN LADEN KILLED BY US FORCES/NO JUSTICE WITHOUT A TRIALThe civilisation of a country is measured by the way they treat their enemies
Anonymous
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”It is surprising to see how normal crime and killing has become and how it is celebrated by imperial governments”
Elias Jaua/Vice president of Venezuela
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/05/20115241936984209.html
””I don’t know how I feel about this,” she said. “I’m a Christian, and killing isn’t part of my beliefs. It doesn’t bring anyone back.”
Family member of 11 september attacks victim
http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/05/20115352740772938.html
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[Institute of Race Relations]/Cracks in the Dutch deportation and detention regime
CRACKS IN THE DUTCH DEPORTATION AND DETENTION REGIME
HELEN HINTJES
AHMED PURI
June 13, 2013 — Comment
Written by Helen Hintjens & Ahmed Puri
A series of hunger strikes, following allegations of abuse, force and the use of forged documents, are showing up the fault lines in the Dutch detention system.
For the first time in more than a decade, hundreds of people in Dutch immigration detention centres have gone on hunger strikes in protest at their hopeless situation. In late May, two young Guinean men moved from Rotterdam detention centre to the prison hospital in Scheveningen in The Hague, were reported to be suffering from kidney failure as a result of dry fasting. One of them, Issa Koulibaly, a 22-year-old who has written long and eloquent letters to his lawyer and supporters, explaining exactly what has been happening to him in detention,[1] states in his letters that if forced to return to Guinea, he would rather die.
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[Ravotr]/ Double struggle in Brazil
PETER STORM
Door peter | 17 juni 2013 | Brazilië, in English
Monday, 17 June, 2013
Below is an article I wrote for ROARmag.org, where you can find an illustrated and slightly edited version, under the title: “In Brazil, a dual struggle against neoliberalism”.
While the world has been watching Turkey, another country is experiencing revolt. That country is Brazil. Just like Turkey, it is relatively succesful, economically speaking. Just like Turkey, the results of economic growth are divided very unequally. Just like in Turkey, a relatively small provocation is setting off a much biggen chain reaction. Unlike in Turkey, that provocation is a direct attack on living standards. But the anger exploding goes much deeper than that.
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England 2011/Riots in England/Uprising of the unheard
RIOTS IN ENGLAND/UPRISING OF THE UNHEARD
by Astrid Essed Wednesday, Sep. 07, 2011 at 6:08 PM
In contrary with the mainstream media and the British politicians, the 2011 riots in England are no ”mindless violence”, but a clear protest against the years of social unjustice and racist police violence
RIOTS IN ENGLAND/UPRISING OF THE UNHEARD
RIOTS ARE THE VOICES OF THE UNHEARD
Martin Luther King
http://quotationsbook.com/quote/34458/
”Whilst many seek to pin the blame on the inevitable result of decades of oppression in under-privileged communities, the causes of the riots are swept under the rugs looted from Carpet Right. Inequality is at the heart of this. As long as the police see themselves as above the law, young people will take it into their own hands.”
JODY MCINTYRE/FROM BRIXTON TO TOTTENHAM
WE ARE NO LONGER WILLING TO PUT UP WITH POLICE BRUTALITY OR RACISM
ALONDRA NELSON ON TWITTER
Dear Editor and readers,
SUMMARY:
In contrary with the British politicians and mainstream media, the riots in England are no ”mindless violence” and ”criminal acts”, but the direct consequence of government cuts, which are especially damaging to poor neighbourhoods. decennialong social deprivation and often unpunished police violence.
The methods [burning and looting] are wrong, the deadly victims unacceptable, but the fury about the yearlong police violence and the social injustice is legitimate
This is the resistance of the unheard and humiliated, as Martin Luther King has stated [1]
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[Deportatieverzet]/Heavy abuse in detention center Rotterdam, again
HEAVY ABUSE IN DETENTION CENTER ROTTERDAM, AGAIN
UPDATE, 11.37: This morning, around 9 am, the doctor has visited mister Bah. “He has been heavily abused”, she says. “He has a big bump on his forehead, and a cut in his right cheeck, caused by a pen the guard was using. He has bruised on his forehead and his temple.” The ministry of Justice stated that Bah himself was being violent, but according to the doctor he is “barely able to walk”, because of his weakened condition. Since Friday noon he has not eaten or drinken anything. Apart from the visit this morning, he has not had any medical care.
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[Ravotr]/Article of Peter Storm/Refugees resisting State oppression, and solidarity activism in the Netherlands, hungerstrikes and more
REFUGEES RESISTING STATE OPPRESSION, AND SOLIDARITY ACTIVISM IN THE NETHERLANDS, AND MORE
PETER STORM
Sunday 19 May, 2013
This article was written for Libcom, and can be read there already.
Protest and resistance by refugees and solidarity activists in the Netherlands is meeting serious repression. This is now getting media attention, and provoking new protest as well.
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[Human Rights Watch]/US: Fulfill promises to close Guantanamo
US: FULFILL PROMISES TO CLOSE GUANTANAMO
Force Feeding Compounds Harms of Indefinite Detention
APRIL 30, 2013
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President Obama’s call to end indefinite detention at Guantanamo is encouraging after his long silence on the issue. Though he blamed Congress for the problems at Guantanamo, there are actions he could have taken and can still take now to end indefinite detention there.
Laura Pitter, counterterrorism advisor
US President Barack Obama should move swiftly to fulfill newly repeated promises to end indefinite detention without trial at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay.
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[Human Rights Watch]/Morocco: Tainted trial of Sahrawi civilians
MOROCCO: TAINTED TRIAL OF SAHRAWI CIVILIANS
Military Court’s Judgment in Case Based on 2010 Western Sahara Clash
APRIL 1, 2013
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Naâma Asfari, one of 25 Sahrawis convicted by a military court in the Gdeim Izik trial.
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While the loss of life at Gdeim Izik is deplorable, the prosecution failed to establish after 26 months of pretrial detention for most defendants a credible case that they were responsible for the violence.
Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director
(Rabat) – A Moroccan military court has sentenced 25 Sahrawis to prison, including nine to life sentences, without looking into their allegations that their confessions were extracted under torture and other forms of coercion. The defendants include several advocates of human rights and independence for Western Sahara. The confessions were apparently the primary, if not the only, evidence against them, as the court’s written judgment, released the week of March 18, 2013, makes clear.
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