Statements of Solidarity from Human Rights Know no Borders, Vienna and London

We are greeting you from Vienna, where we are calling for a fundamental reform of the EU today in front of the Federal Chancellery.

 

The Geneva Refugee Convention entered into force sixty years ago. The Convention stipulates that all persons who are forced to flee their countries due to persecution must be granted protection by the states in which they seek refuge. The reality of the Austrian as well as the European asylum policy does not reflect this obligation however; an increasingly restrictive migration policy, the erosion of the right to asylum and the intensified protection of borders make it near impossible for those seeking protection to legally reach safe countries.

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Solidarity Message from Protest March for Freedom for striking refugees who were arrested today in Berlin

Solidarity Statement from the Protest March to Brussels for Refugee friends from Asylum Rights Evolution

Today is the 20th of May and we make our first steps of the March for Freedom. We got very bad news from Berlin. The Berlin Police attacked our Refugee Friends in Gedaechtnisḱirche and arrested some of  the refugee strikers. Some of them are now in jail. Others were sent back unwillingly to their Lagers . All of our friends are in high risk of deportation. This is a solidarity message from the March for our Fighter Refugee Friends .

Our hearts are with you in Berlin, where ever we are. We are following your process; so dont think that you are alone! We are One!

This is also an official message from the March for Freedom to the german government. You have violated the rights of our fellow refugees with this repressive, shameful and injust treatment. And this shows us again that we only have one alternative to overcome the unequal situation in our life: Resistance against discrimination and racist refugee laws and policy. This movement showed in the last two years that we are serious about changing our situation and also about being united inside of the Refugee Movement. We refugees never leave our fellow refugee freedom fighters alone, and we are all ready to be always  in solidarity with our friends. Big and warm greetings in solidarity from the marching people to our friends (Asylum Rights Evolution)

united in resistance

Refugee Protest March to Brussels

STATEMENT OF REFUGEES PARTICIPATING IN PROTEST MARCH, PART GERMANY

Regarding the difficulties and problems in working groups on the issue of protest march to Brussels, there is a little chance to prepare strong media to cover our views and news around this action; therefore different groups and pages ,that are in fact just supporters who not necessarily recognize themselves as no-status, spread the word from their own point of view and not necessarily from us,the refugees participaing in protest march.

THE ONLY ACCEPTED PAGE TO PUBLISH OUR OFFICIAL VIEWS AND NEWS FOR THIS ACTION IS

Webpage : http://freedomnotfrontex.noblogs.org

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/freedomnotfrontex

TO COVER THE NEWS AND ACCESS TO OUR OFFICIAL MATERIALS YOU CAN CHECK THESE 2 ADDRESSES ANY OTHER TEXT THAT IS PUBLISHED ANYWHERE OTHER THAN THESE ADDRESSES NEED OUR OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION AND APPROVAL AND ARE NOT NECESSARILY OUR STATEMENTS UNTIL WE PUBLISH THEM IN OUR OFFICIAL PAGE.

IN SOLIDARITY WITH REFUGEE MOVEMENT IN EUROPE REFUGEES PARTICIPATING IN PROTEST MARCH,

PART GERMANY,MAY 2014

CREACTIVISM Days for Freedom March

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CREACTIVISM DAYS for Freedom March To Brussels
Let’s get together, liberate our creative minds and have a playful time together:
making banners, stencils, T- shirts, prints, everything to creatively transport our messages!

7.- 9.5.2014 from 11am- open end
From 11am – 3pm at Oranienplatz
From 3pm – end at New Yorck Bethanien
(in case of bad weather: only in Bethanien)

Bring paint, brushes, pencils, cardboard, all you can imagine!
Yummy energy supplies provided by Vokü!

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Jour de CREACTIVISM pour la March de Liberté à Bruxelles
Rassemblons, libérons nos têtes créatives et savourons un temps ludique ensemble :
Faisant des banderoles, des stencils, des T- shirts, des typos, et tout ce qui transport nos messages !

7.- 9.5.2014 de 11.00 – fin ouverte
From 11.00 – 15.00 à Oranienplatz
From 15.00 – la fin à New Yorck Bethanien
(en cas de mauvais temps: seulement à Bethanien)

Ramène de la peinture, des pinceaux, des crayons, des cartons, tout ce que vous pouvez imaginer !
Pour recharger vos énergies il y aura une Vokü ! »

Departure from Berlin to Freiburg/ Kehl/ Strasbourg

FRANCAIS en bas, فارسی زیر را ببینید, عربية أدناه, DEUTSCH weiter unten, ESPAÑOL abajo

Departure from Berlin to Freiburg (Kehl/Strasbourg):

The departure from Berlin will be on the 17th of May in the early morning. People who want to come with us, should therefore come to Berlin already on the 16th of May.

Very important: If you want to come with us to Freiburg (and on the next day to Kehl / Strasbourg), please write a short mail to transport.marchforfreedom@riseup.net or call us (contacts). Then we will reserve seats for you and your group.

The journey will not cost anything for refugees or people without any income.

FRANCAIS
Départ de Berlin à Fribourg (Kehl / Strasbourg):

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Call for Support!

  Interconnected Refugee & Migrant Movements –
  Protest March against Fortress Europe!
  From Strasbourg to Brussels, May and June 2014

The European council and the European ministers of foreign affairs make
racist and prohibitive policies against refugees and migrants on a very
high level. In reaction to the recent admitted mass drowning in the
Mediterranean, they only concluded to arm the forces that control and
aggressively prevent people’s movement, such as frontex. They will hold
their next summit at the 26th and 27th of June in Brussels.

Different groups of refugee and Migrant movements in Europe plan a protest march
from Strasbourg to Brussels. This will begin shortly before the European
parliament elections at the end of May. The marching refugee and supporting
activists will walk about 450 km within one month. In an action week before
the council’s summit, we will raise our protest against the policies of
fortress Europe!

A group of people active in and supportive of the Refugee Movement
from Oranienplatz have started to mobilize for the march and prepare the
action. We would be happy about many different kinds of support:

  • share contacts with us:
  • to (international) refugee movements, help to make huge network possible
  • to people living in lager in Germany, for info events
  • to people/groups who could helporganize sleeping places along the route
  • we also need more contacts to trustworthy journalists and your support in raising media attention, accompany the protests with own media
  • legal support/anti-repression/anti-trauma
  • organize decentralised actions, let’s have global action times!
  • contribute to the local actions
  • think about actions especially to support the massive border crossing (France, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium)
  • organize transport for refugees in your region to take part in the march/action week/single actions
  • lend materials: busses/car trailers, big tents, kitchen equipment, sound systems, generator, media equipment, tools…
  • medical support & child care
  • produce mobilization material (movie, web propaganda, stickers, banners, poster, songs…)
  • spread flyers, posters, call; link our blogs (freedomnotfrontex.noblogs.org and asylstrikeberlin.wordpress.com)
  • we need a huge amount of money to finance 6 weeks of food for some hundred people! we also need money for tickets/public transport, gasoline, transport cars, renting/buying material,  mobilization, anti-repression: please support us by donating, applying at foundations, organising soli parties etc!!!
  • take part in the Protest March! Starting around the 20th of May in Strasbourg
  • take part in the Action Week in Brussels 20th June – 27th June

For any questions or ideas, proposals or information you can reach us
via email: freedomnotfrontex@riseup.net or meet us almost every Sunday at
3 pm at Cafe Kotti in Berlin/Kreuzberg, just ask at the counter for us.

Thanks a lot and see you on the street!!!