Judge cites “risks of violations of guaranteed rights” to freedom from torture and to a fair trial in Budapest ~ Scott Harris ~ The extradition chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal today (9 April) rejected the extradition to Hungary of Rexhino “Gino” Abazaj, a 32-year-old Albanian anti-fascist wanted for alleged violence against neo-Nazis in
Armed house searches and arrests in Graz following protest against right-wing student associations’ ball ~ Rob Latchford ~ Police in Graz, Austria have arrested seven anti-fascists over the past two weeks on orders of the public prosecutor’s office. The operation began in the early morning of 14 March, when an apartment in the city was
The defence cited grim reports of “white torture” in Hungarian prisons, including permanent solitary confinement and 24-hour surveillance ~ Alisa-Ece Tohumcu ~ After five months in Fresnes Prison, Rexhino “Gino” Abazaj, a 32-year-old Albanian anti-fascist activist, was released under judicial supervision yesterday (26 March). Arrested in Montreuil in November 2024, he faces up to 24
Maja T offered fourteen years in plea deal for attacks at neo-Nazi ‘Day of Honour’ ~ Juju Alerta ~ Seven of the anti-fascists in hiding since the ‘Day of Honour’ events in Budapest have turned themselves in to German authorities, reported ABC Dresden on 20 January. The unnamed activists are accused of dangerous bodily harm
Televised appeal and surveillance operation preceded the arrest, as authorities clamp down on alleged associates in the Antifa East and Budapest cases ~ Juju Alerta ~ Antifascist activist Johann G. (31) was arrested in Thuringia on Friday by the fugitive squad of the Saxony State Criminal Police Office, media reported. The arrest is said to
Grzegorz Piotrowski discusses far right power and its international networking and funding ~ Uri Gordon ~ The far right agenda has never been so powerful since the end of the second World War. After decades of the political centre shifting steadily to the right, ultra-nationalist and neo-fascist forces are now in open alliance with populist
Solidarity actions being organised with “Nanuk”, accused of attacking Nazis in Saxony ~ Juju Alerta ~ Anti-fascist Thomas J., also referred to as “Nanuk”, was arrested by investigators from the Saxony State Criminal Police Office in Berlin on Monday 21 October, reported German media. Following his arrest, he was brought before a judge in Karlsruhe and
Official letter reveals extent and speed of operation to extradite queer antifascist to Hungary, despite injunction appeal ~ Kit Dimou ~ The authorities in the German state of Saxony “could hardly wait to extradite” antifascist activist Maja T to queer-hostile and authoritarian Hungary, say supporters. According to responses received from the Saxon State Ministry of
Instead of self-righteous identity politics, our practice should oppose fake empowerment narratives ~ Anon Grata ~ A right-wing populist party has won the elections in yet another European country—but as the international media reminds us, it’s not any country: it’s both the birthplace of the leader of historical Nazi-Fascism, and the cradle of modern post-fascist
When the far right perpetrates mass murder on the cusp of world war, comparison is not a provocation but a duty
Andy, Rhiannon, Sam and Simon discuss the UK Supreme Court’s ruling, what it means legally and what it actually means for trans people, as well as the solidarity demonstrations that took place over the weekend.
The series of raids, have been labelled a desperate response as State forces struggle to contain public anger over percieved corruption and incompetence.
From an anarchist perspective, Pope Francis was certainly not the worst of the men who have sat their elderly backsides on Papal thrones in living memory.
The only descendant of the anarchist revolutionary José Buenaventura Durruti has died in France at the age of 93.
Trump’s presidency is still not widely seen for the fascist coup that it is ~ Louis Further ~ Be honest and ignore your ‘scepticism’ about the ‘decency’ of politics in the United States: would you have believed it, had you been told ten years ago, that its president would be a twice impeached convicted felon,
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