Below, Freedom re-publishes Are You Syrious?‘ report from Hungary: “They turned on the razor, grabbed me so I wouldn’t move and made a cross on my head. Then they started laughing at me as they hit my head. When they finally released me, I just wanted to take all the hair off my head“ This
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Cell V: Abolishing Legally Sanctioned Totalitarian Spaces
From the forests of Poland to the cells of Germany, this cross-border investigation examines the threat of the institutionalised violence and death faced by refugees both in police custody and on the border to Europe. “And the question arises: Is it possible to refuse to obey an order? Can you say; I am not taking
Border Violence Monitoring Network publish report on criminalisation of solidarity in Western Balkans
Some of the volunteers from the Border Violence Monitoring Network have compiled a report documenting some of the most recent pressures on solidarity work along the Balkan Route. The report seeks to contextualise different tropes within criminalisation, including: Formal Criminalisation Policing, Repression and Informal Criminalisation Scrutiny Obstruction of Individuals and Organisations Arbitrary and Informal Acts
France: ZAD Transnational Summer Camp ends
More than 500 activists from across Europe, northern and western Africa took part in the Transnational Summer Camp held between 9th and 14th July at ZAD site located near Nantes in France. The camp’s callout stated: “Over the last years, the flight routes to Europe have shiften from the Balkans to the Central Med, to