Invitation: What no one talks about – Refugees from Sudan

When? 11. 02. | 19:00 – 21:00

Where? Regenbogenfabrik | Lausitzer Straße 22, 10999 Berlin-Kreuzberg

german translation below

During the second Sudanese civil war that went on for 22 years, Omar al-Bashir assumed power in 1989. Al-Bashir is the first and only officiating president worldwide who is wanted for genocide, war crime and crimes against humanity. Unimpeded by the UNAMID stationed in Darfur, the regime committed numerous human rights violations, such as expulsions of whole villages, aimed destructions of livelihoods, arbitrary torture, execution, abuse and mass rape in Darfur, South Kordofan and Blue Nile.

the message: A three minutes guide for Europeans: how to behave with the Middle East

دليل الاوروبين للتعامل مع الشرق الاوسط، ردا على دليل اللاجئين لفهم الثقافة

here is your guide to the video

our friend mohammad abu hajar is a musician; his emcee-name is “abu hajar” and he plays drums, raps and sings in a band called “give me a paper“.

Dialogforum: Was haben deutsche Waffen mit Flucht & Migration aus Afrika zu tun?

Why we are here

Mit Rex Osa. Montag, 14. Dezember 2015 um 19 Uhr im Haus der Demokratie und Menschrechte

Greifswalder Straße 4
10405 Berlin

Sprachen: Deutsch und Englisch

Die deutsche Rüstungsindustrie macht jedes Jahr ein Millionengeschäft mit Waffen und Kriegsmaschinerie – und feuert so weltweit zahlreiche Konflikte aktiv mit an. Dieser Aspekt spielt in der Debatte um die steigende Zahl an Geflüchteten jedoch eine untergeordnete Rolle. Für den Refugee-Aktivisten Rex Osa ist jedoch ganz klar: „Wer Instrumente der Gewalt produziert oder ungerechte Wirtschaftsbeziehungen verstärkt, erntet Flüchtlinge.” Gerade in Ländern Afrikas sind Kriege und bewaffnete Konflikte zentrale Fluchtgründe. Und Kriege und Konflikte haben noch tieferliegende, fast immer wirtschaftliche Ursachen. Diese spielen aber in den aktuellen Strategien der EU und der Bundesregierung zur „Fluchtursachenbekämpfung“ keine Rolle. Sie setzen auf die Bekämpfung der Flucht selbst – auch mit militärischen Mitteln und Hochrüstung.

Demonstration against Human Rights violations in Chad Against the dictatorship and capitalist exploitation!

On the 8 th of March in N‘Djamena, the capital city of Chad, peaceful demonstrators who were fighting for their right of assembly and freedom of speech, again had to face harsh violations of human rights including police violence: humiliations, beatings and killings. While the western media has virtually acclaimed the Chadian military as a brother of France in the battle against oppression in other Africa countries, exploitation and oppression of their own population in their own country has reached a new, sad height.

Brothers and sisters from and around Berlin: Come and join us! Now is the time to fight for our rights! And for the rights of our brothers and sisters in Chad! Stop the dictatorship and the capitalist system which again killed more than 3 students and led to the detention of more than 200 students since March 8 th in N‘Djamena! We are the Chad Youth in Germany. We are calling for a demonstration in front of the Chadian Embassy in Berlin, Germany, on March 18 th , 2015. at Oranienplatz 12 noon from Bundesplatz at 1.30 P.M. to Lepsiusstr. 114, the Chadian Embassy

Demo against the dictatorship in Sudan

  Hey krimineller Diktator! – Über 350 Demonstrant_innen haben am 14.02.2015 in Berlin gemeinsam mit den Refugees vom Weißekreuzplatz Hannover vor der sudanesischen Botschaft gegen die Zusammenarbeit der deutschen und der sudanesischen Regierung protestiert. Sudanes_innen und Unterstützer_innen aus ganz Niedersachsen waren dazu mit zwei voll besetzten Bussen angereist. Nachträgliche Auflagen der Polizei untersagten die Abschlusskundgebung direkt vor dem Botschaftsgebäude, das mit einem hohen Polizeiaufgebot abgeriegelt wurde. Die Kundgebung musste auf der anderen Straßenseite etwa 15 Meter entfernt durchgeführt werden, von wo aus die Refugees ein Ende der Diktatur Omar Al-Bashirs forderten.

Für aktuelle infos zur Situation in Sudan und zur Kooperationen des dortigen Regimes mit europäischen Ländern: http://seesudan.wordpress.com/

Refugee Activists From Sudan Occupy Sudanese Embassy in Berlin 11.02.2015, Pressekonferenz

Lasst die Presse in die Botschaft rein!!! Pressefreiheit!!!

Hey criminal dictator: This embassy belongs to us! (You must leave now)

We are refugees and political activists from Sudan, today we are peacefully occupying our Sudanese embassy in Berlin, as a protest action to announce our political position against Sudanese regime which is holding the power in Sudan since 1989 through a military coup lead by General Omer Al Bashir who is now a criminal wanted by the international criminal court for crimes against humanity, genocide and war crimes.

Workshop (part 1) about political situation in Sudan

Why We Are Here Workshop #2, Hope for Sudan

Hope for Sudan
Sunday 25.01.2015, 16:00
New Yorck, BETHANIEN
Mariannenplatz 2, Berlin
U1/U8 Kottbusser Tor

We are refugee activists from different groups or networks and we would like to tell you the story of our home countries.

The media often report about war and humanitarian problems in our states, but it is not easy to get proper information about the political situation and current political struggles in Africa and Asia. We would like to share in a different way and explain why our countries are called poor, even though everyone knows that they are full of resources, and why we need to support the struggles there in order to give a deeper sense of our struggles here.

Let’s build up international solidarity! Yallah!
Second workshop (Hope for Sudan: The role of nonviolent movements) organized by activists from: “Girifna” (Fed Up) movement, Sudan; Oranienplatz- Refugee Strike, Berlin; and “Wir zijn Hier” Refugee Movement, Amsterdam

OUR RIGHTS: RIGHT HERE. RIGHT NOW: Info-event by Refugee Protest Hannover

Seminar: Refugees protest camp, Hannover

Saturday 31th January, at 16.00h, New Yorck (Bethanien)

On 24th May 2014 dozens of Sudanese refugees occupied Weißekreuzplatz, in Hannover and they established the “Refugees protest camp – Hannover” as a sign of refugees’ struggles and resistance against asylum policy in Germany.
They raised their voice to protest against the asylum policy in Germany as well as they are rejecting collaboration between the German and the Sudanese government.
How is the situation in Sudan? What about the suffering of refugees in Niedersachsen as an example of refugees in Germany?
Up to now about seven months have past. What are the demands of them? How is their situation now? How did the authorities in Niedersachsen and in Hannover treat them? What are the difficulties and challenges? What are their plans for the future? What kind of support are they looking for?
You are very welcome and invited to come and join us in our Seminar to listen to and exchange with representatives from refugee protest camp, Hannover!
When: Saturday 31.01.2015, at 16.00h,
Where: New Yorck, Bethanien (Mariannenplatz 2a, U1/U8 Kottbusser Tor)