>X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [L-I] The German Police's Raid on the Zwickau Asylum Camp Is > Thwarted by Asylum Seekers Join an Anti-Racist Demonstration on 29 > September at 11am in Berlin, Germany >International Federation of Iranian Refugees (IFIR) >Press Release > >The German Police's Raid on the Zwickau Asylum Camp >Is Thwarted by Asylum Seekers > >Join an Anti-Racist Demonstration on 29 September at 11am in Berlin, Germany > >On Monday 25 September, at 11pm, armed German border police raided asylum >camp number 5 in the city of Zwickau, South-east Germany in order to arrest >and deport two Lebanese families. They broke down the door of one family's >room and began swinging their batons, terrifying the two children aged two >and four and causing the pregnant mother to haemorrhage. Upon witnessing >this violent attack, an Iranian asylum seeker and member of the >International Federation of Iranian Refugees (IFIR) began filming the >assault. The police severely beat him, detained him for two hours and >seized his camera. Another asylum seeker and member who called on others >to resist the arrests and deportations, was also viciously beaten. The >police then began to raid the room of another Lebanese family of six. >During this time, other asylum seekers began gathering and shouting slogans >against deportations. A struggle ensued between the police and around 300 >asylum seekers. At 3:30am, the police were forced to retreat without the >two families. They left behind several severely wounded asylum seekers who >were hospitalised. > >Though asylum seekers in Zwickau camp and in Germany have fled gross >violations of civil rights, the German government only grants asylum to 3% >of applicants. Last year it deported approximately 32,000 asylum seekers >to persecution. The majority of asylum seekers who have risked their lives >to reach a "safer Germany" are subjected to a torturous life of insecurity >and fear of deportation. Many are vulnerable to racist attacks either by >the government or racist groups encouraged by the government's policies. > >The IFIR condemns the German government's assault on asylum camp number 5 >in the city of Zwickau. IFIR calls on groups and individuals to join a >demonstration on 29 September at 11am in Berlin, Pariser Platz, (am >Brandenburger Tor) to protest the assault, and demand an end to racist >attacks, detention and deportation and demand full rights for >asylum-seekers. Join IFIR at the demonstration or send protest letters >against the recent assault on asylum seekers in Zwickau and in support of >the demonstration's demands to: www.bundestag.de/btengver/mail/mail.htm, >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Maryam Namazie >International Federation of Iranian Refugees (IFIR) >PO Box 27326, London N11 2ZF, England >Tel: +44 7730 107 337 >Fax: +44 870 129 4167 >E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Web Site: www.hambastegi.org > >_______________________________________________ >Leninist-International mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To change your options or unsubscribe go to: >http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for anti-imperialist news. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________
