---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: [transversal] Crowdfunding for refugee protest in austria From: "birgit" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, August 14, 2013 2:51 pm To: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear all, last week 8 refugee activists who â with great courage and under enormous stresses and strains â have been organising the biggest and longest selforganised refugee protest in Austria, were deported to Pakistan, 12 other persons are being threatened to be deported very soon. The Austrian Ministry of Interior Johanna Mikl-Leitner justified the deportations by stating that the regions in Pakistan are not all dangerous and that especially those regions, where the deported refugees are from, were secure. Some journalists have been taking a closer look and report that at least some of the regions into which the activists were deported are considered to be the most dangerous ones in Pakistan. Furthermore 3 refugee activists have been arrested under suspicion of human trafficing. Mikl-Leitner stated in some interviews in early August, that the 3 men are said to have abandonned pregnant women, and the press reported that the arrested refugees have gained around 3 to 10 million Euro. These accusations were contested by the speakers of the prosecutions - they said it even remains unclear whether or not those men were paid, and regarding the allegations of having abandonned pregnant women on the road, the prosecutors seem to know nothing about. Obviously their responsibility under criminal law is a minor one, whether or not it should be morally condemned to provide food and shelter for fellow countrymen fleeing to Europe and illegally entering Austria (which are the elements of the crime human trafficing), is a political question that needs to be discussed. Meanwhile it is undisputable, that the Ministery of Interior as well as the executive authorities have purposefully spread untruth in the public sphere; and that the activists have become specific targets of deportations and/or criminalisation, because they are politically active and the Austrian People's Party is trying to get right wing votes for the forthcoming elections in automn. The remaining activists (around 40) have understandably massive fears and are trying to unfurl their asylum cases. Therefore they need money for lawyers. If you can do without a few (or also many) Euros - please support us! Please donate and spread the news! Thanks! http://www.respekt.net/projekte-unterstuetzen/details/projekt/588 _______________________________________________ transversal mailing list | info: http://lists.servus.at/mailman/listinfo/transversal -- Oberliht, Young Artists Association http://oberliht.com . . . . . . . . . . . https://lists.idash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oberlist portal informational pentru arta si cultura din Moldova information gateway for arts and culture from Moldova _______________________________________________ oberlist mailing list [email protected] https://lists.idash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oberlist
