[spectre] VOICE Refugee Forum - a network of refugee political activists

[geert lovink]

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Brief info about The VOICE Refugee Forum - a network of refugee political
activists

We, The VOICE Refugee Forum, are groups of human rights activists that have
been actively engaged publicly in protesting the inhumane situation of
refugees since 1994 in Thueringen and Germany as a whole. The members are
actively engaged for persecuted human rights activists in their home
countries.

We are informed about the difficult living conditions of refugees in Germany
and the human rights situation in their home countries.

The forum was initiated by Africans in Thueringen as "The VOICE Africa
Forum". Our group in Jena provides in the meantime a forum for all refugees
involved in our common struggle in different towns and cities of Germany in:

1. Protesting human rights abuses in the home countries of refugees/migrants
and in Germany.
2. Against Deportation and deportation threats of refugees and migrants
3. Against the social exclusion of refugees and migrants.
4. Against the daily racism by the authorities and the public.
5. Against racist controls and police brutality against refugees and
migrants.
6. For the abolition of deportation prisons and detention centres/camps.
7. For the universal rights for freedom of movement which is violated in
Germany by
deportation and deportation threats and by the imposition of the so-called
"Residenzpflicht", the restriction of the movement of refugees to their
"landkreis" or local districts.

The daily life of refugees is designed by isolation and social exclusion
with the permanent threat of deportation.

Since the foundation of "The VOICE Forum in October 1994 in Mühlhausen in
East Germany, and (since 1998 that we joined the network of The Caravan for
the rights of refugee and migrants) hundreds of thousands of refugees and
migrants have been deported from Germany without political or humanitarian
consideration.

Stop the deportations! Deportation is a human rights abuse. So it is a
crime.

The German authorities must be held accountable for the consequences of
these deportations and the deportation threats which often led to absolute
desperations and frustrations with repressions and death of the refugees or
migrants here in Germany and after their deportations, including the
imprisonments, persecutions, tortures or death of those deported.

When we are deported, we are sent back to the very lands that have been
destroyed and raped of any future. And like when colonialism began, we are
treated like animals not worthy of the so-called Europeans ideals of
liberty, freedom and democracy. We are placed in Cages (Heims,
Ausreisezentrum or deportation prisons) which they do not consider good
enough for their dogs. They "wisely" expect us to accept this injustice
without complaints and be grateful to them for their purported
"magnanimity". They expect us to praise the U.S.A and European governments,
WTO, IMF, World Bank, NATO etc. for "trying to rescue us" from the poverty
and ugly situation they imposed on us.

Free Movement Now! Close all detention and deportation centers!
Stop the deportations! Abolish the"Residenzpflicht" restriction of refugees
to local districts  in Germany!

Your continuous support and committment in solidarity with the oppressed and
the persecuted refugees and migrants in Germany remain indespensable for our
daily work and for the better situation of refugees and migrants in general.

As with all volunteer organizations, your donations is what keeps us going.
Please donate today as to save the resistance and build a better tomorrow

Donations towards campaigns, transportation, mobilisation, visit to refugee
camps and printing cost, organisation and realisation of the meetings and
events with refugees and migrants will be highly welcomed.

Solidaritätsspendenkonto: Osaren Igbinoba, Kontonummer: 231633905,
BLZ:86010090, Postbank Leipzig, Stichwort: Refugeenet

The VOICE Refugee Forum Jena. Schillergäßchen 5, 07745 Jena
Tel.: 0049 (0) 3641 665214. Fax. 0049 (0) 3641 420270, E-mail.:
voice_mail at emdash.org, www.basicrights.de

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