Today on the 27th of October around 30 people demonstrated in front of the Hungarian embassy to show their solidarity with Ahmed H. and all other prisoners of fortress EUrope. It was demanded that Ahmed H. should be released immediately. This message was also passed to people working at the embassy personally. The demonstration was also directed against state terror towards migrants. That was underlined by many pictures of police violence at the border of Hungary. The demonstrators also made clear that it is not only about the racist show trials against Ahmed H. in Hungary, but that also Austria plays the same game. Especially with the upcoming far right and conservative government: Orban already anounced how happy he would be to work together. But even before the far rights join the government: Austria - no matter which parties are in the government- is taking part in the terror against migrants. It deports people, it builds fences, and it uses racist hate-speech to legitimize their actions. It takes part in keeping up the capitalist neo-colonial world order in which only good can travel free, but only some privileged, western human beings can travel wherever they want. To defend itself against protest movements the state uses the label 'terrorism' to shut them down. But: Fighting for freedom is not terrorism! We will come back to protest for the immediate freedom of Ahmed H. until he can leave the prison! We will continue to protest until all prisoners of EUrope are released! Our solidarity is stronger than their walls and fences! Ahmed H.'s case will be retried on the October 30th and November 2nd in Szeged.
Join the decentral actions before the trial and spread the word! Ahmed H. is one of the many people who protested on the border of Hungary at the Röszke/Horgos crossing to open the borders again on 15th September 2015. A few hours before Hungary had closed them and had made any crossing a criminal offense. Afterwards Ahmed H. was captured by Hungarian authorities and they claimed he was a terrorist leader of the protests. On the 30th of November 2016, after over one year of isolation in prison, he was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment for committing an "act of terrorism" and is since then in high security prison in Budapest. All requests for visit were rejected or simply ignored by the authorities. He is being isolated additionally since he cannot receive letters, except from his wife. On the 15th of June 2017 in Szeged, Hungary, Ahmed H. had his second instance trial which referred the case back to the first instance court to reconsider the terrorism charges due to "lack of reasoning and interpretation". This reconsideration will take place on the 30th of October and continue on the 2nd of November. The trial against Ahmed H. is a racist showcase that tries to strengthen the idea that all migrants are terrorists and to criminalize another protest against the EUropean border regime (read more about the previous trials on our blog: http://freetheroszke11.weebly.com/). How can you support? 1) Join the protests Join our decentral actions all over Europe to put pressure on the Hungarian government and court system and show Ahmed that he is not alone! During the days around the trial dates on the 30th of October and 2nd of November protests at embassies and consulates in different cities will take place: Budapest, Vienna, Marseille, ... If you want to organize a protest at your local embassy/consulate or other solidarity actions contact us and we will link it on our website. Also more creative and subversive forms of protest are welcome! 2) Support for lawyer costs To support Ahmed and his family with the high lawyer costs, please visit our fundraising campaign: https://www.generosity.com/fundraising/justice-for-ahmed-fundraising-for-defense-lawyer or use our donation account: Rote Hilfe e.V. Ortsgruppe Frankfurt Donation Reference: Röszke 11 IBAN: DE24 4306 0967 4007 2383 90 BIC: GENODEM1GLS 3) Spread the word Spread this update, the information about the trials, our website and the crowdfunding over your networks! Solidarity is our weapon ! We continue to struggle for the freedom of Ahmed and against the repression of state institutions! Migration is not a crime as fighting for freedom is not terrorism! Freedom for Ahmed H., freedom for the Röszke 11, freedom for all imprisoned migrants, freedom for all political prisoners! https://www.facebook.com/11personfreedom/ Blog: http://freetheroszke11.weebly.com E-Mail: [email protected] Twitter: @freetheröszke11 Help us supporting Ahmed H.! Help with your donation to cover lawyer expenses and relieve some of the financial burden of his family members. Donate on the crowdfunding website here: https://www.generosity.com/fundraising/justice-for-ahmed-fundraising-for-defense-lawyer Or by direct money transfer to the following bank account: Account holder: Rote Hilfe e.V. Ortsgruppe Frankfurt Catchword: Röszke 11 IBAN: DE24 4306 0967 4007 2383 90 BIC: GENODEM1GLS As police violence and state oppression against protests which seek freedom and equality is nothing unique to Hungary, we support this call from Greece in support of 35 refugees who were attacked, tortured and arrested at the Moria detention center.
Ahmed H. ügyének elsőfokú újratárgyalására október 30-án kerül sor Szegeden. Továbbra is küzdünk Ahmed H. szabadon engedéséért és az állami intézmények elnyomása ellen! A migráció nem bűncselekmény és a szabadságért vívott harc nem terrorizmus! Szabadságot Ahmed H.-nak, szabadságot a röszkei 11-nek, szabadságot minden bebörtönzött migránsnak! ____________________ Ahmed H.'s case will be retried on the 30th of October in Szeged. We continue to struggle for the freedom of Ahmed and against the repression of state institutions! Migration is not a crime as fighting for freedom is not terrorism! Freedom for Ahmed H., freedom for the Röszke 11, freedom for all imprisoned migrants! The Swiss Democratic Lawyers published a report in German and English in which they provide background information about the case and give a summary about the trial and the verdict on the 15th of June and its potential consequences. They also declare their solidarity with Ahmed and oppose any criminalization of migration and flight.
Read their report on their website! We have collected media reports about the trial of Ahmed H. on the 15th of June, when the decision of the first level court in Szeged was overruled by the second level court. Below you can find the links to the selected articles.
We keep on fighting until Ahmed is free! Freedom for all prisoners of Fortress Europe! English: - Translator charged with perjury 22.5.17 (Daily News Hungary) - Ahmed H. to be represented by former justice minister in appeal (Budapest Beacon) - Justice in Orbán’s Hungary: The Ahmed H. case (Hungarian Spectrum) - Hungarian court orders retrial in Syrian's terror conviction (Associated Press) - Szeged appeals court orders retrial in case of Ahmed H. (Budapest Beacon) - Hungary Retrial for Syrian Jailed on 'Terror' Charges (Agence France Presse) Hungarian: - Advertizement for an Interview with Ahmed H. (hir TV) - A közmédia nagyon készült, hogy másodfokon is elítélik terrorizmusért a röszkei zavargót, de nem az előre kitalált forgatókönyv szerint alakultak a dolgok (!!!444!!!) German: - Ungarn: Terror-Urteil gegen Flüchtlingsaktivist aufgehoben (Der Standard, 16.6.17) - Im Zweifel für den Flüchtling (Süddeutsche Zeitung, 19.6.2017) - Fall eines wegen "Terrorismus" verurteilten Syrers in Ungarn wird neu aufgerollt French: - le monde 16.6.17 I am Yamen Al Khateeb, from Syria, I was a sociology student at the first year. After war has destroyed our country, I decided to leave to Europe seeking a secure, safe, and decent life, but unfortunately, I faced a problem and brutal violence at the Hungarian border, and I have been arrested and beaten at the border and inside the prison, and I have been detained in a single cell for 42 days, and accused of terrorism, and after a while they told me that there is no proof of this accusation, and that it has been dropped, and after that I have been transferred to a central prison with accusation of entering Hungary illegally, and I have been imprisoned for 21 months. But I have a question; how as a refugee would I enter Hungary in an "illegal" way? And how did millions of refugees entered Europe? Was it in a "legal" way? I was detained from 16th of September 2015 until 1st of June 2017. Finally, I am now in Germany and looking for a happy life, and a better life, and I will do my best in order to continue my scholastic procession, after the loss of 21 months in the Hungarian prisons. My best greetings to everyone who was supporting me the time I was detained. I repeat my thanks to you people, my brothers and sisters, I am going to write a longer text about everything what happened to me. Thank you. Salam. ( Peace) Yamen A. szabadulás utáni nyilatkozataYamen Al Khateebnak hivnak, Szíriában születtem, a háború előtt elsőéves szociológia- tanhallgató voltam. Miután a pusztitó háború egyre inkább elárasztotta országunkat, biztonságos és tisztességes élet után kellett indulnom.
A magyar határon brutális erőszakkal szembesültünk. Letartóztattak és megverték, azután a börtönben tovább vertek. 42 napig tartottak magánzárkában. Terrorizmussal vádoltak, de egy idő után azt mondták hogy erre a vádra nincs bizonyíték és elvetették a vádat. De nem szabadultam, hanem átvittek a szegedi börtönbe, azt mondáták azért mert “illegálisan“ léptem be Magyarországra. A biróság 21 hónapos börtönbüntetésre ítélt. De szeretnék kérdezni valamit: Menekültként hogyan léphettem volna be “illegálisan“ Magyarországra? És az az egy millió ember aki Európába menekült hogyan érkezett? Volt-e “legális“ út számukra? A magyar hatóságok 2015 Szeptember 16-tól 2017 Június 1-ig tartottak fogva. Most végre Németországban vagyok, boldog és jobb életet keresek, és mindent megteszek, hogy folytathassam iskolai tanulmányaimat a 21 hónap után, amit elvettek az életemből. Üdvözletem mindenkinek aki támogatott engem amig zárva tartottak. Köszönettel tartozom nektek testvéreim, hamarosan hosszabb szöveget fogok írni mindarról ami velem történt. Köszönöm. Salam (Béke veletek). |
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