UNITED E-News 05/12/2001
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UNITED E-News 05/12/2001
E-NEWS FROM UNITED
05/12/2001 (part 1)
Since the attacks on the United States of 11 September we have seen
two very dangerous effects on our societies in Europe:
1. New anti-terrorist laws that ignore civil rights in favour of (the
illusion of) security and safety
2. The increase of xenophobia and islamophobia
19 December 2001 - 2 YEARS IN PRISON
FREEDOM FOR AXEL, HARALD, MATTHIAS, RUDOLF AND SABINE
Since May 17th 2001 Harald Gl�de (who has been active within the
UNITED network for years), Axel Haug, Matthias Borgmann, Sabine Eckle
and Rudolf Schindler are on trial. They are accused of being members
of the "Revolutionary Cells" (RZ) according to Paragraph 129a
(Membership of a Terrorist Organisation) and facing charges for two
minor bombings. After their arrest (resp. in December 1999 and May
2000) they have been in prison. All charges issued by the German
Federal Bureau for Prosecution (BAW) are purely based on evidence
given by one chief witness. He once faced the same charges, but has
been released and sentenced to two years probation after he turned
into a paid chief witness for the prosecution.
According to general legal standards, this case is very weak indeed.
In reports by the media, statements by leading politicians and
observations by German and international human rights organisations,
serious doubts were raised about the constitutional character of the
court case, focusing on the controversial and contradictory role of
the chief witness and the highly disputed 'Paragraph 129a'.
We ask the judge to release the prisoners and drop the charges!
If you agree: please send us a message. We will forward it to the
judge, the prisoners and the German support group of the prisoners.
More information can be found on http://www.freilassung.de
MORE INFORMATION ON ISLAMOPHOBIA
The Commission on British Muslims and Islamophobia has published
several booklets on islamophobia. Most interesting is their listing of
web resources. You may want to organise events around this topic in
the coming months (for example during the European-wide Action Week
16-24 March 2001). Take a look at
http://www.runnymedetrust.org/meb/islamophobia/index.html
E-NEWS FROM UNITED
05/12/2001 (part 2)
NEW PUBLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE
UNITED has published the following publications that are now available
on paper and on the web site http://www.unitedagainstracism.org
- Report of the conference "East-West: International Solidarity and
Cooperation Against Intolerance" 17-21 October 2001, St Petersburg
- Report World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination and
Related Intolerance, Durban
- Information leaflet "How to Lobby"
- Information leaflet "Detention in Europe"
ALSO AVAILABLE:
- Eureka! Your guide to intercultural action in Europe, CD-ROM (5
euro)
- Posters European-wide Action Week Against Racism 16-24 March 2002
"THINK! - Free your mind of prejudice"
Up to 100 can be ordered for free. If you need more for special
purposes, contact the secretariat. Please use the form below to order
your posters.
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POSTER ORDER FORM
16-24 March 2002
European-wide Action Week Against Racism
Yes, our organisation joins the campaign too.
Please send us ....... extra posters
We plan to organise the following activities:
Title
Date
Place
Theme
Organised by
(Add separate A4 if necessary)
Name organisation ordering posters:
Address (Street, Postal code, City, Country):
Contact person:
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