Press Release of the Initiative in Memory of Oury Jalloh from December 19, 2008 - For Truth! Justice! Reparations!

BREAK THE SILENCE!

JANUARY 7, 2009, 1 P.M.

CENTRAL TRAIN STATION DESSAU

Aufruf in deutsch

Pressemitteilung der Initiative in Gedenken an Oury Jalloh vom 19. Dezember 2008; Presse: Tod von Laya Alama Condé in Bremen nach Brechmittel - Freispruch für den Polizeiarzt

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CALL AND CHARGE

Aufruf und Anklageschrift in deutsch

Three years, 11 months and 1 day after the death of Oury Jalloh in Cell No. 5 of the police station in Dessau, the two policemen accused of his death have been acquitted of negligence. Numerous actions and nationwide informational events carried out by the Initiative in Memory of Oury Jalloh and various other refugee and migrant self organisations were the principal reason that a trial was even opened in the first place. Because the entire police and the State Prosecutor of Dessau did everything in their power to bury it, the court proved incapable of uncovering the truth.

In remembrance of Oury

The cell is a hard place to burn
To burn a young man alive
to burn a young life alive
to burn hopes and dreams alive
to break our motherly sisterly brotherly heart

The cell is a hard place
to torn a security system apart
to push humanity apart
to torn iron bars
to crush our African flesh

The cell is supposed to be an egg
To protect and allow to restore and grow
Not a playing ground for fallen angels
Not a grey nasty silent killing field
Not a death row

Na e bi
Na e bi nje boli mba e
But many of those who rule
And many of those who wear

22.12.2008 www.jungewelt.de

»Der Rechtsstaat funktioniert nicht richtig«

Die »Initiative in Gedenken an Oury Jalloh« fordert eine unabhängige Kommission. Diese soll den Tod des Schwarzafrikaners aufklären. Gespräch mit Mbolo Yufanyi
Interview: Gitta Düperthal

Mbolo Yufanyi ist Mitglied der »Initiative in Gedenken an Oury Jalloh«

Joint Statement on the International Migrants Day

Network for the Recognition and Protection of the Rights of Undocumented Migrants
18 December 2008

*On the Occasion of the International Migrants Day:*
*Recognize and Protect the Rights of Undocumented Migrants!*

Undocumented migrant workers are the unrecognized hands that contribute a lot to the economies of the countries they work in and countries where they come from. Yet, they are some of the most exploited, abused and repressed among the migrants.

*JW Press, 22.12.2008: »Der Rechtsstaat funktioniert nicht richtig» - Die »Initiative in Gedenken an Oury Jalloh« fordert eine unabhängige Kommission.
* Pressemitteilung der Initiative in Gedenken an Oury Jalloh vom 19. Dezember 2008
Initiative in Gedenken an Oury Jalloh
Wahrheit, Gerechtigkeit, Entschädigung!

fr-online: Freispruch im Brechmittel-Fall

"Grausam, unmenschlich"
VON WOLFGANG WAGNER

Initiative in Gedenken an Oury Jalloh
Wahrheit, Gerechtigkeit, Entschädigung!

Demo in Gedenken an OURY JALLOH, LAYE KONDE und alle anderen Opfer rassistischer Polizeibrutalität
* Pressemitteilung der Initiative in Gedenken an Oury Jalloh vom 19. Dezember 2008
* Tod von Laya Alama Condé in Bremen nach Brechmittel - Freispruch für den Polizeiarzt
Rubrik: Oury Jalloh [12. Dec 2008] no-racism.net
Systematisch: Keine Aufklärung des Todes von Oury Jalloh

African killed by racist German police?
Published: December 09, 2008

DESSAU, Germany, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- A German court has acquitted two police officers in the mysterious death of an asylum applicant from Africa, sparking tumultuous protests in the courtroom.

The court in Dessau in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt acquitted one of the officers of negligent manslaughter and the other of bodily harm in connection with the Jan. 7, 2005, death of 23-year-old Oury Jalloh from Sierra Leone.