This documentary is the first work by the AudioVisual Collective "Alpha". You can download and share the video from Vimeo with English subtitles by ReINFORM Link "15" - Antifascism, Repression, Torture. from Reinform NL on Vimeo. This  is a short video documenting the events on 30th  of September and has testimonies from the tortured antifascists. This is a little overview of the event posted on Guardian : ...

A woman walks past a far-right UDC-VPC party poster reading "Enough !, Stop massive immigration" in Lausanne (AFP Photo)     Switzerland will restrict immigration from European countries in an effort to limit the flow of migrants to the wealthy country, which is not a European Union member. The decision has prompted harsh criticism from the EU's foreign policy chief. The placing of restrictions on ...

Photo: Migrants at Amygdaleza have gone on a hunger strike demanding improved conditions. Many complain that they are beaten or mistreated.   Report says most attacks carried out by blackshirts on 'patrol', acting as self-appointed vigilantes Racist attacks on immigrants in Greece took place on average once every two and a half days last year, according to a report released today by Greece’s leading ra ...

The Hidden Victims of Austerity in Greece Into the Fire: The Hidden Victims of Austerity in Greece - English from Chickarama on Vimeo.   A hard hitting documentary which shows the plight of refugees and migrants in recession hit Athens, Into The Fire is a film with a difference. Shot and edited with sensitivity and compassion, it doesn’t pull its punches and makes for harrowing viewing in parts. It is ...

More than 2,000 immigrants held in detention centers in Greece have been on a hunger strike since April 6 to denounce the intolerable conditions. According to the United Movement Against Racism and the Fascist Threat (KEERFA), more than 2,000 immigrants held in detention centers in Greece have been on a hunger strike since April 6 to denounce the intolerable conditions. KEERFA activists said at a press conf ...

Last Saturday over 2000 people participated in the demonstration in Amsterdam to support the refugees’ struggle for a normal life. Every year the asylum requests of thousands of refugees are denied. According to the Dutch state these people are supposed to return to their country of origin. However, in many cases this is impossible: their country of origin does not provide them with the correct documents, r ...

Tijd voor protest! Per jaar wordt van duizenden vluchtelingen het verzoek om asiel afgewezen. Dit zijn wij, de ‘uitgeprocedeerde asielzoekers’ die volgens de Nederlandse overheid terug moeten naar ons land. Maar in een groot deel van de gevallen is dat onmogelijk. Omdat het land van herkomst niet de juiste papieren verstrekt, ons niet meer accepteert, of omdat we moeten terugkeren naar landen waar het, ook ...

Tijd voor protest!   Demonstratie ‘Geen vluchteling op straat of in de cel’ – 23 maart – Amsterdam Mars vertrekt 13:00 vanaf Vluchtkerk Amsterdam Erik de Roodestraat 16 – goed bereikbaar via tram en metro. Manifestatie op het Museumplein vanaf 14:30 Sprekers, actie en een ééndaags tentenkamp. ...

For many people flying to Greece means sunshine and leisure. Indeed the sun is shining today and the sea is blue and tempting. But for others, the same sea is dark and dangerous. After arriving in Lesvos, an island right next to Turkey, the first thing we saw on the way from the airport were backpacks and clothes dispersed over a nearby beach. ‘’Irregular migrants landed here this morning,’’ said the taxi d ...

KAYIKI PRESS RELEASE 18.01.2013 “Grief itself is not enough”   On Sunday January 13, 2013 three corpses have been found on the seashore of south Chios Island. They belonged to refugees trying to cross the European borders. On December 15 a refugee boat heading from Turkey to Greece capsized near Lesvos Island, twenty eight people - including women and children- tragically drowned. Earlier, on September ...