Jaajef Fatou,
Thanks for this mailing, and lets hope the campaign is successful, do you need support from people/organisations outside Sweden?
A very interesting resource for building links, solidarity is a website called cross-point anti-racism:
http://www.magenta.nl/crosspoint/
You can check it out, it has details of anti-racist organisation from all over the world.
Yeendul ak jaama
Tony
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> Ämne: Racist Attack/English Version/ Update 1
> Datum: den 19 januari 2000 14:12
>
> Network Africa
>
> Hi,
>
> The following is an English version of the Swedish text earlier
circulated
> in this forum. More organisations have also signed the document that is
set
> for release soon. A meeting takes place on Saturday, 22nd January 2000 to
> discuss what needs to be done. The meeting has been called by concerned
> groups, individuals and organisations. The meeting takes place at Rinkeby
> Folkethus from 16.00.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> AFRICAN BORN IN GAMBIA ATTACK
> Racist violence by securityguards in Sweden must stop!
>
> Once more, another of our friends has been submitted to a racist attack
by
> securityguards in the subway in Stockholm. This time, it was 26-year old
> Adonis Hocheimy, on his way to pick up his daughter at pre-school, who
was
> taken by two guards and so badly beaten that he ended up in hospital with
> fractures on the neck and a partial paralysis of the body. The doctors
say
> it will take him three months to recover, but do not know if he can
recover
> fully.
>
> Nobody tried to interfere while Adonis was beaten with batons,
handcuffed,
> and dragged by the two guards from the platform to the security
headquarters
> - then already badly hurt and incapable of moving by himself - after
trying
> to leave from a ticket control where he was not believed when he told the
> personel that he had already payed but lost his ticket.
> When the police arrived at the scene they finally drove Adonis to the
> hospital, but not until after registering a complaint from the guards
that
> Adonis had made himself guilty of "violent resistance". Also the police
seem
> to have failed to register Adonis' complaints until later, when a
relative
> called to check out whether they had a case or not.
>
> Adonis Hocheimy grew up in Sweden and is a swedish citizen. He is
studying,
> working parttime at the railway, and parttime as a musician. He's a very
> calm and sympathethic young man, who's got a lot of friends. For those of
us
> who know him, it's very hard to believe that he would try to be violent
> against two big, heavy and armoured security guards. That's why the
question
> we all ask ourselves today is: would Adonis have been treaten the same
way
> if he would have looked more "swedish"?
>
> We believe that the violence aginst Adonis Hocheimy was caused by racism.
A
> number of cases has been reported over these last years where
securityguards
> in the subway of Stockholm has severly violated the human rights of
> subwaytravelers, beaten them and insulted them with racist comments
because
> of the coulour of their skin. When charges are pressed, the culprits are
> more likely to get away with it because the traveler usualy is alone
against
> two or more securityguards, which makes it juridically impossible to win
a
> case if there are no other witnesses.
>
> A lot of protests are now beeing heard from common people, as well as
from
> the established anti-racist organizations. After a massive publicity in
> swedish media about the assault, several new witnesses have called to say
> they are ready to state to the police what they saw at Västra Skogen
subway
> station friday afternoon the 14th of january. Many others have expressed
> their concern, their sympathy and solidarity with Adonis and his family.
>
> We now demand that the inhuman treatment of travelers should be put to an
> end. Since the official control system, supposed to guarantee that guards
> behave correctly, does not seem to be enough to protect the individual,
> security companies should be forced by law to educate their staff better,
> hire personel of different ethnical and geographical origins, teach them
the
> UN declaration of human rights, and teach them the fact that skincolor
does
> not determine human worth.
>
> We - both those of us born in other countries and living here, those of
us
> by mixed origin, and those adopted * are here to stay! Sweden is for all
of
> us! Everyday racism must stop!
>
> -----------------------------------------------
>
> If you want to participate in signing the protest against the assault on
> Adonis Hocheimy, and the above mentioned demands, send an e-mail to:
> [log in to unmask]
>
> -----------------------------------------------
>
> so far 17 different organizations and many concerned individuals have
signed
> the appeal, which is currently circulating on the internet. The
> organizations are:
>
> 1. Ass le Baobab, senegalesisk förening
> 2. AntiFascistisk Aktion-Stockholm
> 3. Selam
> 4. Somaliska flyktingföreningen
> 5. Somaliland, riksförbundet
> 6. Diggante
> 7. Afrosvenskarnas riksförbund ASR:s ungdomsförbund
> 8. Afrika Forum
> 9. Network Africa / African Viewpoint
> 10.Juan Fonseca, Ismo Salmi, Diskrimineringsbyrån
> 11.Kenya Youth Movement in Sweden (KYMS)
> 12.Kenya Asylum Committee
> 13.Mumia Abu Jamal Support Group
> 14.Free Mark Curtis Support Group
> 15.Svartskallebrigaden
> 16.Ingen är illegal (No one is illegal)
> 17. GURMU Oromo (Oromo Förening i Sverige)
>
> also the following organizations are waiting for the answer from their
> members before signing:
>
> Hasans vänner/Nätverket mot rasism (Friends of Hasan/Network against
> racism), Kommittén Samling mot rasism och diskriminering (gathering
against
> racism and discrimination), Gambianska föreningen (The Gambian
> organisation).
>
>
>
>
>
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