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 >>> fatou <[log in to unmask]> 19/January/2000 08:53pm >>> ---------- > Från: African Viewpoint <[log in to unmask]> > Till: [log in to unmask] > 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). > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, write to [log in to unmask] > Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------