Dozens of Greek Migrants Hospitalized During 37 Days of Hunger Strike

video made by wbjourdan

Song written bei one of the hungerstrikers-today 78 in hospitals

2/3/2011 – 78 hunger strikers in hospitals
Μαρτίου 2, 2011

78 hunger strikers in hospitals


Last night, March 1, at least 78 immigrants hunger strikers were in hospitals in Athens and Thessaloniki. The medical team responsible to support the hunger strikers decided the transfer to the hospitals because the hunger strikers were suffering from:

a) imminent acute renal failure (that is reversible if treated promptly),

b) severe dehydration with electrolyte deficiencies,

c) cardiac arrhythmias,

d) several other medical problems.

In several hospitals police «visited» the doctors and asked the Ids and data about the medical condition of the hunger strikers. When doctors refused to give any information about their patients, police have written down the names of the doctors. Such incidents in hospitals were taking place in Greece only during the period of the dictatorship.

Yesterday morning, riot police attempted to prevent a press conference in front of the parliament. Several trade unionists, intellectuals, artists and antiracist activists (among them the writer Vassilis Alexakis) were hit and pushed violently by the policemen. ( Photo ).

35 day of hungerstrike of the 300 migrants today. 42 migrants already in hospitals.

video interview three days ago with one of the hungerstrikers who has been in germany .
we wish Elktif and all others to stay strong !

 show solidarity!

35 day of the hungerstrike: 28.2.11

 Ministery of Labour occupied by solidarity groups

In Athens solidarity groups have just occupied the Ministery of Labour in Athens to protest against the unwillinness of the greek goverment to fullfill the requests for legalisation of the 300 migrant hungerstrikers who are today in the 35 day of hungerstrike.In the building of the ministery for Labour  in december 2010 a desperate ägyptian migrant killed himself jumping form the 3 flour. the solidarity groups call for a gathering at 14 o´clock in the Platia Korai, infront of the ministery.
solidarity!

Κατάληψη τώρα του Υπουργείου Εργασίας στην πλατεία Κοραή – κάλεσμα σε συγκέντρωση σήμερα 28/2, 2μμ, 

ministerium

ministerium jetzt

 

Ο δίκαιος αγώνας των 300 μεταναστών-εργατώναπεργών πείνας είναι και δικός μας αγώνας!

Εδώ και 35 μέρες, σε Αθήνα και Θεσσαλονίκη, 300 μετανάστες εργάτες έχουν ξεκινήσει μια σκληρή απεργία πείνας. Διεκδικούν ίσα δικαιώματα με τους ντόπιους συναδέλφους τους και τη νομιμοποίηση όλων των μεταναστών και των μεταναστριών που ζουν, εργάζονται και μετακινούνται στη χώρα.
Επιθυμώντας να διαχύσουμε το πνεύμα αυτού του αγώνα στο κέντρο της Αθήνας, καταλαμβάνουμε τις υπηρεσίες του Υπουργείου Εργασίας στην πλατεία Κοραή. Πρόκειται για το κτίριο όπου το Δεκέμβριο του 2010 ο αιγύπτιος μετανάστης εργάτης Emand Aziz, δουλεύοντας ανασφάλιστος και μέρα Κυριακή

16 hungerstrikers are today in different Hospitals in Athens .Police tries to get their names!

On the 34 day of hungerstrike 16 people are brought to several hospitals in Athens,The police uses the opurtunity to get the names of the Hungerstrikers.Two Hospitals Red Cross and Flemming are refusing to give the names.The police requests the names of the Doctors!

be solidar! act now against the repression!

The 300 hunger strikers

28th day on hunger strike-
February 22, 2011

For us, legalisation is neither a generic nor an abstract slogan. We don’t want proposals to be heard without us. For us legalisation means many and very specific things. Between those, first and foremost:

The issuing – since we are entitled to it – of a proper residence and labour permit to us, the 300 hunger strikers, who demand what should be a given for everyone by putting our lives on the line

As well as:

- that residence permits are no longer connected to work credits

- that all who lost their permits because of the above reason are legalised again

- the vindication of everyone whose application was rejected in 2005, after their application submission had been accepted and after they were forced to pay thousands of euros each

- the establishment of a permanent and open procedure for complete legalisation, which will process applications constantly

- the abandonment of any idea of criminalising any of our comrades in solidarity with us, who have been called as suspects of committing criminal acts by the authorities

And many more…

Anyone who wants to seriously engage with our strike and avoid a humanitarian crisis in Greece, should officially and directly contact us and whatever discussion must be focused on meeting the above demands.

Every human is worth a dignified life and labour

The hunger strike shall win

Athens – Thessaloniki

21-2-2011  /  28th day on hunger strike

The 300 hunger strikers
 

Pagani today with growing tomatoes .

But the future for refugees is unknown

Tomatos growing on the prison doors the best sign that the prison is now a useful friendly place. Aslong as the doors dont get openne

the prison doesn´t exist because we wanted it so! w2eu.

tomatos waiting to be picked up.

no more fences! after a defencing action summer 2010.

it is not the blood that makes you be brothers and sisters

container used by the medical stuff and last year by Frontex.

freedom of movement and AZADI!

the cells still are full of beds.....


and the greek Police is publishing new vacancies for 81 Psychologists,  Sociologists and Translators for Farsi , Urdu Pashto and Arabic for 6 months starting July 2011. The job is to translate and work with future deportees preparing the documents and the interviews before the deportation.
The work will take place in Athens, Lesvos,Chios, Samos Orestiada and Axaia, in deportation prisons.
sounds like a hot summer is aproaching!


no border!
freedom of movement!
w2eu!