NOTE:The RSA figures refer to shipwrecks that occurred in greek maritime waters. In 2024, there were 8 shipwrecks in turkish maritime waters, with at least 42 deaths and 9 reported missing refugees. That is, in total in 2024 in the Aegean Sea we had 103 dead and 68 missing migrants, in 27 shipwrecks. Source: https://rsaegean.org/en/at-least-69-refugees-dead-and-59-missing-in-28-shipwrecks-in-greece-in-2024/ …
Category: News from the Balkans
EMERGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE DETENTION OF A POLITICAL REFUGEE-MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY OF SQUATTED PROSFYGIKA
The political refugee and member of the Community Of Squatted Prosfygika Abdurrahman Kaykan (Apo) is detained in the Attica Immigration Directorate by order of the Turkish state to Interpol for the extradition of our comrade back to Turkey. The comrade, who has been living in Greece for ten years, after filing an application for renewal …
Free Abdulrahman Al-Khalidi!
On February 25th, there will be a hearing on the case regarding the unlawful detention of our friend, activist, and dissident Abdulrahman Al-Khalidi, who has been held for the fourth year in the Busmantsi prison, officially labelled as the “Special Home for Temporary Accommodation of Foreigners.” Once again, we gather to express our outrage at …
Call for solidarity with the anti-fascist demo No Nazis On Our Streets! in Sofia, 2025 edition
Dear friends and comrades, We would like to invite you all once again to the NO NAZIS ON OUR STREETS in Sofia, Bulgaria – the annual counter-demo against LukovMarch, the biggest international neo-nazi gathering in Sofia that has been taking place here since 2003. The demo and the counter-demo will both take place on 22 …
The struggle over the main square in Zagreb continues: 2025 starts with clashes between anarchaqueers vs clerofascists
january: despite violence from clerofascist praying men and their “security”, anarchaqueers managed to postpone and heavily disrupt their kneeling and mumblin february: hooligan mobilisation, police leaking information to the media, general witchhunt on demonstrators, threat of lawsuits and doxxing as attempt of escalation of violence between fascists and anarchaqueers the “knights of the immaculate heart …
Belgrade students: “Our principles are direct democracy and solidarity”
The plenum of the Belgrade’s School of Philosophy blockade positions itself against attempts to manipulate the movement for electoral gains Source of the original announcement : https://www.instagram.com/p/DFig-4lo-y-/?img_index=3 Dear colleagues, fellow citizens, We are addressing you on the occasion of the public gathering taking place in Novi Sad on 01/02/2025 where the blockade of all three …
Huge protests for the Tempi train crash
Huge protests in Athens and Thessaloniki! Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators participated in the protests that took place on Sunday January 26 at around 200 cities, towns, and even villages in the greek geography and in many european cities! Clashes with the police in front of the parliament in Athens and near the Thessaloniki train …
Protests at Harmanli migrants’ camp (Bulgaria)
Protests erupt at #Harmanli camp as asylum seekers in the camp are taking a stand, raising their voices against injustice and demanding urgent action from Bulgarian authorities. #Bulgaria’s Harmanli camp is home to hundreds of asylum seekers, many of whom are fleeing the decades-long dangers of #Syria. Instead of safety and protection, they face neglect, …
Greece: Kurdish journalist sentenced to 7 months in prison for documenting police violence
Greek courts have upheld the conviction of Kurdish journalist Berçem Mordeniz, rejecting her appeal and sentencing her to seven months in prison, which was suspended. The case stems from her reporting on police violence. Mordeniz was found guilty of verballing abusing and attacking police officers while documenting an incident of police brutality in 2020, a …
The Bulgarian Border Police prevents the rescue of three minor migrants who were later found dead
The Bulgarian Border Police prevents the rescue of three underage people on the move in life-threatening danger. The bodies, abandoned in the snow-covered woods and partially eaten by animals, were then recovered by the Collettivo Rotte Balcaniche and No Name Kitchen. The Bulgarian Border Police abandoned three underage Egyptian migrants—Ali (15), Samir (16), and Yasser …
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