Saturday, 11 January 2014

NO Human Rights for Asylum seekers in Israel

Israel 2014. Daily Human Rights Violation. Travelling with many buses to join the peaceful demonstration. Were people showed up by the hundreds. Over 30,000 people. Men, women, elderly and children.
two eritrean refugee demonstrating
 Eritrean female Refugee message for all female Refugee in Israel

Quote from the speech of the young woman in the video (pink jacket)
"We are the women that shall stand by the side of our brothers. We are not week. We are not afraid. We are not going to allow the fact the we are women to be used against us! We are black women and we will not allow it to be used against us! We are taking a stand for our rights. We are refugees, united!"

It has been days now, that the African refugees have been demonstrating near the new prison where all the asylum seekers will be deported to, for  indefinite detention. 
The international community has yet to respond.

Eritreans and sympathizers for our cause from all around the world, are joining the peaceful struggle to end this situation.

There are various campaigns to let the horrid reality in Israel to be known, and as well to let the international community know about the fight against the mandatory military service in Eritrea, one of the main reason why young Eritreans are fleeing the nation looking for asylum.
Human rights activists are lobbying to put pressure on the authorities to recognize the basic human rights of these asylum seekers.They are being treated as criminals and put into prisons in the middle of the desert in Israel, from they can go out in the morning but must check in in the night, making it impossible form the lead normal lives with their families. How about the children? And the sick? The regulation in this prison-camps is that there are no medical visits allowed.
The international community must act soon.
Before the situation of impatient tolerance of the Israeli government takes for a worse turn on the lives of these African refugees. Israeli government has been funding hate xenophobia campaigns against African refugees, calling them disease carriers and  non Jewish beings, posing a great threat to the Jewish community and the Israel nation.
Not more than over 70 years ago they were the victims of persecution and torture, homicide and genocide. Memory doesn't serve them right to claim a land taken away from another nation and call desperate people seeking for refuge " disease bringers". they trying really hard to forget where xenophobia takes the ones that unfortunately get to decide on other people life.

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