Syrians in Berlin against the regime of Bashar al-Assad

November 12, 2017

Syrian activists Held a Rally in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin an near the art work "Monument" by Manaf Halbouni The Installation remembers the three upright busses in Syrian Aleppo which were used to protect civilians from snipers.

The participants chanted against the Regime of Bashar al-Assad and its allies Russia and Iran. Also against Hezbollah and Daesh.

Here you can find more pictures from this rally and Syrian protests in the past until 2011: Flickr album "Solidarity with Syria".

3rd Herbstsalon in Berlin: Suffragette City procession

November 11, 2017

About 100 activists, mostly women, attended an art performance of Lara Schnitgers called "Suffragette City procession" from the Brandenburg Gate to the Maxim Gorki theatre in Berlin. The procession was part of the 3rd Herbstsalon.

The activists shout out for women's rights, against sexism and for feminism. Suffragettes were women in the early years of the 20th century who marched for the women's right to vote.

Free Öcalan bus tour stops in Berlin

November 8, 2017

Dozens supporters of a campaign to free PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan from prison in Turkey acompanied with a motorcade a bus which tours through whole Germany. It started in front of the Federal Chancellery.

Abdullah Öcalan is detained in Turkish İmralı since 1999.

Refugees protest in Berlin for family reunification

November 8, 2017

Dozens of refugees and supporters held a rally in front of the Federal ministry for Internal Affairs to protest for their family reunification. More than 4,000 family members wait in Greece to be brought to Germany. The activists held the Greek government responsible for a delay up to 18 month without a chance for the waiting refugees to see their family members again in the near future.

Fourteen refugees started an hunger strike in Athens to force the Greek government for their family reunification.

Catalans protest in Berlin against political imprisonments in Spain

November 3, 2017

Dozens Catalans held a rally near the embassy of the European Commission in Berlin to protest against political imprisonments in Spain. Spanish prosecutors gave out arrest warrants against Catalan politicians. The activists also support the independence of Catalonia.