de:criminalize
@de-criminalize.bsky.social
Gegen die Kriminalisierung von Migration – für Bewegungsfreiheit! / Against the criminalisation of migration – for freedom of movement!
Previously: Anti-Krimi-AG @borderline-europe
Now: Fonds für Bewegungsfreiheit – mit @medico_international u.a.
Previously: Anti-Krimi-AG @borderline-europe
Now: Fonds für Bewegungsfreiheit – mit @medico_international u.a.
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👉Seeking asylum is not a crime. It is a fundamental human right.
👉European governments should stop criminalising people seeking safety. Instead, they should start holding accountable those who enforce inhumane and violent policies.
👉European governments should stop criminalising people seeking safety. Instead, they should start holding accountable those who enforce inhumane and violent policies.
In Greece, more than 300 people from Sudan – mostly aged 15 to 21 – are imprisoned. Some have already been sentenced; others are in pre-trial detention.
They face decades or life in prison.
Their “crime”? Steering a boat or taking on other tasks during their own flight.
They face decades or life in prison.
Their “crime”? Steering a boat or taking on other tasks during their own flight.
November 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
👉Seeking asylum is not a crime. It is a fundamental human right.
👉European governments should stop criminalising people seeking safety. Instead, they should start holding accountable those who enforce inhumane and violent policies.
👉European governments should stop criminalising people seeking safety. Instead, they should start holding accountable those who enforce inhumane and violent policies.
In Greece, more than 300 people from Sudan – mostly aged 15 to 21 – are imprisoned. Some have already been sentenced; others are in pre-trial detention.
They face decades or life in prison.
Their “crime”? Steering a boat or taking on other tasks during their own flight.
They face decades or life in prison.
Their “crime”? Steering a boat or taking on other tasks during their own flight.
November 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
In Greece, more than 300 people from Sudan – mostly aged 15 to 21 – are imprisoned. Some have already been sentenced; others are in pre-trial detention.
They face decades or life in prison.
Their “crime”? Steering a boat or taking on other tasks during their own flight.
They face decades or life in prison.
Their “crime”? Steering a boat or taking on other tasks during their own flight.
»Wir sind nur Menschen, die überleben wollen«, schreibt er in einem Brief an die Gruppe de:criminalize aus dem Gefängnis. Hunderte Jugendliche landen direkt in europäischen Knästen, nachdem sie dem Krieg in #Sudan überlebt haben. Wir unterstützen sie in ihren Verfahren.
www.akweb.de/politik/der-...
www.akweb.de/politik/der-...
Von Hölle zu Hölle - ak analyse & kritik
Der Krieg in Sudan zwingt vor allem »wehrfähige« Teenager zur Flucht – für viele von ihnen endet die Reise in griechischen Gefängnissen
www.akweb.de
October 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
»Wir sind nur Menschen, die überleben wollen«, schreibt er in einem Brief an die Gruppe de:criminalize aus dem Gefängnis. Hunderte Jugendliche landen direkt in europäischen Knästen, nachdem sie dem Krieg in #Sudan überlebt haben. Wir unterstützen sie in ihren Verfahren.
www.akweb.de/politik/der-...
www.akweb.de/politik/der-...
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Auf der Flucht vor dem Krieg im #Sudan landen viele Jugendliche in griechischen Gefängnissen – kriminalisiert, weil sie Schutz suchen. Gemeinsam mit unseren Partner:innen @de-criminalize.bsky.social unterstützen wir sie durch den Fonds für Bewegungsfreiheit. 1/2
www.akweb.de/politik/der-...
www.akweb.de/politik/der-...
Von Hölle zu Hölle - ak analyse & kritik
Der Krieg in Sudan zwingt vor allem »wehrfähige« Teenager zur Flucht – für viele von ihnen endet die Reise in griechischen Gefängnissen
www.akweb.de
October 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Auf der Flucht vor dem Krieg im #Sudan landen viele Jugendliche in griechischen Gefängnissen – kriminalisiert, weil sie Schutz suchen. Gemeinsam mit unseren Partner:innen @de-criminalize.bsky.social unterstützen wir sie durch den Fonds für Bewegungsfreiheit. 1/2
www.akweb.de/politik/der-...
www.akweb.de/politik/der-...
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‘twas a great and very insightful session, thanks!
Yesterday we took part in the Festival Sabir in Palermo! 🌊✨
Born a year after the Lampedusa tragedy of Oct 3, 2013, Festival Sabir was created to give voice to the Mediterranean that refuses to accept deaths at the border and the criminalization of people on the move — and of solidarity itself. 1/4
Born a year after the Lampedusa tragedy of Oct 3, 2013, Festival Sabir was created to give voice to the Mediterranean that refuses to accept deaths at the border and the criminalization of people on the move — and of solidarity itself. 1/4
October 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
‘twas a great and very insightful session, thanks!
Yesterday we took part in the Festival Sabir in Palermo! 🌊✨
Born a year after the Lampedusa tragedy of Oct 3, 2013, Festival Sabir was created to give voice to the Mediterranean that refuses to accept deaths at the border and the criminalization of people on the move — and of solidarity itself. 1/4
Born a year after the Lampedusa tragedy of Oct 3, 2013, Festival Sabir was created to give voice to the Mediterranean that refuses to accept deaths at the border and the criminalization of people on the move — and of solidarity itself. 1/4
October 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Yesterday we took part in the Festival Sabir in Palermo! 🌊✨
Born a year after the Lampedusa tragedy of Oct 3, 2013, Festival Sabir was created to give voice to the Mediterranean that refuses to accept deaths at the border and the criminalization of people on the move — and of solidarity itself. 1/4
Born a year after the Lampedusa tragedy of Oct 3, 2013, Festival Sabir was created to give voice to the Mediterranean that refuses to accept deaths at the border and the criminalization of people on the move — and of solidarity itself. 1/4
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Hoe Griekenland dehumaniseert:
Yesterday, 22.10.25, the trial of Nourdeen & Mohamad, two 20-year-olds from Sudan, took place in Chania, Crete.
They faced a sentence of multiple decades for “facilitation of unauthorized entry” of 55 other people — because they were steering the boat. 1/5
They faced a sentence of multiple decades for “facilitation of unauthorized entry” of 55 other people — because they were steering the boat. 1/5
October 24, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Hoe Griekenland dehumaniseert:
Yesterday, 22.10.25, the trial of Nourdeen & Mohamad, two 20-year-olds from Sudan, took place in Chania, Crete.
They faced a sentence of multiple decades for “facilitation of unauthorized entry” of 55 other people — because they were steering the boat. 1/5
They faced a sentence of multiple decades for “facilitation of unauthorized entry” of 55 other people — because they were steering the boat. 1/5
October 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Yesterday, 22.10.25, the trial of Nourdeen & Mohamad, two 20-year-olds from Sudan, took place in Chania, Crete.
They faced a sentence of multiple decades for “facilitation of unauthorized entry” of 55 other people — because they were steering the boat. 1/5
They faced a sentence of multiple decades for “facilitation of unauthorized entry” of 55 other people — because they were steering the boat. 1/5
This Wednesday, 22.10., several people will once again stand trial and face lengthy prison terms simply because they steered a boat or took on another task during the journey. We are in direct contact with Nourdeen, Mohamad, & S.G., all young men from Sudan, who are on trial on Crete and Samos. 1/7
October 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This Wednesday, 22.10., several people will once again stand trial and face lengthy prison terms simply because they steered a boat or took on another task during the journey. We are in direct contact with Nourdeen, Mohamad, & S.G., all young men from Sudan, who are on trial on Crete and Samos. 1/7
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Shame on @ec.europa.eu: Stop funding, equipping, and training the Libyan militias! They force people into torture, they shoot at rescue ships – and the EU enables it.
Time to stop funding Libyan militias running amok in the Mediterranean
EU countries should coordinate competent search and rescue operations, open routes for those fleeing to safety, and ensu
www.politico.eu
October 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Shame on @ec.europa.eu: Stop funding, equipping, and training the Libyan militias! They force people into torture, they shoot at rescue ships – and the EU enables it.
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On Monday, I had the pleasure to moderate a powerful panel with @allisonrwest.bsky.social/ @ecchr.bsky.social, David Yambio/ @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social & Phoebe Walton/Forensis at the 5th “Understanding Prison” session by MENA Prison Forum—this time on Libya’s prison industry & EU complicity.1/6
October 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
On Monday, I had the pleasure to moderate a powerful panel with @allisonrwest.bsky.social/ @ecchr.bsky.social, David Yambio/ @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social & Phoebe Walton/Forensis at the 5th “Understanding Prison” session by MENA Prison Forum—this time on Libya’s prison industry & EU complicity.1/6
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We also discussed our work at @de-criminalize.bsky.social and how many people, after surviving detention in Libya’s prison industry, often find themselves imprisoned again in Europe upon arrival—charged with “smuggling” for steering the boat during the journey and sentenced to long prison terms. 4/6
October 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
We also discussed our work at @de-criminalize.bsky.social and how many people, after surviving detention in Libya’s prison industry, often find themselves imprisoned again in Europe upon arrival—charged with “smuggling” for steering the boat during the journey and sentenced to long prison terms. 4/6
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🔥 These things got us talking at our annual workshop: creatively disrupting hostile border systems; navigating abolition; borderless empires vs bordered reparations.
Watch to find out more! 👇
@juliawinkler.bsky.social @mfbosworth.bsky.social @smilivojevic.bsky.social
@cambridgelaw.bsky.social
Watch to find out more! 👇
@juliawinkler.bsky.social @mfbosworth.bsky.social @smilivojevic.bsky.social
@cambridgelaw.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
🔥 These things got us talking at our annual workshop: creatively disrupting hostile border systems; navigating abolition; borderless empires vs bordered reparations.
Watch to find out more! 👇
@juliawinkler.bsky.social @mfbosworth.bsky.social @smilivojevic.bsky.social
@cambridgelaw.bsky.social
Watch to find out more! 👇
@juliawinkler.bsky.social @mfbosworth.bsky.social @smilivojevic.bsky.social
@cambridgelaw.bsky.social
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Tomorrow, 6 October at 7 PM, I’m happy to be moderating the 5th edition of the MENA Prison Forum Series.
This session will focus on the detention industry in Libya and the crimes against humanity committed against people on the move - and European complicity!
This session will focus on the detention industry in Libya and the crimes against humanity committed against people on the move - and European complicity!
Save the date: 6 Oct - MENA Prison Forum in Berlin #5 Libya
The Berlin premiere of the documentary „Escaping Libya’s Detention Industry“ will be followed by a discussion on international crimes committed against migrants and refugees in Libya and the Mediterranean.
www.ecchr.eu/en/event/men...
The Berlin premiere of the documentary „Escaping Libya’s Detention Industry“ will be followed by a discussion on international crimes committed against migrants and refugees in Libya and the Mediterranean.
www.ecchr.eu/en/event/men...
October 5, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Tomorrow, 6 October at 7 PM, I’m happy to be moderating the 5th edition of the MENA Prison Forum Series.
This session will focus on the detention industry in Libya and the crimes against humanity committed against people on the move - and European complicity!
This session will focus on the detention industry in Libya and the crimes against humanity committed against people on the move - and European complicity!
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Join us on Monday, 6 October in Berlin for a film screening and talk about Libya’s Detention Industry & Italy’s Complicity👇
@refugeesinlibya.bsky.social
@de-criminalize.bsky.social
@medico2.bsky.social @forensicarchi.bsky.social
@libyanjustice.bsky.social
@refugeesinlibya.bsky.social
@de-criminalize.bsky.social
@medico2.bsky.social @forensicarchi.bsky.social
@libyanjustice.bsky.social
Save the date: 6 Oct - MENA Prison Forum in Berlin #5 Libya
The Berlin premiere of the documentary „Escaping Libya’s Detention Industry“ will be followed by a discussion on international crimes committed against migrants and refugees in Libya and the Mediterranean.
www.ecchr.eu/en/event/men...
The Berlin premiere of the documentary „Escaping Libya’s Detention Industry“ will be followed by a discussion on international crimes committed against migrants and refugees in Libya and the Mediterranean.
www.ecchr.eu/en/event/men...
September 26, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Join us on Monday, 6 October in Berlin for a film screening and talk about Libya’s Detention Industry & Italy’s Complicity👇
@refugeesinlibya.bsky.social
@de-criminalize.bsky.social
@medico2.bsky.social @forensicarchi.bsky.social
@libyanjustice.bsky.social
@refugeesinlibya.bsky.social
@de-criminalize.bsky.social
@medico2.bsky.social @forensicarchi.bsky.social
@libyanjustice.bsky.social
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On the Berlin Smuggler’s Gala, and how “criminalisation is always contingent on the current political and social context.”
Continuing our discussions is Julia Winkler of de:criminalize, an organisation supporting people criminalised for migration. At our 2nd panel #BorderCrim2025 #HopeNotBorders
Continuing our discussions is Julia Winkler of de:criminalize, an organisation supporting people criminalised for migration. At our 2nd panel #BorderCrim2025 #HopeNotBorders
September 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM
On the Berlin Smuggler’s Gala, and how “criminalisation is always contingent on the current political and social context.”
Continuing our discussions is Julia Winkler of de:criminalize, an organisation supporting people criminalised for migration. At our 2nd panel #BorderCrim2025 #HopeNotBorders
Continuing our discussions is Julia Winkler of de:criminalize, an organisation supporting people criminalised for migration. At our 2nd panel #BorderCrim2025 #HopeNotBorders
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On the common understanding between law enforcement practitioners and migration crime experts: “everyone is pretty much aware that there are very strong backfire effects brought on by counter-smuggling.” @davidlsuber.bsky.social at our 2nd panel.
@cambridgelaw.bsky.social #BorderCrim2025
@cambridgelaw.bsky.social #BorderCrim2025
September 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
On the common understanding between law enforcement practitioners and migration crime experts: “everyone is pretty much aware that there are very strong backfire effects brought on by counter-smuggling.” @davidlsuber.bsky.social at our 2nd panel.
@cambridgelaw.bsky.social #BorderCrim2025
@cambridgelaw.bsky.social #BorderCrim2025
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“Given the centrality of the protection of life and fundamental rights to ethics, the criminalisation of migrant smuggling fails to protect either life or rights”
Dr Myriam Fotou at our 2nd panel #BorderCrim2025 #HopeNotBorders
Dr Myriam Fotou at our 2nd panel #BorderCrim2025 #HopeNotBorders
September 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
“Given the centrality of the protection of life and fundamental rights to ethics, the criminalisation of migrant smuggling fails to protect either life or rights”
Dr Myriam Fotou at our 2nd panel #BorderCrim2025 #HopeNotBorders
Dr Myriam Fotou at our 2nd panel #BorderCrim2025 #HopeNotBorders
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“It’s a condescending and patriarchal narrative that the state can best protect those on the move through containment”
Andrew Fallone in our 2nd panel on Reframing smuggling and clandestine migration as knowledge and acts of debordering.
@cambridgelaw.bsky.social #BorderCrim2025 #HopeNotBorders
Andrew Fallone in our 2nd panel on Reframing smuggling and clandestine migration as knowledge and acts of debordering.
@cambridgelaw.bsky.social #BorderCrim2025 #HopeNotBorders
September 18, 2025 at 10:31 AM
“It’s a condescending and patriarchal narrative that the state can best protect those on the move through containment”
Andrew Fallone in our 2nd panel on Reframing smuggling and clandestine migration as knowledge and acts of debordering.
@cambridgelaw.bsky.social #BorderCrim2025 #HopeNotBorders
Andrew Fallone in our 2nd panel on Reframing smuggling and clandestine migration as knowledge and acts of debordering.
@cambridgelaw.bsky.social #BorderCrim2025 #HopeNotBorders
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Flucht ist kein Verbrechen. Gemeinsam mit unseren Partnerorganisationen stellen wir uns gegen die Kriminalisierung von Menschen auf der Flucht. Mit dem Fonds für Bewegungsfreiheit verteidigen @medico.de und @de-criminalize.bsky.social Betroffene vor Gericht. Unterstützt uns dabei! 6/6
Fonds für Bewegungsfreiheit
Gemeinsam für das Recht auf Schutz, Zuflucht und ein Leben in Würde. Jetzt spenden und den Fonds füllen.
www.medico.de
September 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Flucht ist kein Verbrechen. Gemeinsam mit unseren Partnerorganisationen stellen wir uns gegen die Kriminalisierung von Menschen auf der Flucht. Mit dem Fonds für Bewegungsfreiheit verteidigen @medico.de und @de-criminalize.bsky.social Betroffene vor Gericht. Unterstützt uns dabei! 6/6
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Ten years after the “summer of migration”, Europe’s walls are higher than ever. Inés Marco and Elahe Kouhestani of @de-criminalize.bsky.social expose how the EU criminalizes freedom of movement — and why decriminalization is essential.
Dismantling Europe’s Border Regime - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
Ten years after the “summer of migration”, the walls are higher than ever
www.rosalux.de
September 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Ten years after the “summer of migration”, Europe’s walls are higher than ever. Inés Marco and Elahe Kouhestani of @de-criminalize.bsky.social expose how the EU criminalizes freedom of movement — and why decriminalization is essential.
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Yes!
🥳 Yesterday, four individuals from Sudan were acquitted of all smuggling charges by the court of Heraklion, Crete.
The lawyers of the first case from an NGO successfully argued that he is a refugee fleeing war and must not be criminalized for taking on tasks during his own journey. 1/7
The lawyers of the first case from an NGO successfully argued that he is a refugee fleeing war and must not be criminalized for taking on tasks during his own journey. 1/7
September 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Yes!
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"Zehn Jahre nach dem Sommer der Migration: Von Solidarität zur Normalität der Gewalt" - ein aktueller Gastbeitrag von @valeriahaensel.bsky.social und mir in der Frankfurter Rundschau.
@medico2.bsky.social
@medico2.bsky.social
Zehn Jahre nach dem Sommer der Migration: Von Solidarität zur Normalität der Gewalt
Der Rechtsruck begann in der Migrationspolitik und betrifft heute alle Bereiche der Gesellschaft - ein Gastbeitrag von Valeria Hänsel und Kerem Schamberger von Medico International.
www.fr.de
September 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
"Zehn Jahre nach dem Sommer der Migration: Von Solidarität zur Normalität der Gewalt" - ein aktueller Gastbeitrag von @valeriahaensel.bsky.social und mir in der Frankfurter Rundschau.
@medico2.bsky.social
@medico2.bsky.social
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Herzlichen Glückwunsch an unsere Partner von @de-criminalize.bsky.social für den großartig Erfolg auf Kreta!
🥳 Yesterday, four individuals from Sudan were acquitted of all smuggling charges by the court of Heraklion, Crete.
The lawyers of the first case from an NGO successfully argued that he is a refugee fleeing war and must not be criminalized for taking on tasks during his own journey. 1/7
The lawyers of the first case from an NGO successfully argued that he is a refugee fleeing war and must not be criminalized for taking on tasks during his own journey. 1/7
September 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Herzlichen Glückwunsch an unsere Partner von @de-criminalize.bsky.social für den großartig Erfolg auf Kreta!
🥳 Yesterday, four individuals from Sudan were acquitted of all smuggling charges by the court of Heraklion, Crete.
The lawyers of the first case from an NGO successfully argued that he is a refugee fleeing war and must not be criminalized for taking on tasks during his own journey. 1/7
The lawyers of the first case from an NGO successfully argued that he is a refugee fleeing war and must not be criminalized for taking on tasks during his own journey. 1/7
September 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
🥳 Yesterday, four individuals from Sudan were acquitted of all smuggling charges by the court of Heraklion, Crete.
The lawyers of the first case from an NGO successfully argued that he is a refugee fleeing war and must not be criminalized for taking on tasks during his own journey. 1/7
The lawyers of the first case from an NGO successfully argued that he is a refugee fleeing war and must not be criminalized for taking on tasks during his own journey. 1/7