I know we have lots of people on this list from different countries and most of you have not said very much over the list, probably because you are busy with other things.
But things are getting really serious now in Tangiers (look at this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLLJcrh_J1s) and we really need to get this news out to more people, so can people please help translate it into French, Spanish, German and Arabic, and any other languages you know? thank you.
please reply to the list if you can help so that we know who is volunteering for what. You have to make sure you write "nobordersmorocco@lists.riseup.net", dont just click "reply" or else you will only reply to me
Well done to everyone who is in Tangiers. Must be really stressful right now, but we are all thinking of you and the migrants.
http://beatingborders.wordpress.com/2013/12/05/second-death-from-police-raids-in-tanger-in-two-months-migrants-rise-up/
Second death from police raids in Tanger in two months, Migrants Rise Up
Posted on December 5, 2013by beatingborders
The 4th of December was a day that will be remembered by many here in Tanger. A police raid in the Doha Boukhalef region caused the violent
death of C?dric, a man from Cameroon. Exact details remain unclear but
his body bearing fatal head wounds was carried over 2km from Doha
Boukhalef in the direction of the city centre in a spontaneous
manifestation by the migrant community.
Rising up and taking the streets in their hundreds, migrants marched
demanding these deaths stop, carrying his body aloft so as not to let
his death be ignored. They succeeded in their goal, and the clashes with police and racist Moroccans during the manifestation ensured that the
city paid attention to what evil things had occurred in their own city.
When riot police blocked their path migrants broke through their
lines time after time, and had the police on the run with stones and
crowd charges. Well over a thousand young Moroccan men gathered to watch and some groups of them attacked the march with stones many times.
Migrants, Moroccan bystanders and a chief of police were hit by these
missiles.
Migrants made their message loud and clear last night, showing
fearless resolve and strength. By the sheer power of their manifestation they forced this issue into the national news ensuring this cannot be
kept quiet. Outnumbered and against all odds they stood strong and made
their message loud and clear.
This death comes only a month since the death of Moussa Seck, a 19 year old man from Senegal, in very similar circumstances.
The police raids that are to blame are part of a campaign against the migrant community of Tanger, causing the area of Doha Boukhalef to be a dangerous and stressful place to live. Forced removal from the city to
Oujda, Rabat and Casablanca is common, as are beatings, and broken down
doors.
All this illegal police activity is clearly linked to the EU border
protection program, through which repression in ?buffer zone? states
like Morocco is part of an overall strategy. Moroccan police are acting
as agents of the EU in effect, when they conduct these harassing,
disruptive, violent and sometimes fatal raids.
So the blood that was spilt on Tanger?s streets yesterday is the responsibility of European powers.
This ongoing situation is a dirty secret of the EU, to be kept quiet
from its citizens. Let us honour the death of C?dric and the courage and strength of his community by helping make sure this story is seen and
heard within the EU.
When people see the dark reality of what occurs at the fringes of
their ?first world? lifestyle they cannot ignore the reality of the
system they inhabit.
So please distribute far and wide and let the story be heard.
A slogan we have heard a lot recently from the senegalese community uses the Wolof word for police: boumla.
FUCK BOUMLA
In solidarity with people everywhere affected by border regimes,
standing side by side with our migrant comrades in the struggle here in
Tanger,
No Borders Morocco
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