Statement of Orfanotrofeio/Thessalonik

In solidarity from Torino, Italy

https://anarresinfo.noblogs.org/2016/08/02/torino-scritte-al-consolato-greco-e-a-rifondazione/

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>Please help us spread the statement of people from the solidarity squat
>Ορφανοτροφείο in regards to the eviction of our squat in
Thessaloniki
>last week. Police raided and evicted the house in the early hours of
>Wednesday arrested the people and afterwards transported all
>non-European comrades to a military camp 45 minutes outside of the city,
>meanwhile 4 European comrades are faced with a trial tomorrow.
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>This was my home
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>This was home for me and my children And for thirty more families and
>many other people. We were living like one family, and we came from all
>over the world It was our school, it was our culture. It embraced our
>different opinions and beliefs. It was the real helping hand for
>everyone. Freedom of speech and expression existed there in the full
>sense of the term.
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>The main aim of this place was to bring together and unite all human
>ideas and practices in order to serve the weak and the oppressed and
>support the dispossessed. And just when we thought we were at last safe,
>that we were in the right place, European governments that claim to
>support justice and equality and not sectarianism and authoritarianism
>and that allegedly stand for freedom and democracy decided that we don't
>deserve to live in peace. They decided we ought to live in the camps,
>far removed from the world, in conditions that not even animals would
>tolerate. It is hard for us to accept the truth that we're not part of
>humanity, that human rights are not valid in our case. As refugees and
>immigrants our only “right” is to watch our children fall sick and die
>before our eyes, watch women struggle to meet basic needs. They are
>moving us around like puppets, they pull the strings and we respond
>accordingly… And today the government issued another decision against us:
>In cold blood it pulled down and ripped out everything. They struck with
>indescribable brutality. They came prepared in full attire, with loaded
>weapons, as if we were less than animals, and they pulled us out with
>handcuffs before the eyes of our children.
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>Quickly our dreams disappeared.
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>They were replaced by the images we thought we’d left behind. And we
>thought that we would never be oppressed again. And that we would build
>a brighter future for our children, with no fear, in the country of
>freedom and rights. Yet even though discrimination is everywhere, we
>still deeply that there's a lot of people who will face up to the
>difficulties. Their will is strong and they fear nothing. And they don't
>give up their dignity under any circumstance, at whatever cost. And we
>hope that you're in solidarity with us so that together, step by step,
>we defend every right for every person, and we will claim everything
>that was taken away from us. With the courage and strength of free
>people who believe in fighting for their freedom.