Lesbos - 1 day after the terrible attack in Vienna.

M distributing food parcels in KaraTepe

Terror, no matter who it comes from, affects us all deeply. All of us! All the more important, and probably the only sensible solution, is that we unite, do not give what divides us a chance in any way, also take people seriously with all their fears and remain in dialogue. How much such events leave us stunned, no matter where we come from, is shown by the following ...

Open letter to Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz

Really #sebastiankurz? There? Chancellor, do you actually know that you scare me, that you make me cry more than once? "Junga man you, stop it please!" Do you never think about the future? Don't you ever think about the people, about us, the citizens, "your" citizens. Do you actually know that you scare many people and make them cry?

Another "small" detail of a deportation Vienna - Kabul

15.30 I come home and see that the boy who was deported from Vienna to Kabul/Afghanistan yesterday without his documents has called me. I call him back, he is offline! Deportation completed Again and again I ask myself, I am actually already tired of it, why thousands of Austrians do not give a thought to these human rights crimes? I ask myself why intelligent people ...

"Small" detail of a deportation 27. 6.18

"Small" detail of a deportation! Vienna - Kabul/Afghanistan (27. 06. 18, 00.31 a.m.) 00.31 Telephone rings Number of the Association for Human Rights Short thought jerk "what do they want?" 00.31 - 00.32. the young Afghan from Graz Rushed voice as if shouting "it's me, (name) And as always in such a stressful situation, the boy is now being deported by charter, to ...

Brutalisation that we MUST stand up to!

Children in cages Children deliberately separated from their parents who love them, who mean everything to them! To deter, to show harshness, to demonstrate power. These pictures are going around the world. I am sitting here, in Vienna, as a guest of a dear friend, and weeping bitterly. Too much pain, too much sorrow and unbelievable suffering. I cannot ...

#sichersein Heldenplatz, Vienna

Yes, here they are, the many pairs of shoes. They represent all the people fleeing from great danger. And for me personally, they represent all the people who have been deported from European countries of prosperity to Afghanistan. Especially for you, Ahmad Jan. To a country where in 2017 there were more than ...