We, the organisers of Monday’s YOU CAN’T DEPORT A MOVEMENT – STOP ALL DEPORTATIONS! DEFEND THE #BERLIN4! protest, have received orders from the police on behalf of the president of the Abgeordnetenhaus (Berlin House of Representatives), Cornelia Seibeld, to move our protest away from its planned location in front of the Abgeordnetenhaus – to ensure business as usual. They proposed a different location that is far away from the building’s entrance, defeating the purpose of protesting while politicians enter and exit—the very politicians who issued the deportation orders.
As we were informed of this with too little time to appeal the decision – a strategy all too familiar from the last year and a half of eroding our right to protest – we have decided to hold the rally as close to the Abgeordnetenhaus as possible: at the corner of Niederkircherstraße and Stresemannstraße.
We expect further questionable restrictions (Auflagen) regarding other aspects of the protest and will keep you updated. Make no mistake, what is happening here is the state attempting to silence those who protest against its repression and violence. Every day, Germany’s descent into fascism is further crystallised, and we must resist!
Your solidarity is needed this Monday: be there and be loud to end ALL deportations. JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL!
Join our protest: same time, same fury, slightly different place. And don’t forget your pots and pans!
Across the road from Stresemannstr. 115, 10963 Berlin
