Greece: Police Beating Immigrant Caught on Tape

Greece: Police Beating Immigrant Caught on Tape

 

As seen in the video, unidentified policemen stopped an immigrant in the middle of the road, he raised his hands up high, and they attacked him, throwing him on the ground and beating him. The man is said to be Algerian. (source)

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Italy: Deportees on Alitalia flight with taped mouths

Italy: Deportees on Alitalia flight with taped mouths

A photo of two Tunisian men being deported from Italy on an Alitalia flight, their mouths sealed with duct tape and their hands cuffed with plastic bands, was posted by Italian film director Francesco Sperandeo on Facebook Wednesday. (ANSA)

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Poland: Poster apologizing for anti-Saudi sentiments

Poland: Poster apologizing for anti-Saudi sentiments

A poster in the town of Olsztyn, put up after anti-Arab posters were posted on the homes of Saudi students (see here and here)

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Paris: Arab nudes defy taboos in new exhibit

Paris: Arab nudes defy taboos in new exhibit



Via AFP:

The naked body in Arab art is the theme of a new Paris exhibit meant to broaden views of Arab culture, spotlighting the many artists willing to break taboos and depict nudity in all its forms.

"The Body Uncovered" at Paris' Arab World Institute aims to "challenge the stereotypes usually associated with the Arab world that reduce it to the single image of religious fanaticism," said the institute's chairman Renaud Muselier.

(source)

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Brussels: Algerian crashes into police escort in suicide attempt

Brussels: Algerian crashes into police escort in suicide attempt

Via VRT:

A car crashed into the police escort waiting for the ambassador of Qatar outside the royal palace of Laken in Brussels on Tuesday morning. Eight people were injured. One officer, who was fighting for his life, is now on the mend.

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Police spokeswoman Astrid Kaisin was keen to emphasize that the driver was not targeting the ambassador of Qatar: “It was an act of desperation. The driver wanted to commit suicide. We are working on the thesis that this was not an attack.”

The driver, who had Belgian number plates, was also injured and had to be taken to hospital. He is a 40year-old Algerian national, who 18 months ago benefited from an amnesty allowing undocumented people to stay in the country. He has been detained.

(source)

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Switzerland: Sharp increase in crime due to Tunisian refugees

Switzerland: Sharp increase in crime due to Tunisian refugees

Via 20min (French):

Olivier Guéniat, head of the Jura cantonal police, told newspaper Le Matin of the link between the massive increase in Tunisian asylum seekers in 2011 (up by 619% compared with 2010) and the sharp increase in crimes. The number of car burglaries doubled in May and June 2011, compared with the average until then, then increased to 6 times that amount from July to January 2012. Meanwhile, the number of Tunisians who arrived after the Arab Spring and were identified by DNA tests for these offenses, increased by 200% from November 2011 to January 2012.

Guéniat, who is considered close to the Socialists, said the problem was specific and economical, though at the same time unacceptable. The refugees have a hopeless future at home, and their daily allowance do not even allow them three cups of coffee. He refused to stigmatize a community of immigrants.

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