Archives mensuelles : February 2012

Audio : Your plane leaves tomorrow (FR)

15 February 2012: Phone interview with a person detained in 127bis centre who made a request for voluntary return and who is waiting for his flight Listen to the testimony (FR) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Lavion-est-pour-demain.mp3|titles=L’avion est pour demain] Fichier à télécharger (clic … Continuer la lecture

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Audio : When I look at him, I can see death (FR)

11/02/2012 : Desperate testimony by a man detained in the 127 bis center near Brussels Listen to the testimony (FR) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Quand-je-le-vois-je-vois-la-mort.mp3|titles=Quand je le vois, je vois la mort] Fichier à télécharger (clic droit – enregistrer sous) Hello Hello How … Continuer la lecture

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Audio : I don’t have enough courage anymore (FR)

08 February 2012 : Telephone interview of a man detained in 127 Bis Centre. He got arrested while at the hairdresser’s. Listen to the testimony (FR): [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Je-nai-plus-assez-de-courage_01.mp3|titles=Je n’ai plus assez de courage_01] Fichier à télécharger (clic droit – enregistrer sous) … Continuer la lecture

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Audio : They put me in nappies (FR)

December 16, 2011 : Second testimony of this man (Listen to the first testimony). He was transferred to the center of Bruges. He just had his sixth attempt to be deported and was placed in solitary. Listen to the testimony … Continuer la lecture

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Audio : They tied me with rope from the neck to the hands (FR)

December 13th 2011 – Testimony by a young Congolese woman (18 years old) detained in the closed centre 127 bis. Listen to the interview (FR) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/témoignage-congolaise-13-déc.mp3|titles=témoignage congolaise 13 déc] Fichier à télécharger (clic droit – enregistrer sous) Today, you … Continuer la lecture

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Audio : He beat me in the neck and broke my teeth (FR)

December 7th 2011 – telephone interview from the 127bis detention centre Listen to the interview (FR) :  [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/il-ma-donnecc81-un-coup-dans-la-nuque-et-ma-cassecc81-les-de.mp3|titles=il-ma-donnecc81-un-coup-dans-la-nuque-et-ma-cassecc81-les-de] Fichier à télécharger (clic droit – enregistrer sous) Tell me, since how long have you been in detention centres? Since August 29th. … Continuer la lecture

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Audio : I have a new fight to face now (FR)

30 November 2011: Phone interview with a Congolese man, imprisoned in detention centre 127bis. He is the son of a political opponent who was assassinated in 1998. He fled the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with his entire family. His … Continuer la lecture

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Audio : If you are a refugee you are not welcome in Europe (ENG)

Issa Salah, 50 years old. Palestinian detained in detention centre 127bis since 12 September 2011. Interviewed on Sunday 30 October 2011 Listen to the interview (ENG) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/itw-palestinian_01.mp3|titles=itw-palestinian_01] This is not a transcript of the interview. Mr Issa Salah asked … Continuer la lecture

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Audio : They put things in our food to calm down ! (FR)

25 June – Phone testimony by a detainee during an action in front of the detention centre of Bruges. Listen to the interview (FR) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ils-nous-donnent-des-choses-c3a0-manger-pour-quon-soit-calme.mp3|titles=ils-nous-donnent-des-choses-c3a0-manger-pour-quon-soit-calme] – Can you tell me for how long you have been in the centre? … Continuer la lecture

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Audio : They separated me from my daughter ! (FR)

10/05/11 – Testimony by telephone from an Iranian woman, detention center 127 bis. Listen to a reading of the testimony (FR) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/on-ma-sc3a9parc3a9-de-ma-fille.mp3|titles=on-ma-sc3a9parc3a9-de-ma-fille] – Tell us how and when they tried to deport you and what happened? My husband, my … Continuer la lecture

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Audio : Two twins sisters of nighteen in closed center (ENG)

08/05/2011 – Testimony of a young Iranian woman by telephone, closed center 127bis Listen to the interview (ENG) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/two-twins-sisters-of-nighteen-in-closed-center.mp3|titles=two-twins-sisters-of-nighteen-in-closed-center] – When did you arrive here in Belgium? We arrived on the 24th of March. The moment we arrived we … Continuer la lecture

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Audio : Suffering is moral ! (FR)

18-04-2011 – The story of a man of African origin who has spent 8 months in detention, first in Vottem (Liège) then in Bruges. Listen to the interview (FR) :  [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/la-souffrance-est-morale_01.mp3|titles=la-souffrance-est-morale_01] My name is… Up until 2006, I didn’t know … Continuer la lecture

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Audio : Only for 7 euros ! (ENG)

15 March 2011: Telephone interview with a man of Pakistani origin, detained at the Merksplas detention centre. Listen to the interview (ENG) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/only-for-7-euros.mp3|titles=only-for-7-euros] I am speaking to you from the Vottem centre. I have been here for 20 days. … Continuer la lecture

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Can you shut down detention centres?

9th March 2011 : Phone conversation with a Congolese lady who has just gone through an expulsion after having spent four months in a detention centre. She is now in Kinsasha. Listen to the interview (FR) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/vous-pouvez-fermer-les-centres-fermc3a9s.mp3|titles=vous-pouvez-fermer-les-centres-fermc3a9s] – Can you … Continuer la lecture

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They didn’t want to believe that they were his sons

6th March 2011: Story of the sister of two Armenian men, one of whom has just been deported from Belgium. Listen to the interview (NL) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ils-ne-voulaient-pas-croire-quils-c3a9taient-ses-fils-fr_01.mp3|titles=ils-ne-voulaient-pas-croire-quils-c3a9taient-ses-fils-fr_01] You have two brothers who came from Armenia. One of them was deported; … Continuer la lecture

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It is like Guantanamo here

29 February 2011: Telephone conversation with a detainee during a protest in front of centre 127bis, during the course of which the prisoners started a fire inside the building. Listen to the interview (ENG) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ici-cest-comme-guantanamo.mp3|titles=ici-cest-comme-guantanamo] How are you? I … Continuer la lecture

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I never understood why I am here

28 January 2011 – Telephone conversation with a detainee during an action in front of the Merksplas detention centre I am here at the Merksplas centre. I have been imprisoned since 16 September, that’s 4 months and 17 days. And … Continuer la lecture

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I didn’t want them to hit me so I said I wanted to return to my country

This interview was conducted during an action carried out at the Merksplas detention centre on 28 January 2011. Listen to the interview (NL) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ik-wil-niet-dat-ze-mij-slaan.mp3|titles=ik-wil-niet-dat-ze-mij-slaan] I would like to tell you what happened to us. I speak good Dutch. I … Continuer la lecture

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I’m speaking for everyone, not just myself…

28th January 2011: A detainee’s account by telephone during an action taking place in front of the Merksplas detention centre. Listen to the interview (ENG & FR) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/je-ne-parle-pas-pour-moi.mp3|titles=je-ne-parle-pas-pour-moi] My name is…….I come from Cameroon. I have been held here … Continuer la lecture

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There are no human rights here

28 January 2011 – Telephone interview with a detainee during an action in front of the Merksplas detention centre Listen to the interview (FR) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ya-pas-de-droits-de-lhomme-ici.mp3|titles=ya-pas-de-droits-de-lhomme-ici] I am in the centre, so I’ll tell you my story. I submitted my … Continuer la lecture

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There are things here they don’t want people on the outside to see

28 January 2011 – Telephone interview with a detainee during an action in front of the Merksplas detention centre Listen to the interview (FR) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/a-linterieur-il-y-a-des-choses-que-lon-ne-veut-pas-montrer.mp3|titles=a-linterieur-il-y-a-des-choses-que-lon-ne-veut-pas-montrer] Hello? Yes, hello! I am in front of your flag. (Where the phone number … Continuer la lecture

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We are treated like animals

22 January 2011 – Testimony as told to a visitor at a detention centre I am 41 years old, I am married and I have 3 children. We were living in a village occupied by Israel in Palestine. I had … Continuer la lecture

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You, black lawyers…

21 January 2011 Listen to the testimony (FR) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/vous-les-avocats-noirs.mp3|titles=vous-les-avocats-noirs] My name is Thierry, I am Congolese. I arrived in Belgium on the 9November 2010 at 3.30pm. I landed at Zaventem airport just like any other passenger and I presented … Continuer la lecture

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Text message from an Iranian detainee at 127bis

Text messages exchanged between a detainee at the 127bis centre and a volunteer visitor. 12/12/2010, 20.02 Thanks for your reply. My name is XX. I am Iranian. I speak Persian but I have a translator who speaks Dutch. I’d like … Continuer la lecture

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I felt like I was underground !

19 January 2011 – Story of a young man who spent two and a half months in detention centres in Zaventem and Liège Listen to the interview (ARABE and FR) : [audio:http://gettingthevoiceout.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/javais-limpression-detre-sous-la-terre.mp3|titles=javais-limpression-detre-sous-la-terre] – How did you end up in detention? … Continuer la lecture

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Noborder Trial 8 february : “la justice c’est moi…”

The morning of 8 February 2012, in one of the smaller courtrooms tucked away at the back of the Palais de Justice of Brussels, the latest scene of a pantomime that has been running now for more than a year. … Continuer la lecture

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