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1 jun 99 KILLS & MORE Marcus Omofuma was strangled, Aamir Ageeb's neck was wringed. Both are the last victims of the ongoing european deportation policy. Both died in airplanes, both were killed by policemen in the last four weeks. On 1st of May, on the flight from Vienna to Sofia Marcus Omofuma was put in chains, he was fixed on the seat by tape, which sticked over his mouth. Despite the protests of other passengers of Balkan Air <http://www.balkanair.com>, who described him as "tied up like a mummy", Marcus Omofuma suffocated. Last friday on the Lufthansa <http://www.lufthansa.de> flight from Frankfurt to Kairo: During the take-off Aamir Ageeb was pressed by three policemen to the floor. He was roped on hands and feets. His head was forced into an helmet. The 30 years old man from Sudan didn't survive the special treatment by german border police. Last sunday a european wide meeting of antiracist groups in Cologne was shadowed by the two last killings. Delegees from different countries talked about common strategies in the struggle against deportations and the european border regime. A first result of the meeting was a call for direct actions against the companies which make profit on deportations and accept or support police brutality which leads more and more oftenly to the death of people whose crime has been not to have regular permissions to stay. Your help is needed and there is a lot, what you can do. Just some examples: - Send faxes and emails to the airlines, which deport people. Ask them to stop this practice or you will choose a 'clean' airline next flight! - Use their online booking system for flying protest! - Visit their local offices and ask the staff, what they think about the killing! - Visit the websites of the airlines and develop effective solutions to stress your disagreement with deportations! Since Balkan Airlines site seems already to be hacked by themselves, here some Lufthansa contacts (not just anybody, but those who are working on investor relations): Stephan Gemkow Tel. ++49/221/826-2444 Fax. ++49/221/826-2286 E-Mail: Investor.Relations@dlh.de Ralph Link Axel Pfeilsticker Tel. ++49/69/696-6470 oder -90997 Fax ++49/69/696-90990 E-Mail: Investor.Relations@dlh.de --- # distributed via nettime-l : no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a closed moderated mailinglist for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@desk.nl and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # URL: http://www.desk.nl/~nettime/ contact: nettime-owner@desk.nl