Tag: protest

Cricket Beguinage Afghans Team


In March 2014 Kristen Cattell (USA) and Michel van der Burg (Holland) traveled to Brussels, Belgium to meet a group of Afghans living inside an old Catholic church – the church of Saint John the Baptist at the Béguinage (Beguinage Church). At the time, nearly one hundred Afghan refugees had set up camp within the walls of the seventeenth century compound. We made a reportage and interviewed several people including Samir Hamdard – the spokesperson for these afghan refugees – who died last Wednesday (report yesterday http://bit.ly/2GJe64S ). In between the interviews we enjoyed watching Samir and the others playing a cricket game in front of the Beguinage church. More about the Beguinage Project here http://bit.ly/1HZguvY
20190802 ~ Cricket Beguinage Afghans Team ~ Beguinage Project reportage Kristen Cattell / Michel van der Burg (film) – michelvanderburg.com | miracles.media

Samir «Afghans Sans-Papiers Spokesperson»


Thursday Aug 1, 2019.  Shocked today to learn that Samir Hamdard (Ahmad Samir Hamdard) has died yesterday (Wednesday) in a hospital as a result of his terrible injuries after he jumped out of the window last Monday in an attempt to escape an explosion and fire of the house in Schaerbeek, Brussels. Samir the tireless activist of peace, justice and solidarity, was chosen as the spokesperson for the afghan refugees in Belgium.
My condolences to his family, afghan and belgian and other friends, the activists who crossed his road in the fight for regularization of the afghan sans-papiers.
Here in commemoration a short film of Samir demanding Justice! – 20 nov 2013, on the arrival of the silent solidarity march for afghan refugees in Brussels.

Samir «Afghans Sans-Papiers Spokesperson»

Ahmad Samir Hamdard demanding justice at the solidarity march for the Afghan “sans papier” community in Belgium, Brussels , Nov 20, 2013.
20190801 ~ Samir ~ Film : Michel van der Burg – michelvanderburg.com

Afghan Sans Papiers in Kazerne Dossin


① memo 20171120 ~ Afghan Sans Papiers in Kazerne Dossin ~ Some 30 young Afghans , undocumented (‘sans papiers’) , and Belgians together* went to the Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen – note : some Afghans were not able to stay because of trauma’s experienced in their homeland – communiqué in french in this video at the finish of the silent solidarity march for the Afghan community of “Sans Papier” in Belgium, by Belgians and Afghan refugees in Brussels , Nov 20th 2013 – in front of the Federal Justice Building (FPS) in Brussels , Belgium

* Organized by the UPJB and the ‘comité de soutien aux 450 Afghans sans statuts’ , and supported by Solidarcité , and SCI – visit saturday Nov 16th 2013 in Kazerne Dossin , Mechelen , Belgium ( SCI “Des rencontres qui questionnent“)

More video work on the Belgian Afghan community here :

Beguinage project

Afghans & Belgians « We want justice »

Voice of Children Without Papers | 20140903

Voice of Children Without Papers | 20140903 | 1-memo•com | Children without papers no voice ? … Storyboard documentary Afghans & Belgians « We want justice » . NL – De Jafari’s hebben recent het statuut van vluchteling in België verkregen. FR – Les Jafari’s ont obtenu récemment le statut de réfugié en Belgique . EN – The Jafari’s recently obtained refugee status in Belgium.
The in Belgium living and studying Afghan youngster Amir Mohammad Jafari did speak up for his rights in the Belgian streets and the Kids Parlement. The Jafari family finally received the refugee status recently after a long ‘battle’. Film reportage and more info see the today updated post https://michelvanderburg.com/2013/11/24/genoeg-gezwegen-sans-papiers/
I updated that post today with the text of the French translation done by Philippe Renette of Amir Jafari’s speech of 20 nov 2013 in Brussels.
FR – mise à jour aujourd’hui – avec la traduction en français par Philippe Renette du discours de Amir Mohammad Jafari 20 novembre 2013 à Bruxelles.

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“Yellow triangle” – KONTRARIE

“Yellow triangle” : KONTRARIE ‘battle’ choir on 21 April 2013 in Boortmeerbeek, Belgium.
“In the track of Transport XX after 70 years” | “In het spoor van Transport XX na 70 jaar”
1943 – 2013 Transport XX — attack on 20th train to Auschwitz
goose bumps! (dutch: kippenvel) great performance, with a ‘brave’ unexpected contribution by the Boortmeerbeek church bells – watch this below:

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