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June 26th, 2014 
David Schulberg 
There is a standoff ongoing in Berlin for the third day in a row, in which the riot police have tried and failed to evict an occupied refugee squat and school.
#Berlin 0455 Refugees #Ohlauer start the new day by chanting “Freedom”. 3rd day on the roof. p/v @mueller_andi: 04h55 pic.twitter.com/qHMpFqM7tb
— Enough is Enough! (@enough14) June 26, 2014
Via @denice_ruptly
: #Ohlauer refugees wakes up, plays “I shot the sheriff”, police still blocks streets.. #Berlin https://t.co/h0l0HKAFiC” — Enough is Enough! (@enough14) June 26, 2014
Police have blocked off the entire school building and set up checkpoints where neighbors have to show ID, but haven’t broken inside yet. Refugees are saying they will torch the building and jump if the cops break in, because for them it’s better to jump than face deportation. For now, the refugees are surviving on food that neighbors are transporting to them via cables from their property to the roof of the building.
Police have also attacked solidarity demos with brutal force, as well as attacking a peaceful sit in at the German Embassy in Brussels (we have posted their press release below) that was in solidarity with the refugees. Photos of these events as well as the original eviction of the school available here.
To keep up with this struggle, keep checking this page for updates and follow the hashtag #Ohlauer
Brutal arrestment after peaceful solidarity action against the eviction of the refugee squat in Berlin
This morning at 9 am European activists made a peaceful sit-in at the entrance of the German embassy. The activists were protesting non- violently against the current brutal eviction of refugees in an occupied school in Berlin. Their demand was to speak with the German ambassador in order to put pressure on Berlin authorities. The situation is very urgent as there are refugees on the roof of the school building stating that if the police do not stop the operation, they will jump from the roof top or burn themselves. The eviction of the building would mean for them to lose their home, shelter and political self- organized center.
The action supports friends and comrades on the roof and in the school, and their demands: the immediate stop of the eviction and police operations, free access for press, the recognition of paragraph 23 (a German asylum law for group recognition), for all refugees from School and people who were protesting at Oranienplatz Refugee Protest Camp.
The “solution” offered by the senate regarding the resettlement of the people into refugee centers and the re-evaluation of the single cases resolves nothing. We also demand the possibility to return to the school and the start of genuine negotiations of the refugees with the district and the senate.
Evictions of refugee squats are happening across Europe, such as recently in Calais, and also comrades in Amsterdam are struggling to defend their home and shelter. We demand the unconditional respect of all refugee squats in Europe.
The protest is also directed against the increasingly restrictive asylum laws and policies in Germany and across Europe.
The European activists who are part of the Protest March for Freedom were already insisting for the third day in front of the German embassy to speak to the ambassador. The ambassador was refusing any contact, thus the activists decided to make this peaceful sit-in today. The ambassador finally also ordered to evict the 23 people from the embassy and let them be arrested by the police of Brussels.
Whilst at the police station the arrested were denied drinking water, translation of the procedures and the accusations and information about their rights. The police procedures were arbitrary. One person was beaten up until he lost consciousness; another person was pushed and strangled because she asked for toilet paper. Some of the activists had no passports or identification card with them as an act of solidarity for people without papers. The first people were released after 8 hours, and after 16 hours still 4 remained in the station. They are threatened to be expulsed out of Belgium.
The remaining activists of the action spoke to the press officer of the embassy and drafted a letter to the Kreuzberg District and Senate of Berlin. Herein they outlined the demands and reasons for the protest. The Embassy promised to write a statement to Berlin demanding that everything possible should be done to save the lives of the protesters on the roof of the school in Berlin.
This protest was part of the Action Week in Brussels to mark the European Council Summit. It concludes the March for Freedom that started 6 weeks ago in Strasbourg. The main demonstration will be happening on 26th June 2014 at 4.30pm on Place de Béguinage, Brussels.
Source Article from http://revolution-news.com/berlin-refugees-threaten-to-set-squat-on-fire-if-police-attempt-eviction/
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