Who will be next?

International Critical Geography Group | 16.08.2007

We the International Critical Geography Group vehemently protest the arrest and incarceration of our academic colleague Andrej Holm, an urban sociologist at the Institute for Social Research at the Humboldt University in Berlin.

Chilling Arrests of Researchers

Jerome Krase | 16.08.2007

It has recently come to my attention through numerous American and European academic organizations that a number of academics in the normal pursuit of their scholarship and research have been arrested and continue to be held as charged with “membership in a terrorist association according to § 129a StGB”.

HIC against §129

Habitat International Coalition | 16.08.2007

Habitat International Coalition (HIC) demands the immediate suspension of all proceedings against all parties concerned and release from jail at once Dr. Holm and the others and the abolition § 129, 129a, and 129b laws.

Protest against the abuse of academic freedom

Planners Network UK (PNUK) | 15.08.2007

This is a letter of protest and petition against the abuse of academic freedom recently committed in Germany against a number of individuals including Andrej Holm for alleged membership of a terrorist organisation or supporting such an organisation.

UPA against §129

Urban Poor Associates | 15.08.2007

Urban Poor Associates, an NGO from the Philippines, demands the immediate suspension of all proceedings against all parties concerned and release from jail at once Dr. Holm and the others and the abolition § 129, 129a, and 129b laws.

Scientists find out: Gentrification is bad for you!

Roger Keil and Ute Lehrer | 12.08.2007

Gentrification is bad for you. How bad? Just ask a group of German researchers who find themselves accused of belonging to a "terrorist organization", largely because they published on the subject.

Don't use the G-Word: Criminalization of critical academic research in Germany

policing-crowds.org | 08.08.2007

We learned last week that two of our friends and colleagues, Andrej Holm and Mathias B., are charged with “membership in a terrorist association according to § 129a StGB” (German Penal Code, section 7 on ‘Crimes against Public Order’). Both introduced serious research on gentrification (The G-Word to be avoided in future) in Germany and lead the field.

Against the criminalization of critical science

Academic Advisory Council of Attac Germany | 03.08.2007

On July 30th and 31st, four men have been arrested – accused of being members of a terrorist organization, according to §129a of the German penal code. The Academic Advisory Council of Attac Germany condemns these current proceedings and the official justification of the warrants of arrest.
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