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Post by pieter on Jan 5, 2016 9:15:43 GMT -7
 New Year's Eve Attacks: Dozens of Women Sexually Assaulted in Cologne Several women have complained of being sexually harassed during New Year's festivities in Cologne.Dozens of women celebrating New Year's Eve in Cologne have said they were the victims of sexual assault. With a group of men with North African and Middle Eastern appearances under suspicion, the incident threatens to augment growing concern over Germany's refugee policies.German politicians and officials are voicing concern on Tuesday over reports that dozens of women were harassed and groped in the heart of Cologne on New Year's Eve by a large group of men on the crowded square in front of the city's main train station. According to police, many also had personal items stolen and fireworks were also fired into the crowd of revelers. According to police, some 90 complaints had been filed by Tuesday morning, with witnesses saying that the perpetrators were young men between 15 and 35 years old and appeared to have migrant backgrounds. " We will not tolerate such cowardly and abhorrent attacks," said German Justice Minister Heiko Maas on Tuesday. " This is apparently an entirely new dimension of organized crime." All of those involved, Maas demanded, must be " identified and made accountable." At a press conference on Monday evening, Cologne's police chief, Wolfgang Albers, said that a quarter of the complaints made were related to sexual harassment or groping, with many others pertaining to theft of purses, wallets and mobile phones. He said that smaller groups of men repeatedly emerged from a crowd of about 1,000 young men to surround women, harass them and steal from them. According to the Cologne daily Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, many of the presumed perpetrators are suspected of being from a large group of men that has attracted the attention of police in the past several months. Prior to New Year's Eve, the group had been involved in theft and petty crimes in Cologne nightlife districts. " The entire square was full of almost exclusively men with just a few fearful women among them being stared at," says Anne, a 27-year-old who was at the scene on New Year's Eve and who spoke to SPIEGEL ONLINE. " I can hardly describe it. I felt very uncomfortable." She says that she was groped soon after arriving to the square. Careful Calibration The attacks occur at a time when sentiment toward Muslims and foreigners in Germany appears to be becoming increasingly antagonistic. Even as the numbers of refugees arriving in Germany has slowed with the onset of cold weather, those critical of Chancellor Angela Merkel's policy of welcoming refugees fleeing war and violence have become more vocal. Indeed, groups critical of Islam and foreigners have been quick to seek to appropriate the events in Cologne for their own purposes. Pegida, for example, the Islamophobic movement that got its start in Dresden, has posted several comments about the Cologne attacks on its numerous Facebook sites, with supporters responding in a predictably offensive manner. Many German politicians commenting on Tuesday about the events in Cologne have been careful to calibrate their responses so as to avoid playing into the hands of right-wing Islamophobes. " We will not tolerate organized groups of men from North Africa that debase defenseless women with brazen sexual attacks," said Ralf Jäger, interior minister of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. He added, however, that the authorities will do everything in their power to ensure that such attacks are not repeated. " We owe that to women as well as to those North African refugees who want to live peacefully among us." Germany's integration commissioner, Aydan Özoguz, demanded a rapid investigation "because on the one hand, the women need clarity and on the other, refugees and foreigners are quickly becoming the focus of broad suspicion." Despite such urgings, however, it will likely take some time before any of the perpetrators can be identified. Footage from surveillance cameras mounted at the entrance to the Cologne station will certainly help, but the number of people on the square combined with darkness and the not entirely reliable memories of many of those partying at the site will make the process dramatically more difficult, say officials. Investigators are placing their initial focus on a group of men from North Africa who have perpetrated a number of petty thefts on the streets of Cologne in recent months. In 2014, Detective Chief Superintendent Günther Korn told SPIEGEL TV that " in Cologne we have 12,000 such incidents each year. That is 5,000 more than in 2007." Ulf Küch, police chief in the city of Braunschweig, which has also suffered at the hands of small-time criminals from migrant backgrounds, told SPIEGEL ONLINE in November that the vast majority of migrants from the region are law-abiding. " We have found that very few immigrants commit crimes, but those who do commit a number of crimes," says Küch. Official statistics would seem to indicate that his impression is right. A study released in November by the German Federal Criminal Police Office on crime committed by refugees shows that the number of offenses perpetrated by migrants is rising much more slowly than the number of migrants coming to Germany. cgh/with reporting by Jörg Diehl and Kendra Stenzel |
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Post by pieter on Jan 5, 2016 9:38:46 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Jan 5, 2016 10:16:48 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Jan 5, 2016 10:22:13 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Jan 5, 2016 10:32:47 GMT -7
Dear friends,
I think that in the Netherlands or Denmark this wouldn't be possible. Because husnands, boyfriends, fathers, brothers, uncles, friends, colleagues, neighbours and even strangers wouldn't accept it today. Maybe it was different a few years ago, but today people don't take such a thing lightly. It is interesting that the German police says that these aren't refugees. Therefor these men must be Moroccan, Turkish and African migrants. We have had some problems with these groups, but not on these scale.
I hope that leaders and people from these ethnic groups will speak out against these men. Maybe these people were German Turkish and Arab German gangs. I read earlier about territorial rivaly between Turkish and Arab gangsters in Cologne. It is clear in this case that native European German women are the victim of Middle-eastern, Turkish and African men. This is organised. Who are behind this terrible treatment and harassment of German women and girls?
Do you know more Karl. It was large news in Dutch newspapers and tv chanals.
Cheers,
Pieter
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Post by Nictoshek on Jan 5, 2016 10:55:23 GMT -7
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Post by Jaga on Jan 5, 2016 11:39:58 GMT -7
Pieter, even in 80s Cologne's train station was a dangerous place. I was travelling through Germany in 1984 on a student ticket and I felt safe everywhere except the Cologne. I was so poor then, that I could just afford the train ticker and visited my family's friends from town to town. I was still young and brave to do so.
Just like you I would not exaggerate the new immigrants influence, just the old rivalries between Turks and others.
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Post by pieter on Jan 5, 2016 12:35:09 GMT -7
Dear Jaga,
In this case it is different. The large group of men were Arab looking foreigners and the victims were German women. It did not only took place in Cologne, but in other German cities/towns too. This is not an is isolated incident. And that large group of men were foreign migrants. It is a fact that I have native European girlfriends (Dutch women) who have negative experiences with migrant Muslim men on the streets, in public transportation, on bikelanes, and etc. And these are not xenophobic, racists, nationalist or ultra-rightwing women. They are open minded, liberal and multi-cultural.
They dress decently and they want to be respected as women, citizens of a European nation and they have a right to be protected against sexism, abuse and sexual assaults. This has to stop and I hope that the German authorities will take the necassery steps. If not these women will have to stay at home in the evenings and at night. The women and girls will not have a social life of going out, dancing, Yoga lessons in the evening, or meeting friends or partners in a pub, restaurant, theatre or cinema. I agree with the blond German women in the video of RT.
We don't need xenophobia and racism, but the German authorities have to examine who did this and persecute the perpetrators. In that way they can protect both German and migrant women. We are all equal for the law in Europe, and we are equal as human beings. Women and girls have as much rights as men to be in public spaces. And they have the right to have a life free of sexism, verbal and physical abuse and being chased by primitive men. Men have to control themselves, to behave themselves and to be gentlemen. How do these men treat their mothers, sisters, female cousins, aunts, grandmothers and nieces?
Cheers,
Pieter
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Post by pieter on Jan 5, 2016 16:43:05 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Jan 5, 2016 17:15:48 GMT -7
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05.01.2016SPD-Frauen: Sexuelle Gewalt gegen Frauen ist kein Kavaliersdelikt Medienberichten zufolge sind in der Silvesternacht am Kölner Hauptbahnhof zahlreiche Frauen belästigt, sexuell bedrängt und beraubt worden. Ähnliche Vorfälle wurden aus Hamburg und Stuttgart berichtet. Hierzu erklärt die Bundesvorsitzende der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Sozialdemokratischer Frauen (ASF), Elke Ferner: Ich bin geschockt über die abscheulichen Taten in Köln und anderen deutschen Städten, die sich gezielt gegen Frauen gerichtet haben. Sexuelle Gewalt gegen Frauen ist kein Kavaliersdelikt. Die Täter müssen ermittelt und zur Rechenschaft gezogen werden – und zwar unabhängig von ihrer Herkunft und Religion. Anstatt alle Flüchtlinge oder Ausländer unter Generalverdacht zu stellen, brauchen wir eine Kultur des Respekts vor Frauen. Denn sexuelle Gewalt gegen Frauen findet täglich und überall statt: Ob zu Hause, am Arbeitsplatz, in der Öffentlichkeit und im Internet. Ob als anzügliche Witze, sexistische Sprüche, übergriffiges Auftreten, häusliche Gewalt oder Vergewaltigung. Wir brauchen ein entschiedenes Auftreten der gesamten Gesellschaft gegen Gewalt an Frauen. Dazu gehören die Sicherheitskräfte: Sie müssen dafür sensibilisiert werden, sexuelle Gewalt zu erkennen und konsequenter dagegen vorzugehen. Dazu gehört die Bildung: Bereits in Schule und Kindergarten müssen Mädchen darin gestärkt werden, ihre Ansichten zu vertreten und ihre Freiheiten einzufordern. Jungen müssen wir von klein auf beibringen, Frauen und Mädchen zu respektieren. Rollenstereotype müssen durch eine geschlechtersensible Erziehung und Bildung aufgebrochen werden. Dazu gehört auch eine umfassende Reform des Sexualstrafrechts, die den Willen der Opfer in den Mittelpunkt stellt. Damit ein Nein auch in Deutschland endlich Nein bedeutet! Dazugehört auch eine bundeseinheitliche institutionelle Finanzierung der Frauenhäuser. Dazu gehören die Medien, die Frauen immer noch häufig auf ihr Äußeres und ihre Sexualität reduzieren. Dazu muss jede und jeder einzelne von uns beitragen. Wir brauchen eine Kultur des Respekts – zum Schutz von Frauen und Mädchen. |
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Post by pieter on Jan 5, 2016 17:21:27 GMT -7
 PRESSEMITTEILUNG05.01.2016 – ULLA JELPKEEs darf keine Angsträume in unseren Städten und Gemeinden geben„Sollten die bisherigen Schilderungen und Erkenntnisse zutreffen und sich bis zu tausend Personen an den Übergriffen beteiligt haben, dann haben wir es in Köln nicht nur mit einer besonders perfiden Dimension von bandenmäßiger Gewaltkriminalität zu tun, sondern auch mit einem eklatanten Fall von Polizeiversagen“, sagt Ulla Jelpke, innenpolitische Sprecherin der Fraktion DIE LINKE, mit Blick auf die Silvesternacht, in der zahlreiche Frauen auf dem Domplatz vor dem Kölner Hauptbahnhof Opfer sexualisierter Männergewalt wurden. Organisierte Banden junger Männer bedrängten inmitten einer größeren Menschenmenge ihre Opfer, belästigten sie sexuell und beraubten sie dabei. In mindestens einem Fall soll es zu einer Vergewaltigung gekommen sein. Bislang wurden rund 90 Anzeigen von Betroffenen erstattet. Auch in Hamburg und Stuttgart kam es zu sexuellen Übergriffen und Raubdelikten durch offenbar organisierte Banden. Jelpke weiter: „Den Opfern gehört meine Solidarität. Ich möchte alle Betroffenen ermutigen, sich nicht durch Scham davon abhalten zu lassen, das Vorgefallene zur Anzeige zu bringen. Die Täter müssen ermittelt, verfolgt, gestellt und konsequent zur Rechenschaft gezogen werden. Nach bisherigem Kenntnisstand soll es sich bei den Tätern um aufgrund früherer Straftaten polizeibekannte Personen gehandelt haben, es gibt bislang keine Hinweise auf eine Beteiligung von Flüchtlingen. Dass die Täter nach Zeugenaussagen nordafrikanischen oder arabischen Aussehens waren, befeuert jetzt die rassistische Hetze gegen Flüchtlinge. Allerdings gibt es keinerlei Hinweise, wonach Flüchtlinge an den Straftaten beteiligt waren. Versuche, die Kölner Vorkommnisse zur Stimmungsmache gegen Flüchtlinge oder Muslime zu nutzen oder ethnische Gruppierungen pauschal unter Generalverdacht zu stellen, müssen mit aller Entschiedenheit zurückgewiesen werden. Die Ursachen des offenkundigen Polizeiversagens in der Silvesternacht müssen aufgeklärt werden. Es ist ja nicht das erste Mal, dass sich die Polizei in Köln so überfordert zeigt. Erinnert sei an die Demonstration rechtsgerichteter Hooligans im Oktober 2014, die weitgehend ungestört Teile der Innenstadt verwüsteten, während die Polizei hilflos zusah. Egal, ob sich Migranten durch Neonazis und rassistische Mobs bedroht fühlen oder Frauen durch Männergewalt: Angsträume in unseren Städten und Gemeinden darf es nicht geben." |
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Post by pieter on Jan 5, 2016 17:27:23 GMT -7
 Köln: Grüne fordern Aufklärung und Bestrafung der TäterDie abscheulichen Übergriffe auf Frauen, die sich in der Silvesternacht in Köln zugetragen haben, sind nicht zu entschuldigen. Egal von wem sie verübt wird: Gewalt gegen Frauen muss konsequent verfolgt und bestraft werden.05.01.2016 Jetzt ist eine schnelle, konsequente Ermittlung von Seiten der Polizei und eine schonungslose Analyse der Vorgänge rund um den Kölner Hauptbahnhof notwendig. Das Vorgehen von Bürgermeisterin Reker ist richtig. In einem Krisentreffen wird nach den Ursachen und vor allem nach Strategien gesucht, wie solche Vorfälle in Zukunft verhindert werden können. Frauen müssen sich im öffentlichen Raum, auch bei großen Menschenansammlungen angstfrei bewegen können. Sexuelle Gewalt gegen Frauen ist leider kein Einzelfall. Jede vierte Frau in Europa wird im Laufe ihres Lebens Opfer von Gewalt und sexualisierten Übergriffen. Dabei finden die meisten Übergriffe im häuslichen Rahmen statt. Frauenhäuser, Notrufe und Hilfestrukturen müssen deshalb angemessen finanziert werden. Vor allem aber brauchen wir ein gesamtgesellschaftliches Verständnis darüber, dass das Recht auf körperliche Unversehrtheit ohne Ausnahme für alle Frauen gilt und dass Sexismus und sexuelle Belästigungen jeglicher Art keine Kavaliersdelikte darstellen, sondern Delikte gegen die Würde des Menschen sind. Egal von wem sie verübt wird: Gewalt gegen Frauen muss konsequent verfolgt und bestraft werden, unabhängig von Religion oder Herkunft der Täter. |
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Post by karl on Jan 5, 2016 17:37:11 GMT -7
Pieter Thank you for introducing this subject, for there exist a high degree of failures in policy of our leadership {German} and down to street level with Police. This is as expected as a result of multiculturalism. We have an large influx of thugs and criminals that are taking advantage of European life built upon cultural safety. The female victims are the weakest and thusly most vulnerable to sex crimes at the mercy of these thugs. These Islamic thugs are accustomed to a life of strict control, and when let loose in a western population, then let loose their welms upon the weakest segment of population and this is the female sex. It is for this reason to keep strict segregation in the various holding areas with very tight control. This situation is not only deplorable, but absolutely not necessary. For this was forecast in advance by both police and departments of intelligence but evidently ignored by our departments of authority. Withen the confines of these various acts of violence against women, was, and is, absolutely unnecessary and is a gross failure of police prevention and intervention. For withen these various crowds of Islamic male dominance should have been both uniformed police presence withen the crowd, and, plain cloths officers. In this manner, to detect, protect and for emmediate arrest of potential and on site offenders. This is the primary duty of police presence, is to provide protection to and for the public, and, protection of property. www.infowars.com/feminists-mute-on-muslim-rape-epidemic-sweeping-europe/We do not need both our political and civil authority sticking their heads in the sand and saying," Oh dear me,,these poor poor people to be saved by us from their terrible lands". The time for police action{s} is now, at present, without hesitation. For how difficult is it for quick identification of an Islamic in an unlawful act? There is inplaced, the various laws for tools for proper detection/ enforcement/ and arrest of various crimes, then for fair and proper adjudication, if used. Simular is the Islamic issue in Denmark, with differences inplaced. For one, there was not an open invitation for multiply thousands of unchecked Islamics from the various areas of conflict primarly in Syria and surrounding states. But controls and checks conducted. For Denmark is very much the smaller then Sweden and Germany, as thusly so, less ability of obsorbtion of such populations. The saving aspect is most of the fleeing refugees/immigrants, are passing through Denmark for Norway and/or Sweden. Perhaps as of the above, is a prime reason my self work only in the foreign lands. Karl |
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Post by pieter on Jan 5, 2016 17:38:33 GMT -7
 Abscheuliche Qualität von Gewalt "Es ist untragbar, dass Frauen in deutschen Großstädten nachts auf offener Straße, auf öffentlichen Plätzen von jungen Migranten sexuell traktiert und beraubt werden. Das ist eine neue, abscheuliche Qualität von Gewalt. Der Rechtsstaat muss mit allen Mitteln konsequent dafür sorgen, dass sich Frauen ohne Angst vor Übergriffen im öffentlichen Raum bewegen können. Daher fordere ich in Ballungszentren wie in Köln, Hamburg oder Stuttgart eine deutlich stärkere Polizeipräsenz an Brennpunkten, eine flächendeckende Videoüberwachung sowie unangekündigte Personenkontrollen bei Menschenansammlungen im öffentlichen Raum. Wenn Asylbewerber oder Flüchtlinge solche Übergriffe begehen, ist das ein eklatanter Missbrauch des Gastrechts und kann nur ein sofortiges Ende des Aufenthalts in Deutschland zur Folge haben. Wer die Regeln unseres Zusammenlebens, unter anderem den Respekt gegenüber Frauen nicht akzeptiert, kann hier in Deutschland keinen Platz in unserer Gesellschaft haben." |
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Post by pieter on Jan 5, 2016 17:48:11 GMT -7
Thank you for your reply Karl. I agree with you that the state has a duty to protect the women, because they are citizens of Germany, German voters, German tax payers, German mothers, German daughters, German employee's and for the simple reason they are human beings. Yes, there should be undercover agents in the crowds, just like there are undercover agents in far right and far left demonstrations. The German police has migrant police officers. They could check the crowd and not load suspicion on themselves.
The guilty ones must be tracked down and punished. In the Future such things should not happen again. The German authorities and the German police must be better prepared and protect German women and visiting foreign female visitors. (Tourists, expats, business people, exchange students and excetera).
Cheers,
Pieter
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