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Achidi John, City of Hamburg

Achidi John was the first fatality of emetic torture in Germany. He was arrested by the Hamburg police on December 8, 2001, and died four days later, on December 12, 2001, after being forcibly administered emetics at the Eppendorf University Hospital (UKE). Achidi... Weiter

People affected report

1991-1995Here are documented statements of affected persons made in Bremen in the 1990s. The reports were published in 1995 in the brochure “Polizisten, die zum Brechen reizen” (“Policemen who provoke to vomit”) by the Anti-Racism... Weiter

Laye Condé and his familiy

Laye-Alama Condé was born in 1969 in Kabala, Sierra Leone, as the eldest child of his mother Fatma Tarawalli. In 2000, he decided to flee to Europe – also to better provide for his family. He arrived in Germany in 2001.Laye Condé had several siblings; together... Weiter

The beginnings 1991-1995

In the early 1990s, Bremen politicians ruthlessly persecuted those they suspected of dealing in illegalized drugs. This ranged from interference with freedom of movement – many of those affected were not allowed to enter entire neighborhoods (such as the... Weiter

Medical Chamber

As the only institution involved in the forced administration of emetics, the Bremen Medical Chamber to this day refuses to accept any joint responsibility for the human rights violations that accompanied it. Committed physicians and the local group of the IPPNW... Weiter

Judicial system and court proceedings

Since the 1990s, there have been a number of rulings on emetics throughout Germany, most of which did not see any legal basis for the measure, for example by the Frankfurt Higher Regional Court. In Bremen, however, the Senate always referred exclusively to the... Weiter