The RAV submitted the following detailed statement. Simultaneously – shortly before the oral hearing – the RAV, the BRAK, the RAK-Berlin, and the DAV sent a summary of the RAV's statement to the members of the Committee on Internal Affairs and Legal Affairs, as well as…
Category: Press Releases
The Federal Constitutional Court declares the so-called standard benefit level 2b for single refugees and single parents in collective accommodations to be unconstitutional
In a decision dated November 23, 2022 (Case No. 1 BvL 3/21), the Federal Constitutional Court declared the reduced standard benefit level 2b for single refugees and single parents in collective accommodations under Section 2 Paragraph 1 Sentence 4 No. 1 of the Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act (AsylbLG) unconstitutional. On August 21, 2019, the so-called…
PRO ASYL and state refugee councils are calling for the inclusion of refugees in the citizen's income law
On the occasion of today's planned adoption of the Citizen's Income Act in the Bundestag, PRO ASYL and the Berlin Refugee Council are presenting a comprehensive analysis of the Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act, which shows: The special law for asylum seekers is discriminatory and should be abolished. With the planned Citizen's Income Act, Hartz IV will be replaced by…
Press release from the RAV dated October 21, 2022 – Lawyers demand that the Federal Government implement a human rights policy that actually reaches those affected.
In Iran, we are witnessing the beginning of a revolution. A feminist revolution. Led by women* who are fighting for their freedom and a new society. For their courage, they are killed, tortured, and imprisoned. The courage of these women* impresses us. It leads…
Initial reaction of the co-plaintiffs to the verdict: A fatal signal for the protection of journalists in the so-called Fretterode trial – Thuringian justice system fails once again to adequately address violence perpetrated by neo-Nazis
Press release on the initial reaction of the co-plaintiffs to the judgment of the Mühlhausen Regional Court of 15 September 2022
Search warrant executed at journalists' homes following criticism of the length of the Fretterode trial
Press release dated September 14, 2022, regarding a house search at a journalist's home in connection with the so-called Fretterode trial
Defense plea in the Fretterode trial: Denial, trivialization, reversal of perpetrator and victim roles
Press release from the co-plaintiffs regarding the defense's closing arguments in the so-called Fretterode trial
The co-plaintiffs are demanding a conviction for aggravated robbery and consideration of the neo-Nazi motives in sentencing in the so-called Fretterode trial
Press release regarding the closing arguments of the co-plaintiffs in the so-called Fretterode trial on September 2, 2022
Following acquittal in the proceedings for suspected defamation after critical reporting on the death of Matiullah Jabarkhel – the public prosecutor's office files an appeal.
Press release regarding an appeal by the Fulda public prosecutor's office against an acquittal before the Fulda district court following an indictment on suspicion of defamation
Closing arguments from the prosecution and the co-plaintiffs are expected in the so-called Fretterode trial – the trial is nearing its verdict
Press release in the so-called Fretterode trial regarding the expected closing arguments of the public prosecutor and the co-plaintiffs
