4th anniversary of the murder of Brother Tonou Mbobda at UKE Hospital
On this 21st of April 2023 we again remember our Brother William Tonou-Mbobda, who was brutally torn from his still young life 4 years ago in front of the UKE psychiatric clinic by a forcible restraint by 3 employees of the UKE security service KLE without judicial order and without medical supervision as well as in disregard of existing guidelines for the protection of patients* against inappropriate and life-threatening use of force. Our thoughts go in these following days until 26.04.2023 especially to the grieving relatives and friends, who have not yet received an appropriate personal apology, nor a comprehensible accountable clarification!
(More information at: https://blackcommunityhamburg.blackblogs.org/?s=mbobda)
The mother has submitted civil action at the Hamburg regional court in December 2022 together with the sister of Brother Tonou Mbobda – the UKE has still not commented on the allegations or provided the court with the necessary medical records despite lawyer and court requests. The inhuman and racist strategy of denial of violations of one’s own duty of care and violent practices towards patients, as well as the deliberate concealment and delay of legal clarification, is now being pursued seamlessly in the civil proceedings following the scandalous discontinuation of the criminal investigation.
Anti-black racism has a continuous and unresolved tradition at the UKE and in Hamburg, at the latest since the implementation of emetic torture against all Black suspects with the well-known case of the murder of Achidi John in 2001, as well as the forced X-ray practice on underage refugees for the purpose of scientifically untenable „age determinations“.
We call on the UKE to finally take a responsible stand and not to continue to willfully drag out the procedure!
Mental illness should not be a death sentence!
Being black should not be a death sentence!
We continue to work to dismantle the institutionally fabricated veil of silence, to denounce those responsible by name, and to establish a justice that actually deserves its name – for this must involve not only recognition, but also comprehensible changes to end ableist, racist, and repeatedly deadly practices.
We kindly invite you to keep laying flowers, wreaths, pictures and candles in front of the Psychiatry building (W37) and in the main entrance area of the UKE Hospital at Martinistraße during the period of April 21–26, 2023 to commemorate Brother Tonou Mbobda and the crime committed against him.
#JusticeForMbobda
No JUSTICE – No PEACE!
Touch ONE – Touch ALL!
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