Reclaim the Seas

"The fishermen, when they lose their fish, they think" - A., a Somali in Germany. Since November 2010, ten Somali citizens are on trial for Piracy in Hamburg, Germany. This blog is about the trial and the background on why fishermen are forced to change their profession.

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Links to media coverage of the trial...
in English,French.....

France
Programmes échanges et partenariats

Germany
annalist - innenansichten (in German)
GfbV: Somali pirates on trial in Hamburg
Deutsche Welle: First pirate trial in Germany in 400 years opens in Hamburg
somali-piraten-prozess-hamburg.blogspot.com/
http://mediathek.daserste.de/daserste/servlet/content/5865752?pageId=487890&moduleId=314636
 http://videos.arte.tv/de/videos/mogadischu_hauptstadt_in_truemmern-3914076.html

Middle East
Aljazeera: Somali pirates on trial in Germany


New Zealand
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Philippines
Inquirer: First piracy trial in 400 years opens in Germany

Russia
Voice of Russia: First trial of sea pirates in 400 years in Hamburg


Somalia
Putlandi.com: Trial of suspected Somali pirates in Hamburg


UK
Guardian: Somali 'pirates' go on trial in Hamburg
BBC: Hamburg trial of suspected Somali pirates begins

US

What the Navies off Somalia never see
MSNBC: Somalis on trial in Germany's first modern piracy case
Reuters: Somalis on trial in Germany's first modern piracy case

BBC: Convicted Somali pirates get life sentences in US court
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You can contact us at ReclaimTheSeas@googlemail.com

Trial Dates

After almost two years, the trial has finally come to an end when the judge gave the verdict and handed down the sentences on October 19, 2012.

All were found guilty of kidnapping and armed assault on a shipping vessel. The sentences ranged from two years imprisonment for the under-age defendants to seven years for some of the adults.

Some defendants are appealing the verdict.

About this blog

Reclaim The Seas
Many of us who are involved in anti-racist politics in Hamburg have met people from Somalia before - usually as refugees, who are hidden away in camps where their voices aren't heard. Their plight, like that of most refugees, goes unreported. Now we've come across Somali people in a different context - as defendants in a high profile 'piracy' trial that is reported widely in the mainstream media as the first trial of its kind in 400 years. But the reasons why the second group are on trial have a lot to do with the reasons why the first group flee their country. Still, despite all the attention, the media aren't interested in hearing from the accused. The reporting does not look beyond the events in the court room. The interest of English speaking media has ceased entirely. With this blog we are aiming to scratch the surface and provide more background about why fishermen become pirates, why a group of people from one of the poorest countries in the world are on trial in one of the most powerful countries for things they are accused of having done in the Indian Ocean. We want to report things that the mainstream media don't and to help make the voices of the accused heard.
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