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“Atrocious” would be a light word to describe the violence against a Pakistani immigrant last week in Vantaa, Finland
The Pakistani who suffered a violent attack on Friday in the Finnish city of Vantaa is recovering in hospital. It is a miracle that he survived such a vile attack, according to a nurse who said that the victim was only minutes away from death if help did not have arrived on time.
We wish the victim well and are not only shocked by what happened but worried about the safety of other visible migrants and minorities in Finland.
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The Pakistani victim suffered at the hands of three suspected white Finnish youths the following wounds, according to a source close to the victim.
The vile nature of the attack is so horrible that we cannot publish a list of the wounds that the Pakistani is today recovering from.The media has published that the victim was stabbed over 20 times, and suffered multiple fractures on the skull from blows from an ax. The media hasn’t reported as well that the suspects cut pieces of the victim with a knife.
Pakistani immigrant stabbed in Vantaa: What constitutes a hate crime?
On Friday night, a Pakistani was brutally attacked by a group of youths and stabbed at least twenty times and repeatedly hit with ax causing, among other injuries, a fractured skull. The police are quiet until Tuesday when it puts out a statement, which does not mention that this may be a hate crime.
If the attack is a hate crime, it is without a doubt one of the worst ever reported in Finland.
But that is not what the police thinks. Detective Chief Inspector Mikko Minkkinen is quoted as saying in Tuesday’s Helsingin Sanomat that it is not a hate crime.
One problem that some see with Minkkinen’s statement is that it is unconvincing and raises questions like if the police have the proper training to deal with hate crimes.
By ruling out that the crime against the Pakistani immigrant didn’t have “racist motives” is a shallow response and raises more concern among migrants and minorities about their safety in this country.
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Miro del Gaudio, a lawyer at Lex Gaudius, said that the vital matter to establish concerning the crime is the motive.
“Establishing the motive is important,” he said.
A way of establishing motive is to look at Bias, according to a comprehensive OSCE ODIHR Hate Crime Reporting manual.
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Could the police tell us why stabbing a Pakistani 20-30 times does not qualify as a suspected hate crime?
There are already some questions concerning the terrible stabbing of a Pakistani in the city of Vantaa on Friday night. One of these is why it took until Tuesday for the police to release a statement?
Another matter is a quote in Tuesday’s Helsingin Sanomat detective chief inspector, Mikko Minkkinen, who was quoted as saying that it doesn’t believe it is a hate crime.
Fair enough. A Pakistani, who is a visible migrant gets asked for cigarettes by a group of people. Both don’t know each other but the victim ends up stabbed 20-30 times.
I’d be interested in knowing why the detective chief inspector doesn’t believe it was a suspected hate crime.
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UPDATE: Helsinki Times: Pakistani stabbed several times in the Finnish city of Vantaa
A Pakistani was stabbed several times on Friday night in Vantaa, according to Helsinki Times. The victim is 37 and the father of a four-year-old child.
UPDATE: The police service put out a statement Tuesday about the stabbing. It gave no details except that the investigation is ongoing. A story in Helsingin Sanomat quotes detective chief inspector, Mikko Minkinen, was quoted as saying that apparently, it wasn’t a hate crime.
Writes Helsinki Times: “Assailants inflicted 20-30 stab wounds on the victim using knives and other edged weapons. His lips were also cut, and was stabbed near the eye. Fortunately, the victim was transferred to hospital urgently and underwent a major surgery. Although still in ICU [intensive care unit] and in critical condition with severe injuries, his situation is not life-threatening anymore, and he has regained consciousness.”
The attack happened on Friday and Helsinki Times is apparently the only paper in Finland that reported the incident.
As usual, the police has taken its time in putting out a statement about the motive of the crime.
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If something is interesting to watch, it is the police and how long it will take to update us on the terrible incident.
Exposing white Finnish privilege #50: Caving in to white narratives
February 10 was the first anniversary of the #TheRightToLife movement that raised awareness and concern over Finland’s asylum policy. The date aimed to host a lecture-performance at the Kiasma Finnish national gallery of Helsinki by Riikka Theresa Innanen called Touch and Revolution.
The plan of the performance was, however, changed 24 hours before it debuted. All the sudden, Innanen was the only artist allowed to go on stage due to an unclear security threat.
“We even planned to invite the audience to come on stage for tea and conversation,” said a statement by the organizers of the lecture-performance. “Considering the presence of asylum-seekers in our team and their vulnerability, it was a shock for us to be confronted with consequences such as arrest, if we did not comply. We felt that not only our artistic freedom but also our safety is being jeopardized.”
According to the artists, Kiasma, which was instrumental in helping the #RightToLife movement, did not at any moment make clear what the security threat was.
And here lies the problem, according to Hami Bahadori, a local artist who was part of the artist group. He said that he is not the representative of al migrant communities in Helsinki and was simply a part of the lecture-performance group.
“The fact that our group was diverse and made by artists with different backgrounds, privileges, and roles, brings this issue more into attention,” he said. “We were simply a group of artists trying to do our job in an art museum”
“Instead of exposing the sources of these [far-right] threats,” he continued. “Kiasma is outsourcing its responsibility to companies to hide the threats. If there is a threat, it’s the job of a democratic society like Finland to stand up to such intimidation.”
The #RightToLife movement helped asylum seekers to have a say in their dire situation.
White Finnish privilege #50
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: Populism is like pissing in your pants
“Populism is like pissing in your pants in freezing temperatures. It may feel good for a moment, but you soon understand it was a dumb idea. You now have two problems instead of one: freezing temperature and your freezing-cold urine.”
Hungary’s Viktor Orbán is an example of pissing in one’s pants in freezing temperatures. Read the full story here.
Speaking to two asylum seekers detained at the Joutseno immigration removal center
A twenty-four-year-old asylum seeker, which Finland has tried to deport twice and failed, has been locked up for about two months at the Joutseno immigration removal center. The question is for how long can the authorities keep a man locked up for simply refusing to be deported?
The man, who is from Iraq and has two rejections for asylum in Finland, asks through his English-speaking roommate who to publish pictures of how he was beaten up by the police after be was forced off the plane.
“I came to Finland when I was sixteen and I’ve been locked up at Joutseno for one month,” he said on the phone. “I don’t understand why I’m going to be deported since my brother, who is living in Finland for four years, got asylum for the same reasons I told Migri [the Finnish Immigration Service].”
The young asylum seeker, who is also from Iraq, said that his father lives in Germany as a resident.
A picture of the twenty-four-year-old asylum seeker after he was removed from the plane. He alleges that the police hit him. In one picture not shown his teeth appear to be damaged possibly from the impact of a fist.
UPDATE: Three suicide attempts allegedly took place within a month at the Joutseno immigration removal center
The Joutseno immigration removal center must be a horrible place to spend your last days or weeks in Finland. Migrant Tales has heard that there have been at least three suicide attempts, two allegedly “successful” with one person hospitalized.
Since the immigration removal center or the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) hasn’t confirmed what happened, we have to rely on other sources from within the immigration removal center. This is what we know so far:
- About 20 days ago an eighteen-year-old Moroccan took his life;
- Three days ago another young asylum seeker attempted to hang himself but was thwarted by his cellmate at the last moment. He is in hospital;
- UPDATED: Last night, allegedly a twenty-two-old Iraqi (not Moroccan) took his life.
As mentioned, these are unconfirmed reports given by asylum seekers at the immigration removal center. We hope that Migri or the interior ministry will keep us up to date on what is happening at Joutseno.
An asylum seeker at Joutseno asked about the person who attempted suicide and they would not give any information on the matter.
This picture was taken on Saturday and allegedly a Moroccan national, 22, took his life at the Joutseno immigration removal center.
What happened at the Jouseno immigration removal center Saturday? Was there another suicide attempt?
Migrant Tales has heard that a Moroccan national, who was allegedly put in solitary confinement, attempted to take his life Saturday. This is not the first case in a short while but there are two more. One of these allegedly ended in death.
The snapshot below was apparently taken Saturday evening.
We will not post the video because it could expose the person’s identity and put him in harm’s way in his home country.
A man is being taken away on a stretcher.
UPDATED (25.2 at 9.53 am):
This is an ongoing story. It will be updated.