In 2017, a young man fled his village in Sudan. Through numerous countries and thousands of kilometres, he dreamed of a better future. Until his journey ended violently a year ago. But what had happened to Badreddin Abdallah Adam Bosh?

Around 12.00 yesterday, six people were injured and one suspect shot dead in a hotel in Glasgow. Those injured are currently in the hospital, including one police officer.

Today’s organised demonstration by Glasgow No Evictions Campaign, in support of asylum seekers currently living in temporary accommodation in Glasgow and their demands was attended by at least 80 people, holding placards and peacefully demonstrating in solidarity.

Ako Zada from ‘Kurdish Community Scotland’ helped in producing the audio clips, translating from Kurdish and communicating with the asylum seekers. Karmand Ali also helped with parts of the translation.

[The following report consists of two parts. The second will be published in the upcoming week. The first report is focusing on the asylum seekers’ demands, while the second one on Adnan Olbeh, the Syrian refugee who was found dead in his room in one of the hotels provided by MEARS.]

Volume 1.

Adnan Olbeh, a 30 year old Syrian asylum seeker, was found dead on Tuesday the 5th of May in his room at McLays Guest House, following his eviction and movement to the Glaswegian hotel by MEARS under the direction of the Home Office.

The problem with Agamben’s position on the rise of state surveillance under Covid-19 is that the explanatory potential of his arguments is seriously limited by the uncritical acceptance of the alternative scenario’s validity. To simplify somewhat, Agamben fails to keep a well-balanced analysis and to propose a realistic, immediately applicable alternative response. His critique over the public’s acceptance/ submission to the current measures of surveillance is disproportionate to our real capacity for simultaneous responsive activity and protection. Time is running. Even being able to observe, analyse, and challenge state policies is currently a privilege. The medical staff putting their lives at constant risk are the first to suffer due to an already problematic financial system. Blindly disobeying the state won’t offer them more hospital equipment but keeping an eye on the situation will secure our future.

“Workers will get bankrupt before they get sick”: Hospitality workers face uncertain future

City streets across the UK are becoming increasingly empty, giving the impression of scenes in post-apocalyptic, dystopian movies. Following the outbreak of COVID-19, the UK government has imposed capacity limits on public gatherings, while other countries around the world have banned them altogether.

Pavlos Fyssas , (also known as Killah P), a well-known Greek rapper and vocal anti-fascist, was murdered in September of 2013 by Giorgos Roupakias, a member of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn organisation. The ambush took place outside a cafe in the working-class district of Keratsini. Fyssas’s murder sparked a forceful reaction by Greece’s radical left and anarchist movements and paved the way to a thorough investigation into the neo-Nazi group’s operations.

Massive cost of Edinburgh’s Royal Hospital for Children and Young People demonstrates the failure of the private finance infrastructure model, says Scottish Green co-leader Patrick Harvie.

CommonSpace speaks to Mirwais Ahmadzai, one of the 300 asylum seekers in Glasgow threatened with eviction by controversial government contractor Serco