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On May 13, many student council initiatives received an invitation to support the organization of the summer festival by agreeing to collect the bottle deposit on the afternoon of the summer festival. The money collected (the amount was estimated at 2-500 euros in the email) was to be kept by the first student council that volunteered to collect the deposits.

First of all, we would like to emphasize that we do not condemn any student council initiative for accepting this offer and participating in the implementation of the summer festival in this way.

The AStA grieves for its former coworker Andreas Aschaber, known as Fonse / Fonsi. Fonse passed away on 2024-06-19 due to illness. Fonse was a dedicated part of the AStA office from November 2017 to July 2022. We remember Fonse as a particularly amicable and solidary coworker and colleague in the fight for a free and just society. It was especially important to him to aid students who came to the AStA with their worries in any way possible.

Our thoughts are with Fonses family and friends. We wish them lots of strength for this difficult time.

On May 7, a protest camp of groups in solidarity with Palestine at the FU got evicted by the police. Over the last few days, we have held numerous discussions to reconstruct what exactly happened on that day and what we think the consequences should be.

This morning, the theater courtyard in the Rost- and Silberlaube at the FU was occupied by activists in solidarity with palestine. As far as we know, the university ordered a police eviction within a very short time without giving any notice. A massive police force then evicted those involved in the occupation, also using physical violence. Outside students and observers also experienced police violence in front of and inside the university buildings.

Am 6. März jährte sich zum 34. Mal der Todestag von Mahmud Azhar, der an den Folgen eines rassistischen Angriffs auf ihn am 07.01.1990 auf dem Campus der Freien Universität (FU) verstarb. Anlässlich des Todestages haben wir am heutigen Standort des Instituts für Biochemie (Hahn-Meitner-Bau, Thielallee 63) eine Gedenkveranstaltung organisiert, um an den pakistanischen Promotionsstudenten und wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiter der FU zu erinnern.

On February 21, the Referent*innenrat (AStA) of Humboldt University published a statement, which you can find here: https://astafu.de/node/595 

Am 06.03.2024 jährt sich der 34. Todestag von Mahmud Azhar, der in Folge eines rassistischen Angriffs auf ihn am 07.01.1990 auf dem Campus der Freien Universität (FU) verstarb. Am kommenden Mittwoch wollen wir Mahmud Azhar gedenken. Dazu laden wir euch herzlich um 14 Uhr zum heutigen Hauptsitz des Biochemieinstituts in die Thielallee 63, Dahlem ein.

Ein ausführlicherer Text zu der Person Mahmud Azhar, dem Angriff und dem Gedenken findet sich unter astafu.de/azhar. 

We are joining the statement published on February 21 by the Referent*innenrat (AStA) of Humbolt University and are therefore publishing an excerpt of it on our website. You can find the whole statement on the RefRat website here.

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/ This statement deals with the events at the occupation of lecture hall 1a on 14.12.2023. For various reasons, we have unfortunately only been able to publish it now. It is written with the status as of January 23, 2024 and is intended as a retrospective review of the events. The anti-Semitic attack on a FU student on February 2 is therefore not yet addressed in it. You can find our statement here: //https://astafu.de/node/589/ 

Since October 7, various groups and individuals at Freie Universität have taken positions on the

Kommt zur Kundgebung gegen Antisemitismus am Mittwoch, 14. Februar, vor der Ihnestr. 22!
Wir Studierende müssen ein Zeichen setzen gegen Antisemitismus auf dem Campus.