Growing scale of cologne attacks stokes german debate on. The cologne assaults, then, did not occur in isolation, but as a particularly severe eruption of a situation which, in global terms, has always been volcanic. Cologne police officers received a phone call from the state police control center which told them to eliminate the word vergewaltigung rape from the report titled rape, sexual harassment, thefts committed by a large group of foreign people or take down the document completely, colognes express newspaper reported. Jan 11, 2016 the higher figures came as german authorities were urged to find out whether the series of new years eve sexual assaults and robberies in cologne were linked to similar crimes in other cities. Police report of cologne new years eve details chaos. German police say they prevent repeat of new year cologne. Cologne police told to remove rape from memo on nye. Refugees quickly got blamed for a rash of sexual assaults in cologne. New years eve fireworks, bubbly, toasts and more than 500 incidents of robbery and assault on women in germany in a single night so instead of slowly. The shocking mass sexual assaults against women in cologne, germany, on new years eve have provoked public fury, including a backlash against chancellor angela merkels policy of welcoming. Check out communist cologne by feminine assault on amazon music. Groups of police officers are patrolling in and around the building, stopping the occasional young man for a passport check. Cologne new years eve mass sex assault victims were only. Cologne mayor mocked for advice on avoiding sex assaults.
Jan 11, 2016 the victims of the sexual assaults on new years eve in cologne and other german cities have figured as bit players, overshadowed by a raging debate over whether germany has erred in accepting. Theft victim is one of more than 1,000 women who filed complaints, including some of sex assaults, on new years eve published. Jul 11, 2016 on thursday, a court in cologne sentenced two men in the new years eve assaults. Jan 11, 2016 flowers and posters are placed in the square between the city cathedral and the railway station in cologne, germany, jan. The cologne sexual assaults in historical perspective. Stories on cologne assaults face censorship on reddit. The higher figures came as german authorities were urged to find out whether the series of new years eve sexual assaults and robberies in cologne were linked to similar crimes in other cities. One highranking cologne police officer reported that on 31 december 2015, in the evening around 22. Jan 10, 2016 by calling the assaults in cologne part of a rape jihad, mccarthy joins the ranks of reprehensible rightwing commentators such as frontpage writer daniel greenfield, hate monger pamella geller, and extremist robert spencer who was likely the source of the term rape jihad in 2004. A demonstrator holds a sign in german that reads no violence against women during a demonstration in the wake of the sexual assaults on new years eve, outside the cathedeal in cologne, germany. Jan 09, 2016 the police in cologne, germany, announced on friday the arrest of two north african men in connection with multiple assaults on women around the citys main train station on new years eve. Cologne new years eve mass sex assault victims were only spared from being raped by migrant mobs because they wore tights, police chief reveals top cop describes horror as some victims were. For some, roots of cologne attacks may run deeper than.
Germany takes steps to guard women against sexual assault. Most of the sexual assaults and muggings on new years eve took place here, in the area around the station. At the cologne train station, people are hurrying to and from work. Germany takes steps to guard women against sexual assault as they ring in new year. A closer look at sexual assaults on campus students returning to college this year will find a new rules in place aimed at cracking down on campus sexual assault. The sharper tone follows reports in cologne that some 1,000 men many intoxicated robbed, sexually assaulted and in some cases raped women during celebrations on. The state government of north rhinewestphalia said it was sending 60. Police in cologne are investigating reports of sexual assaults that occurred during new years eve celebrations. A series of sexual assaults and thefts in cologne on new years eve has shocked germany and led to mounting criticism of the governments immigration policies after it was reported that the.
Cologne, germany police in germany said wednesday they are investigating whether a string of sexual assaults and thefts during new years celebrations in cologne is linked to a known criminal. Police register over 500 cases in colognes planned. Cologne assaults show how women still fight to be heard a recent series of offences against women shows authorities still slow to listen. Meanwhile, in hamburg police are investigating 3 cases relating to assaults during new years celebrations in the st. Cologne puts germanys lying press on defensive politico. Some of those involved in a series of sexual assaults against women in the german city of cologne on new years eve claimed to. Police in cologne told afp they have received more than 100 complaints by women reporting assaults ranging from groping to rape, allegedly committed in a large crowd of revelers during yearend.
Berlinbased journalist musa okwonga argues that in the wake of the cologne attacks, its the fact of sexual assaults against women not the race of the attackers that we should focus on. Jan 19, 2016 since the cologne assaults, this decreasingly marginalized hostility toward foreigners has adopted a language with disturbing parallels to nazi discourse. To report an error, please use our corrections form. Corrections of errors will be made in audio archives, written transcripts and on the website. Jan 07, 2016 a series of sexual assaults and thefts in cologne on new years eve has shocked germany and led to mounting criticism of the governments immigration policies after it was reported that the.
Jan 11, 2016 the scale of the assaults on women in cologne and other german cities on 31 december has shocked the country, and police handling of the events has been sharply criticised. Henriette reker, 59, told a tuesday press conference about last weeks mob attacks that girls and young women could avoid trouble by staying over an arms. As germany welcomes migrants, sexual attacks in cologne point to. Opinion lessons from the cologne assaults the new york times. There are conflicting accounts about when reports of sexual assaults during new years night 201516 first reached the cologne police. As a middle class nerd my assailants people who stole my books, fought me, etc were of all backgrounds imaginables. Migrants in germany accused of coordinated sexual assaults. Police detain a man as people gather in front of the main railway station in cologne on jan. Both the spd and merkels christian democrats worry that a repeat of attacks on the scale of those that happened in cologne two years ago. Cologne attacks show germany unprepared for migration. Flowers and posters are placed in the square between the city cathedral and the railway station in cologne, germany, jan.
Jan 16, 2016 an american woman has told how she was rescued from being sexually assaulted on new years eve in cologne by a group of syrian refugees. Cologne police told to remove rape from memo on nye sexual. Thousands were packed into the citys main square when the attacks occurred. Readers who only read faz in print and avoid online news websites did not learn about the cologne assaults until tuesday 5 january, five days after they occurred. As a middle class nerd my assailants people who stole my books, fought. Nprs brings you news about books and authors along with our picks for great reads. Migrants in germany accused of coordinated sexual assaults police are investigating dozens of sexual assaults that occurred during new years eve celebrations in cologne. For some, roots of cologne attacks may run deeper than we think dozens of women were assaulted in the german city by a mob of men many of whom appeared to be refugees. The crowds of drunk young men had been gathering for hours outside the main railway station in cologne on new years eve when city police finally told the office that coordinates forces for the. Jul 11, 2016 more than 1,200 women were sexually assaulted in german cities on new years eve, including more than 600 in cologne and about 400 in hamburg far more than initially reported, according to. Cologne mass sex assault victims only spared from being raped. Cologne sex assaults test the limits of german tolerance.
Jan 08, 2016 cologne s police chief was dismissed on friday amid mounting criticism of his forces handling of a string of new years eve sexual assaults and robberies. The cologne assaults challenge the german sense of order. Women affected by the violence in the german city of cologne on new years eve speak about their ordeal. The scale of the assaults on women in cologne and other german cities on 31 december has shocked the country, and police handling of the events has been sharply criticised. Cologne fires police chief after sex assaults al jazeera. Jan 10, 2016 police in cologne told afp they have received more than 100 complaints by women reporting assaults ranging from groping to rape, allegedly committed in a large crowd of revelers during yearend.
The public response to the alleged assaults turned violent in cologne this weekend. Germany police say cologne sexual assaults could be linked to. Jan 11, 2016 the public response to the alleged assaults turned violent in cologne this weekend. Police are investigating dozens of sexual assaults that occurred during new years eve celebrations in cologne.
New years eve fireworks, bubbly, toasts and more than 500 incidents of robbery and assault on women in germany in a. Jan 05, 2016 police in cologne are investigating reports of sexual assaults that occurred during new years eve celebrations. Author interviews npr interviews with top authors and the npr book tour, a weekly feature and podcast where leading authors read and discuss their writing. How to deal with the cologne sexual assaults the local. How to deal with the sexual assaults in cologne and hamburg. Jan 01, 2017 german police said on sunday they had prevented a repeat of the assaults and robberies suffered by hundreds of women in cologne a year ago by screening 650 mostly north african men on new years eve. During a peaceful protest of the incidents on saturday, about 500 supporters of pegida, an organization that. Jan 06, 2016 the assaults last week have prompted outrage in germany and a fresh debate about immigration, after police said the perpetrators appeared to be of arab or north african origin. Since the cologne assaults, this decreasingly marginalized hostility toward foreigners has adopted a language with disturbing parallels to nazi discourse. In cologne, police said on sunday that 516 criminal complaints had been filed by individuals or groups in relation to assaults on new years eve, while police in hamburg said 3 similar charges.
The police in cologne, germany, announced on friday the arrest of two north african men in connection with multiple assaults on women around the citys main train station on new years eve. Police said that 19 suspects are under investigation, while a 19yearold moroccan was arrested on suspicion of theft during the mass assaults near colognes train station on new years eve. New years eve assaults renew german tensions over migrants npr. Suspects in cologne sex attacks claimed to be syrian.
Reproducing aryan bodies and annihilating all others was the core. After new years eve assaults, muslim migrants targeted in. Number of cases in new years eve violence probe rises above 500. Jan 07, 2016 women affected by the violence in the german city of cologne on new years eve speak about their ordeal.
Cologne assaults show how women still fight to be heard. Most of the attacks took place in cologne, germany, where 359 women filed. Sex attacks and robberies tue, january 12, 2016 thirtyone suspects, including 18 asylum seekers, are under investigation over offences including sexual assault and theft in cologne on. The victims of the sexual assaults on new years eve in cologne and other german cities have figured as bit players, overshadowed by a raging debate over whether germany has erred in accepting. Reproducing aryan bodies and annihilating all others was the core ideological tenet of the nazi racial state 19331945, whose leaders imagined a lifeordeath struggle for. Communist cologne by feminine assault on amazon music. Cologne sexual assault case collapses world news the. Jan 28, 2016 the crowds of drunk young men had been gathering for hours outside the main railway station in cologne on new years eve when city police finally told the office that coordinates forces for the. A detailed account of the mass sexual assaults in germanys fourthlargest city on new years eve emerged thursday, drawing a picture of chaos and aggression that left police overstretched and. Cologne sex attacks shocking video of new years eve.
The state government of north rhinewestphalia said it was sending 60yearold wolfgang albers into early retirement. Dozens of women were assaulted in the german city by a mob of men many of whom appeared to be refugees. The growing fallout from the cologne attacks the atlantic. Police in cologne told afp they have received more than 100 complaints by women reporting assaults. Jan 14, 2016 the shocking mass sexual assaults against women in cologne, germany, on new years eve have provoked public fury, including a backlash against chancellor angela merkels policy of welcoming. Opinion lessons from the cologne assaults the new york. Jan 08, 2016 berlinbased journalist musa okwonga argues that in the wake of the cologne attacks, its the fact of sexual assaults against women not the race of the attackers that we should focus on. Cologne attacks show germany unprepared for migration challenge. Caitlin duncan, a neuroscience student from seattle, told.
Hundreds of criminal complaints have been filed over robberies and sexual assaults on new years eve. The assailants were identified by police as arab or north african men. As faz author reiner burger wrote, this only happens in the modern connected world when there is a natural disaster in a remote area, and the perceived magnitude of the. By calling the assaults in cologne part of a rape jihad, mccarthy joins the ranks of reprehensible rightwing commentators such as frontpage writer daniel greenfield, hate monger pamella geller, and extremist robert spencer. Henriette reker, 59, told a tuesday press conference about last. Cologne sexual assault case collapses world news the guardian.
Just hours after the article appeared, a police report on the assaults surfaced, revealing that many of the suspects were, in fact, refugees. The german medias timidity on the cologne sex assault coverage has presented rightwing agitators with a useful told you so moment. Colognes police chief was dismissed on friday amid mounting criticism of his forces handling of a string of new years eve sexual assaults and robberies. Jan 06, 2016 moderators on rworldnews, a subreddit with over 9. More than 1,200 women were sexually assaulted in german cities on new years eve, including more than 600 in cologne and about 400 in hamburg far more than initially reported, according to. Sexual assaults reportedly rampant during egypt protests, npr, 7 july 20. The twoway in berlin, authorities are taking extra security measures ahead of new years celebrations. May 06, 2016 theft victim is one of more than 1,000 women who filed complaints, including some of sex assaults, on new years eve published. Thirty miles up the rhine river, in cologne, refugees, most of them syrians, sit in a classroom with the hum of traffic and fresh air flowing through. Npr corrects significant errors in broadcast and online reports. German police said on sunday they had prevented a repeat of the assaults and robberies suffered by hundreds of women in cologne a year ago by screening 650 mostly north african men on new years eve. As faz author reiner burger wrote, this only happens in the modern connected.
Nov 04, 2016 cologne new years eve mass sex assault victims were only spared from being raped by migrant mobs because they wore tights, police chief reveals top cop describes horror as some victims were. They were groping us and trying to pull us away, says teenage victim michelle, a german 18 yearold, describes her harrowing ordeal during new years eve attack by arab and. How do victims, witnesses, the police, and the press look back on that night and its aftermath. For refugees in germany, hope and frustration mark path. Jan 09, 2016 the sharper tone follows reports in cologne that some 1,000 men many intoxicated robbed, sexually assaulted and in some cases raped women during celebrations on new years eve. On thursday, a court in cologne sentenced two men in the new years eve assaults. The mayor of the german city of cologne drew online mockery wednesday for her advice to women on how to avoid sexual assaults like those that marred her citys new years eve festivities. The mass sexual assault of women in public has been documented in egypt since 2005, when. Jan 06, 2016 migrants in germany accused of coordinated sexual assaults police are investigating dozens of sexual assaults that occurred during new years eve celebrations in cologne. An american woman has told how she was rescued from being sexually assaulted on new years eve in cologne by a group of syrian refugees. In this reconstruction, we place the facts alongside the media narrative. Before the violent assaults on women in cologne on new years eve, the police thought their biggest worry would be pickpocketing and.
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