
A constant audience of around 300 people witnessed Tribunal 12 at Kulturhuset in Stockholm over the weekend, while several others followed the trial via live streams around Europe.
After four sessions on border control, the asylum process, undocumented migrants and detention and deportation, the international jury – consisting of Nawal El Saadawi, Saskia Sassen, Nuruddin Farah, Sadik J Al-Azm, Henning Mankell, B S Chimni and Parvin Ardalan – reached a conclusion, condemning European governments of violating human rights along with existing law on how to handle asylum seekers and irregular migration. Read the full verdict here.
National broadcaster SVT were at Kulturhuset in Stockholm during the rehearsals, while Swedish TV channel TV4 and Swedish radio P1 reported from the trial (all in Swedish). Around Europe people were not only following the live broadcast, but also organising screenings and talks. Here’s a report of what happened in Borlänge (in Swedish).
An uncut version of the trial will soon be available to watch again on the Tribunal 12 website.
Image shows the jury, the chairman, one of the witnesses, the prosecutors and the expert panel at Tribunal 12. Photo: Kristina Wicksell/Kickpix



