Yaya Jabbi
Yaya was arrested by the police on the 14th of January 2016 at Hamburger Berg. Four days later he was brought to remand prison Hahnöfersand.
In the night from the 18th to the 19th of February 2016 Yaya died in his cell.
According to the judicial authority he committed suicide. According to the judicial authority there were no signs of a possible danger of suicide. Neither the so-called suicide-screening, nor the officers who closed his cell on the evening of the 18th of February 2016 reported anything.
Yaya was a Muslim who was neither by his family nor by his friends seen as being in danger of committing suicide.
Here you can watch a movie about the Life of Yaya Jabbi.
Initiative in Remembrance of Yaya Jabbi
After Yayas death the Initiative in Remembrance of Yaya Jabbi was founded. It is standing up for a clearing of all the circumstances of his death and wants an active remembrance, public notice and recognition of his death. Also the Initiative wants to reach attention and rethinking of the politics of “war on drugs”, that were responsible for Yaya Jabbi arrest in the first place. Demands are an end of the so-called “task force” in Hamburg, a stop of the racist controls and a perspective, solidarity and support beyond drug labour. In the Initiative are friends and family of Yaya Jabbi, as well as activists from different antiracist and antifascist contexts.
