📅 7 Yanüari 2005
Oury Jalloh, an asylum seeker from Sierra Leone, died in a Dessau police cell on 7 January 2005. His death became the focus of a sustained anti-racist campaign demanding an independent...
📅 7 Yanüari 2006
On the anniversary of Jalloh’s death, supporters gathered to remember him and challenge the handling of the police-cell death. The annual action helped build a durable movement that connected...
📅 7 Yanüari 2009
The annual Oury Jalloh demonstration kept public attention on a death in police custody that activists said had not been adequately investigated. The movement’s insistence on remembering Jalloh by...
📅 7 Yanüari 2011
The annual Dessau demonstration connected remembrance with demands for an independent account of Jalloh’s death. Organizers challenged official closure and argued that the family’s questions about the...
📅 7 Yanüari 2013
The annual memorial march kept pressure on authorities to answer unresolved questions about Jalloh’s death in police custody. Migrant and Black activists framed remembrance as an anti-racist political...
📅 7 Yanüari 2015
On the tenth anniversary, roughly a thousand people from across Germany gathered in Dessau for a memorial and protest march. The initiative insisted that remembrance must include investigation and...
📅 7 Yanüari 2016
Supporters returned to Dessau for the annual memorial demonstration, continuing a campaign that had become a focal point for debate over racism and police accountability. The march’s persistence...
📅 7 Yanüari 2019
The campaign’s annual march continued to connect police violence, racism, and justice claims. Organizers preserved evidence and testimonies that they felt official institutions had ignored,...
📅 7 Yanüari 2021
Annual remembrance actions continued during a period when public gatherings were restricted. Organizers used the anniversary to keep demands for truth and accountability alive and to reject...
📅 8 Yanüari 2022
The annual march commemorated Jalloh and challenged the lack of trust in official investigations. The initiative’s long-running work used public protest, expert evidence, and community memory to...
