Ali Giray is a Green Party candidate from Joensuu who is running for parliament. After living 22 years in Finland, he still gets harassed because of his background. His campaign has been a target of near-constant vandalism and harassment. Despite these setbacks, Giray doesn’t plan to throw in the towel.
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City of Joensuu: Challenging and beating intolerance one step at a time
Our reaction to intolerance in Finland has paid off. At least it did for me late-Friday night in downtown Joensuu when I was about to parallel park my car. Thanks to associations like JoMoni working in close cooperation with local authorities like ELY-keskus, Joensuu have challenged intolerance. In many respects, it’s like the success of
Read on »Joensuu, Finland, launches anti-racism campaign
Kansainvälinen Mikkeli got a message on Facebook from Alain Miguet, who does a lot of good work against racism in Joensuu in eastern Finland. Here is the message in Finnish:
Read on »Finland also locks up asylum seeker children
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- A child in the Joutseno Immigration Removal Center.
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