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Gallery: Anti-war demonstration Gaza

Since Israel started bombing the Gaza strip, palestinian communities convene all over the world. In Toulouse there are weekly demonstrations as well as daily gatherings.
All the pictures can be found in the Gallery.

Terminus Cornebarrieu - Awaiting deportation

On January 19th a small group of demonstrators paid a visit to a small and unimpressive area near the international airport of Toulouse. You might not know to look at it that it might be the turning point of the lives of not only the 126 detainees that are currently imprisoned there, but also of thousands of people that might pass through it in the future. photografree.net documented the feeling of helplessness that overcomes anybody in the sight of the Terminus Cornebarrieu.
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Picture exhibition Art against Racism

The organisation People to People International has organised an exhibition of photos dealing with racism and similar subjects, for which three photos of photografree.net have been chosen. The exhibition takes place from august 13th to 23rd and 24th respectively in Plovdiv as well as in Berlin.
All the details can be found here.

photografree.net postcard edition

photografree.net presents the first edition of its postcard collection. The card shows a photograph taken during the student protests in may 2006 in Toulouse. It is a standard postcard of 10*15 cm, 400g with a brilliant coating.
All the details (and how to get the cards) can be found here.

Riots as Le Pen visits Toulouse

On March 25th the presidential candidate for the extreme right Jean-Marie Le Pen came to Toulouse in the course of his election campaign. The area of the congress hall had been cleared by the police in advance. But in the afternoon the situation escalated and violence shook the streets of the southern french city. This photo essay allows unique insights to the events.
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Coming soon: Airbus-demonstration

After the announcement of the Power8 plan on the restructurisation of Airbus, the unions called for a demonstration in Toulouse, the main site of Airbus. 15000 workers, unionists and representatives came together in the southern french metropole to show their discontentment with the plan. photografree.net was there and the photo essay will soon be published right here.

Retrospective: CPE-protests in France

In 2006 universities and schools had been on strike in France due to the protest against the CPE-law project. This photo essay provides an insight into the protest, their actors and their motivation. To the first anniversary of the CPE the essay is now online again in both versions (though the essay itself is only available in the german language).
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Gallery: Close Guanatamo Now!

On February 11th 2002 the United States of America opened a camp on their naval base Guantanamo Bay. It is used to detain, without trial and probably under the use of torture, "enemy combatants", a term used to elude the Geneva Conventions which protect prisoners of war. On January 13th 2007 Amnesty International gathered to protest against this detainment camp.
All the pictures can be found in the Gallery.

Photo of the year 2006

2006 has been an eventful year for photografree.net. The student protests in France in spring and the Lebanon war in summer lead to protests, recorded in photographs. During december you had the choice between the best photos of the your to choose your favourite. Many readers participated and a winner has been chosen.
Here you can find the results.

Attention: The website is being re-launched in its international version. This is happening while the site is operating, to allow you to keep in touch with the latest photos. Because of this it may occur that some translations are missing for the time being.

Gallery «Demonstration Palestine-Lebanon»

Nachdem ein Ende des Konflikts im Nahen Osten noch nicht abzusehen ist und jeden Tag weitere Zivilisten sterben, wurde von Vertretern der in Frankreich lebenden Libanesen und Palästinenser eine Demonstration in der Innenstadt von Toulouse organisiert.
Erneut gibt es vorerst nur eine Galerie, das Fotoessay verzögert sich vor dem Hintergrund der Aktualität.
Die Bilder der Demonstration gibt es in der Galerie.

Galerie «Liban»

Am 18. Juli fanden in Toulouse zwei Veranstaltungen statt, welche die Gewalt gegen Palästina und gegen den Libanon verurteilten.
Ein großes Fotoessay mit Hintergründen zu allen Veranstaltungen bezüglich der Krise im Nahen Osten ist in Vorbereitung. Bitte schauen Sie regelmäßig wieder vorbei oder tragen Sie sich in den Newsletter ein.
Galerie vom 18/07/06 - (9 Fotos)
Galerie vom 20/07/06 - (14 Fotos)
Galerie vom 21/07/06 - (13 Fotos)
Update/Nouveau: Galerie "Visages Tristes" vom 24/07/06 - (6 Fotos)

From the archives:
CPE	Abortion	Palestine-Demonstration

More essays and galleries can be found in the archives.