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YACOB MAGAZINE

This magazine is a benefit for Yacob and the struggle against the asylum camps. Yacob got arrested in Louvain, Belgium at the 7th of December 2006. From this day on, he has been incarcerated by the Department of Foreigners because he hasn’t got any identification papers. The Belgian state keeps him imprisoned with the aim of deporting him.

During the three months of his captivity, Yacob has been transferred from Louvain to Bruges, from Bruges to Vottem and from Vottem to Merksplas, separated from his supporting network. This happened because protest against his imprisonment and against the existence of asylum camps was growing at both sides of the walls. They tried to break Yacob down by isolating and transferring him, a tactic used to weaken insurgent prisoners.

At the moment of this writing, Yacob is still locked up in the closed asylum camp in Merksplas and he might have to sit another 6 month sentence in prison. Solidarity can be created in many different ways, this magazine is one of the initiatives that has been taken so far.

For more information write us on [email protected]

Many thanks to all the artists who participated, to our engaged families and friends who helped create and support the magazine, to the shops who spread it. A special thank you to the boys over at Afreux for their incredibly generous contribution to silkscreen this magazine by their own awesome hands!

We love Yacob.