lego 44,165 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Last Friday saw a twin stabbing on the steps of parliament, when two asylum seekers knifed themselves in the stomach to draw attention to their plight. Police were tight-lipped about the details of the case, but Ilta-Sanomat reports new details on Tuesday. The paper has met the two asylum seekers, and reports that they are Nikita and Aleksandr, a gay couple from Russia. Their asylum claim had been fast-tracked, according to IS, and were threatened with deportation to Russia. The paper reports that the pair say they have no intention of going back to Russia, and that they were ready to die when they started their protest on Friday. "We weren't just thinking of ourselves, we wanted our actions to be of use to other Russian gay couples, so that Finland might realise they are in a hopeless situation," the paper reports Aleksandr as saying. "We choose parliament as the location precisely so that the legislators might wake up. https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/wednesdays_papers_racist_nurse_unemployment_statistics_and_self-stabbing_asylum_seekers/9853315 https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/double_stabbing_on_parliament_steps/9846555 FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop 15,397 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 This breaks my heart. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lego 44,165 Posted September 27, 2017 Author Share Posted September 27, 2017 I’m kinda surprised this got so little attention... FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qualle1 1,385 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 How desperate these poor guys must be... Hopefully the Finnish Government will change their asylum status soon for the better! MAKE LOVE NOT WAR Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,699 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 This is so crazy... sad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plus 250 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 So so sad... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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