<![CDATA[I’m just back from a trip to Germany to visit one of my closest friends, Daniel, who’s been held in solitary confinement 23h a day for the past ten months in a 2 × 5m cell.]]>I’m just back from a trip to Germany to visit one of my closest friends, Daniel, who’s been held in solitary confinement 23h a day for the past ten months in a 2 × 5m cell.

They get one hour of visitation per month.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/513a0869-1f87-42bb-bf41-63808c0e9936/i-m-just-back-from-a-trip-to-germany-to-visit-one-of-my-closest-friends-daniel-who-s-been-held-in-solitary-confinement-23h-a-day-for-the-past-ten-months-in-a-2-5m-cell.RSS for NodeSun, 26 Jul 2026 15:48:47 GMTSat, 25 Jul 2026 11:40:19 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I’m just back from a trip to Germany to visit one of my closest friends, Daniel, who’s been held in solitary confinement 23h a day for the past ten months in a 2 × 5m cell. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 20:40:46 GMT]]>@BenRiceM This thread is so horrifying - I thought Europe was a civilised place where people had a fair trial and decent treatment in prison. Such mindless and cruel brutality

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/sinabhfuil/statuses/116982549455819157https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/sinabhfuil/statuses/116982549455819157Sat, 25 Jul 2026 20:40:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I’m just back from a trip to Germany to visit one of my closest friends, Daniel, who’s been held in solitary confinement 23h a day for the past ten months in a 2 × 5m cell. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 20:32:26 GMT]]>@BenRiceM this is heartbreaking 🫂

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunny.garden/ap/users/116910321466331765/statuses/116982516720543724https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunny.garden/ap/users/116910321466331765/statuses/116982516720543724Sat, 25 Jul 2026 20:32:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I’m just back from a trip to Germany to visit one of my closest friends, Daniel, who’s been held in solitary confinement 23h a day for the past ten months in a 2 × 5m cell. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 20:24:17 GMT]]>@BenRiceM 💕

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/116982484688919916https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/116982484688919916Sat, 25 Jul 2026 20:24:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I’m just back from a trip to Germany to visit one of my closest friends, Daniel, who’s been held in solitary confinement 23h a day for the past ten months in a 2 × 5m cell. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 19:52:55 GMT]]>@Johns_priv @BenRiceM
Israel exists, & is strongly protected bc they don’t want to deal with the racism, antisemitism, & igotry at home. They do not want to arrest the actual antisemites & neo Nazis. So they arrest those who put the Israel ghetto solution at risk.
Israel is smaller than the Russian ghetto Jews escaped. EU & US want all Jews sent there while they get to look like “protectors” of Jews. Colonizer countries need to look at their own bigotry first which perpetuates these harms.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/JoBlakely/statuses/116982361328182745https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/JoBlakely/statuses/116982361328182745Sat, 25 Jul 2026 19:52:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I’m just back from a trip to Germany to visit one of my closest friends, Daniel, who’s been held in solitary confinement 23h a day for the past ten months in a 2 × 5m cell. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 19:48:49 GMT]]>@ronanmcd I think there’s a prevailing sentiment that Germany feels so much historical guilt over WW2 and the Holocaust that they have overcorrected into unwavering support for Israel

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/BenRiceM/statuses/116982345223474778https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/BenRiceM/statuses/116982345223474778Sat, 25 Jul 2026 19:48:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I’m just back from a trip to Germany to visit one of my closest friends, Daniel, who’s been held in solitary confinement 23h a day for the past ten months in a 2 × 5m cell. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 19:47:34 GMT]]>@sinabhfuil There’s a whole thread with lots of context!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/BenRiceM/statuses/116982340311903719https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/BenRiceM/statuses/116982340311903719Sat, 25 Jul 2026 19:47:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I’m just back from a trip to Germany to visit one of my closest friends, Daniel, who’s been held in solitary confinement 23h a day for the past ten months in a 2 × 5m cell. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 19:45:54 GMT]]>@BenRiceM Why?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/sinabhfuil/statuses/116982333718553358https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/sinabhfuil/statuses/116982333718553358Sat, 25 Jul 2026 19:45:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I’m just back from a trip to Germany to visit one of my closest friends, Daniel, who’s been held in solitary confinement 23h a day for the past ten months in a 2 × 5m cell. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 19:43:26 GMT]]>@BenRiceM this all seems like a lot of effort for a country to go to in support of genocide, especially a country with a history of giving birth to Nazism

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/ronanmcd/statuses/116982324018520912https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/ronanmcd/statuses/116982324018520912Sat, 25 Jul 2026 19:43:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I’m just back from a trip to Germany to visit one of my closest friends, Daniel, who’s been held in solitary confinement 23h a day for the past ten months in a 2 × 5m cell. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 19:41:33 GMT]]>@BenRiceM what an outrageous disgrace! I just read your thread, and I'm so angry and sad. I didn't know about the Ulm 5, thanks for sharing this.

A lot of love for you! And gratitude to them: humans with love and courage!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/f_spin/statuses/116982316597654250https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/f_spin/statuses/116982316597654250Sat, 25 Jul 2026 19:41:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I’m just back from a trip to Germany to visit one of my closest friends, Daniel, who’s been held in solitary confinement 23h a day for the past ten months in a 2 × 5m cell. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:40:10 GMT]]>@seachanged ha, I wonder if she’s any relation (Rice is my middle name)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/BenRiceM/statuses/116982075271471745https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/BenRiceM/statuses/116982075271471745Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:40:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I’m just back from a trip to Germany to visit one of my closest friends, Daniel, who’s been held in solitary confinement 23h a day for the past ten months in a 2 × 5m cell. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:34:15 GMT]]>@seachanged I mean, I could understand in theory if the defendants were considered an immediate physical threat, but like, they’ve never hurt or threatened a person. They’re hardly a flight risk if they volunteered to be arrested

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/BenRiceM/statuses/116982052026541585https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/BenRiceM/statuses/116982052026541585Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:34:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I’m just back from a trip to Germany to visit one of my closest friends, Daniel, who’s been held in solitary confinement 23h a day for the past ten months in a 2 × 5m cell. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:32:47 GMT]]>@BenRiceM

I'm reminded of this, in my lifetime:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megan_Rice

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/seachanged/statuses/116982046209405967https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/seachanged/statuses/116982046209405967Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:32:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I’m just back from a trip to Germany to visit one of my closest friends, Daniel, who’s been held in solitary confinement 23h a day for the past ten months in a 2 × 5m cell. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:30:03 GMT]]>@BenRiceM

From a Guardian article:

"Court representatives have said the conditions of the defendants’ detention are warranted based on the severity of the charges against them."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/24/irish-pm-germany-pro-palestinian-activists-trial-ulm-5

I can't think of any way that statement can be true. They seem to be saying that the more severe the unproven charges are, the more punitive the pretrial detention can be.

Is there a component of summary judgement operating here, outside of the offense for which they will be tried?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/seachanged/statuses/116982035494471177https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/seachanged/statuses/116982035494471177Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:30:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I’m just back from a trip to Germany to visit one of my closest friends, Daniel, who’s been held in solitary confinement 23h a day for the past ten months in a 2 × 5m cell. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:24:58 GMT]]>@johnlogic @BenRiceM I didn't know anything about the Ulm 5 but it sure sounds like their treatment is breaking the human rights.
They could have been in prison and still treated in a humane way.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nu/ap/users/115986071902776807/statuses/116982015485270929https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nu/ap/users/115986071902776807/statuses/116982015485270929Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:24:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I’m just back from a trip to Germany to visit one of my closest friends, Daniel, who’s been held in solitary confinement 23h a day for the past ten months in a 2 × 5m cell. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 17:20:54 GMT]]>@random_sapiens @BenRiceM "Common sense" is the tool of the oppressor, nothing else, btw.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/ZoidbergForPresident/statuses/116981763596185521https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/ZoidbergForPresident/statuses/116981763596185521Sat, 25 Jul 2026 17:20:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I’m just back from a trip to Germany to visit one of my closest friends, Daniel, who’s been held in solitary confinement 23h a day for the past ten months in a 2 × 5m cell. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 17:20:36 GMT]]>@tragivictoria @BenRiceM Nazis have always been treated like the favorite children who just have to learn and can do no wrong, meanwhile anyone against fascism have always been treated like the violent murderers fascists always prove to be. Even then, fascists are babied because every government secretly wants to have the power that fascism gives.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/justenoughducks/statuses/116981762404040814https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/justenoughducks/statuses/116981762404040814Sat, 25 Jul 2026 17:20:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I’m just back from a trip to Germany to visit one of my closest friends, Daniel, who’s been held in solitary confinement 23h a day for the past ten months in a 2 × 5m cell. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 17:11:35 GMT]]>@BenRiceM your thread reminds me of when I read up on the RAF trial in the 70s.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/31113/statuses/116981726914768629https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/31113/statuses/116981726914768629Sat, 25 Jul 2026 17:11:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I’m just back from a trip to Germany to visit one of my closest friends, Daniel, who’s been held in solitary confinement 23h a day for the past ten months in a 2 × 5m cell. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:59:29 GMT]]>@BenRiceM
This thread.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/SusiArnott/statuses/116981679360044259https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/SusiArnott/statuses/116981679360044259Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:59:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I’m just back from a trip to Germany to visit one of my closest friends, Daniel, who’s been held in solitary confinement 23h a day for the past ten months in a 2 × 5m cell. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:54:48 GMT]]>@canleaf this is what germany has always been.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/31113/statuses/116981660953724372https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/31113/statuses/116981660953724372Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:54:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I’m just back from a trip to Germany to visit one of my closest friends, Daniel, who’s been held in solitary confinement 23h a day for the past ten months in a 2 × 5m cell. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:47:48 GMT]]>@BenRiceM is this Pukin's Russia now? What have we become in Germany?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/canleaf/statuses/116981633414645155https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/canleaf/statuses/116981633414645155Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:47:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I’m just back from a trip to Germany to visit one of my closest friends, Daniel, who’s been held in solitary confinement 23h a day for the past ten months in a 2 × 5m cell. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:47:22 GMT]]>@danvanmoll @BenRiceM what

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/edgeofeurope/statuses/116981631744536972https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/edgeofeurope/statuses/116981631744536972Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:47:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I’m just back from a trip to Germany to visit one of my closest friends, Daniel, who’s been held in solitary confinement 23h a day for the past ten months in a 2 × 5m cell. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:46:16 GMT]]>BenRiceM Solitary confinement for 10 months??! 😲

Isn't that outright illegal, doesn't that equal torture..?]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.woefdram.nl/item/35115a97-2f78-49fb-8b99-0ba9900c1c92https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.woefdram.nl/item/35115a97-2f78-49fb-8b99-0ba9900c1c92Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:46:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I’m just back from a trip to Germany to visit one of my closest friends, Daniel, who’s been held in solitary confinement 23h a day for the past ten months in a 2 × 5m cell. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:44:45 GMT]]>@BenRiceM We have the right to live a peaceful and safe life. For three years we have lived in fear and terror, under constant bombardment, displacement, forced to evacuate our homes only to have them bombed before our eyes. The genocide continues to this day, and the shelling has not stopped. We long for one day to live in peace.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115961879133430184/statuses/116981621424476502https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115961879133430184/statuses/116981621424476502Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:44:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I’m just back from a trip to Germany to visit one of my closest friends, Daniel, who’s been held in solitary confinement 23h a day for the past ten months in a 2 × 5m cell. on Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:27:29 GMT]]>@aanee Indeed, in CRUNCH time, murder is a far more profitable industry, when you are principals in the armament industry. On top of that is that it's heavily fossil fuels laden, so being deeply rooted in these most wealthy industries in history...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115482733208514503/statuses/116981553511843936https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115482733208514503/statuses/116981553511843936Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:27:29 GMT