The hopeless misery of Russian immigrants in Germany - English pravda.ru

The Russian-speaking population in Germany suffers from infringement of their civil rights by local authorities more than any other ethnic minority. Human rights lawyer Henry Murray, who defends the rights of Russian immigrants, believes that Russian immigrants in Germany find themselves in a "penal military unit," from which there is no escape.

"Why did you decide to take up human rights defense?"

"Me and my parents came to Germany in 1992. I graduated a university with a specialization in "Private International Law" and received a Master of International Law.
I became interested in the subject of human rights during my studies. Just because I saw that our former compatriots, who had moved to Germany, were not protected from the arbitrariness of the authorities. Their human rights are violated in many cases.

"When we opened an office of the German League for Human Rights in Cologne (this is one of the oldest human rights organizations in Germany, it started working almost 100 years ago and was banned from 1933 to 1948), we saw that people were scared to express their views on the existent situation. They feared that they and they families could face pressure from the authorities. For example, people could be deprived of social benefits and health insurance, problems could occur at work too.

"I am convinced that there is no rule of law in Germany, unlike, for instance,  in the UK, Switzerland, France and the USA. Few people know that in almost 70 years of its post-war existence, Germany has not obtained its own constitution. Even though German authorities continuously trumpet at every corner that there is constitution in Germany - it is not true. It is the temporary Basic Law from 1949 that replaces it...........  The hopeless misery of Russian immigrants in Germany - English pravda.ru