On Indymedia, we saw that there are busted advertisements displayed in Berlin this weekend, demanding asylum for conscientious objectors from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. Because Indymedia tends to be down very often and we think the action is very nice, we’re mirroring it here. What follows is the text of the group “Asylum for conscientious objectors now!” (AfCOn!)

“Something’s not quite right with that advertising poster…” That’s certainly what passers-by strolling through the center of Berlin were thinking roday. The communication guerrilla group “Asylum for conscientious objectors now!” (AfCOn!) hijacked almost 20 advertising posters between Treptower Park, Alexanderplatz and Tiergarten. The group “AfCOn!” altered the current advertising posters for ice cream, magazines, an amusement park, Berlin’s public transport company, shower gel or clothing with scissors, paper or paint. The new and improved posters now promote better asylum opportunities for conscientious objectors from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. “Most of the advertising motifs can be easily appropriated with another demand such as the right to asylum for conscientious objectors!” says Roderich Supersonnenwetter, spokesperson for the action group “Asylum for conscientious objectors now!” (AfCOn!). There is also a link and a QR code on all of the posters that leads to the homepage of the conscientious objection organization Connection e. V.