Turkish Conquer of Cyprus - Hypocrisy & Ethnic Incitement

Turkish Conquer of Cyprus  Hypocrisy & Ethnic Incitement Maria Sakharov re Turkey: "We all know the conqueror" 21.05.2016 | 10:23 The representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Sakharov, in a post on Twitter, said that Ankara "uses increasingly annoying term" occupation ", while in the meantime know, for example, the true conqueror of Cyprus." Placing the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry concerning Turkey's stance on Crimea noting that Ankara's policy aimed at inciting ethnic conflict and destabilization. Note that last February, Maria Sakharov, commenting contacts occupation regime officials in Ankara with Erdogan, spoke of "Turkey's blatant interference in Cyprus." The representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry had said that "the Turkish leader guided them open T / C to follow harsh and uncompromising line in the ongoing intercommunal negotiations in Cyprus, including on such a sensitive issue as the territorial demarcation." Recall that Erdogan had suggested to the representatives of the puppet regime for Morphou (non-return) and the granting of "nationalities" to settlers. As is known, the Nicosia by the Foreign Minister, had distanced themselves from the placement of a representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry ( "Let me not to intervene in this kind of discussion"). Meanwhile, although not expected developments relating to Cyprus during the UN World Humanitarian Summit to be held next Monday and Tuesday in Istanbul, many players of the Cyprus problem will be there. The President Nicos Anastasiades will participate in the session, while this will be the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon.  The only meeting that has been determined is that the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. At the meeting will be attended by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the emir of Kuwait Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte, the Nigerian President Muhammed Yusuf, Prime Minister of Lebanon Tamam Selam. At the meeting will not attend the possessory leader Mustafa Akinci, although it was intended by the Turkish side. The United Nations will not have an excuse to invite him. Spokesman Akinci, Baris Burj said yesterday that the possessory leader was not invited. He said "there is still no such invitation. And he's one I know such an invitation have not. " If you receive such a call will evaluate the issue, he added. Source: The newspaper http://www.onalert.gr/stories/maria-zaxarova-gia-tourkia-oloi-kseroume-ton-kataktiti/49822 Archive | English http://archive.is/ukxnr COMMENT What  a joke this UN 'humanitarian' summit is, being held in Turkey that's: imprisoning legions of journalists; allegedly killed Serena Shim (American journalist) and Jacky Sutton (British journalist).  On top of that, Turkey bombs and kills Kurdish civilians with impunity: Ankara launched a massive crackdown on predominantly Kurdish areas in the south-east, imposing indefinite curfews in many Kurdish districts and waging gun, mortar and tank battles against PKK fighters. The areas are under a government lockdown, with the Turkish government preventing foreign journalists or inspectors from assessing the situation on the ground. Pro-Kurdish activists accuse Turkish forces of numerous violations of human rights, including extrajudicial killings of civilians, torture and other crimes. The Turkish government insists that it only does what it has to do stop Kurdish terrorism, but some activists call it collective punishment of the entire Kurdish people. The accusations may be consistent with the spree of attacks on pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), the offices and rallies of which were bombed or attacked in other manner ahead of last year’s election.  [RTnews | ibid] AND they deal in ISIS stolen fuel, while also supporting and training ISIS Islamists that are destroying Syria for Turkey, Israel, Gulf Arabs, USA, Britain, their off-siders & the EU scum capitalist elites.   Turkey’s Erdogan Owes Syria $100Bn For Stolen Oil: Turkey & Israel Owes Iraq $1.5 Trillion For Stolen Kirkuk Oil. https://politicalvelcraft.org/2015/11/28/turkeys-erdogan-owes-syria-100bn-for-stolen-oil-turkey-israel-owes-iraq-1-5-trillion-for-stolen-kirkuk-oil/ Russia presents proof of Turkey’s role in ISIS oil trade https://www.rt.com/news/324263-russia-briefing-isis-funding/ Captured ISIS Terrorist Admits Stolen Oil Arrives in Turkey Daily http://www.globalresearch.ca/captured-isis-terrorist-admits-stolen-oil-arrives-in-turkey-daily/5499171 Meet The Man Who Funds ISIS: Bilal Erdogan, The Son Of Turkey’s President http://www.mintpressnews.com/211624-2/211624/ Turkey staged gas attack in Syria: Seymour Hersh: Turkey staged gas attack to provoke US war on Syria LINK | here AND the were caught planning false flag ops in Syria. Turkey YouTube Ban: Full Transcript of Leaked Syria 'War' Conversation Between Erdogan Officials LINK | here Hilarious Leaked Turkish False Flag Plot (Video) Turkey Exposed Plotting War Turkey Cries - Leak Is 'Declaration of War' LINK | here Transcript - Banned Audio Leak Turkey Head of Intelligence (MIT) Hakan Fiday & Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoğlu False Flag Plot for Casus Belli in Syria LINK | here Son Get Rid of the Money LINK | here AND they shot down a Russian aircraft (that was bombing ISIS terrorists in Syria).  And they're lying assh*les.   The UN is a f*cking joke.   And listen to the Turkish invaders of Anatolia and aggressors in Cyprus trying to incite ethnic violence in Crimea.   C'mon, Kurds, get 'em.  ;) So what's Mossad doing with these Turkish jokers, reportedly meeting in Sweden?  Joint interests gas and destroying Syria.

We Must Get Britain Out of the EU - ASAP

ꕤ Article SOURCE http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/12/12/britain-deserves-truth-immigration/ Britain Deserves Truth On Immigration EXTRACT PART ARTICLE ONLY FULL AT SOURCE  [ ... ] In a damming article in The Sun last week, Rod Liddle criticised David Cameron and his lack of backbone when it comes to standing up to the parading Angela Merkel and her persistence in trying to persuade Turkey to become a full member of the EU. At a time when many nations around Europe want less EU dictatorship and a cut in immigration, Merkel seems to want even more. The truth is, Merkel, the EU and David Cameron are about to give the right of entry to 70 million Turks – as well as £3 billion! Why? Because Merkel says so. Liddle says:     “…..70 million Turks! Why is it doing this Are they all mad? More like very, very, devious. Because the more people who come into the country, the more money the country generates. That keeps Chancellor George Osborne happy. But the amount of money we have per person – known as GDP per capita – reduces. So YOU have less, but the country, as a whole, has more, in the very short term. And of course, the richest people in the country benefit. Employers get to pay less in wages. And they get cheap nannies and au pairs and taxi cabs.” So the public have less in their pockets – less money to buy food, less for beer and less to pay the rent. Many of those entering the job market can only find low paid work with a glut of foreign migrants forcing down wages. It just isn’t sensible to have an open-door, unlimited mass immigration policy when we have 1.75 million unemployed in this country already. ... It is appalling statistics are being fiddled by Osborne to trick the public into believing they are being listened to. The EU will not allow David Cameron any leeway when it comes to migration in his so-called renegotiations.  They will not even consider withholding benefits to migrants entering the UK for just a short period of time – let alone four years as he has asked. The only way for the British government to satisfy the public’s needs when it comes to immigration is getting net migration down to the tens of thousands as promised, and not the hundreds. We must take back control of our own borders. Under no circumstances should Cameron even consider opening Britain up to 70 million more people. Cameron will not listen and Osborne wants to deceive us – we must Get Britain Out of the EU as soon as possible. Rob Comley is a researcher for the cross-party grassroots Eurosceptic campaign group Get Britain Out. http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/12/12/britain-deserves-truth-immigration/ In case you missed it:    Turkey in EU -- equals MORE immigrants, from Turkey (pop. 70-million) -- rendering the £3 billion, allegedly to stop immigration -- a give-away to Turkey (& likely funding arming & supporting proxy terrorists in Middle East) -- expect GDP per capital to be reduced -- expect LESS income -- expect LOWER wages -- expect being locked out of low-end work (over-supply of cheap foreign labour) -- 1.75-million already UNEMPLOYED in Britain -- expect more unemployment TRANSCRIPT / VIDEO [confirm audio (for quotation purposes)] SOURCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXLPrKV7tbQ Earl of Dartmouth William Dartmouth MEP UKIP European Parliament Starsbourg, 6 February 2013 William Dartmouth MEP Thank you. Thank you, chair. There are already approximately 200,000 Kurds living in the United Kingdom. The Kurds in the United Kingdom are concentrated in our large cities, where even at the present time, there is profound pressure on public services, especially health and education. According to the Home Affairs Select Committee of the British House of Commons, should Turkey become a member of the European Union, up to 4.4-MILLION Turkish citizens of all ethnic groups would emigrate to Britain, where they would then have rights to benefits and the NHS. Now, I do not blame the Kurds for wanting to leave.  Ankara has a decade long policy of denying elementary linguistic and other cultural rights. However, the solution is not mass immigration to the UK and other EU member states. The solution is that Turkey start to treat its minorities with decency and respect, and we should make it crystal clear that Turkey, an Asian country, cannot join the EU. [applause] [William Dartmouth MEP advised that there is a 'blue card' for him from Marie-Christine VERGIAT MEP (France).] William Dartmouth MEP I'll certainly take it, yes. Marie-Christine VERGIAT MEP (France) Confederal Group of the European Left Translated from French (male voice): I just wanted to ask my colleague President whether he's actually looked at what the agenda was this afternoon. It doesn't say anything about Turkey's accession to the EU, nor does it say anything about the battle against immigration; or it's actually about supporting a peace process which desperately needs our support. Thank you very much. William Dartmouth MEP Madame, I must ask you to understand and accept that you cannot separate -- we cannot separate -- Turkey's systematic violation of human rights. Not just of Kurds, but of dissenters, Christians, journalists and and so on, from its application to be a member of the European Union and the establishment parties -- which, actually, you're not one -- should be ashamed of themselves that they systematically and consistently cover these matters up. [While Dartmouth MEP speaking, pans to head-shaking & laughing, Madame-of-the-left, wearing headphones] SOURCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXLPrKV7tbQ more William Legge Earl of Dartmouth MEP *this guy's name is confusing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Legge,_10th_Earl_of_Dartmouth ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- COMMENT However despicable Merkel is, Merkel herself is not the EU. British and other European politicians (and hangers on) are as much a party to the disastrous European Union agenda as is Merkel. Merkel's being scapegoated while the European elites and the rest of the unpatriotic political and associated scum are getting off blameless and free to carry on screwing the European people. The passive European working man is absolutely screwed and Europe is finished. Also, Turkey rests mostly in Asia (variously described, but essentially in the Middle East) -- and the Turkic people are of Asian origin. Note that Europe is not merely opening itself up to Turkey, a country of 70-million Asians.  Europe, under the European Union arrangement, is (by default) opening its borders wide to the entire Middle East. To see the consequences of that, just take a look at the latest invasion. The Home Affairs Select Committee 2013 figures given for anticipated migration from Turkey is a gross underestimate, in my opinion. Note, Kurds alone in Turkey at: 14.5 million  - 2014 (CIA Book) That Christians are mistreated in Turkey but Turkey is pushed forward as a candidate for EU membership is beyond a joke -- as is handing Turkey US$3.2-billion to arm Middle Eastern Islamist terrorists (much like the ones currently destroying Syria). *I've not double-check audio.  Just quickly bashed it out. ꕤ

Israel's Role in Syria Destruction

ꕤ Article SOURCE http://www.globalresearch.ca/israel-supports-isis/5492807 Israel Supports ISIS By Stephen Lendman Global Research, December 02, 2015 Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon admitted Israeli support for ISIS and other takfiri terrorists,  calling them Syrian rebels – failing to explain they’re  imported from scores of countries… There are no so-called “moderates” among them. Since Obama waged war on Syria in March 2011, Israel bombed government targets multiple times.  It continues supplying terrorist elements with weapons, munitions and other support. Over 1,000 of their wounded fighters were treated in Israeli hospitals, helping them recover to resume waging terror on Syria. Ya’alon claiming Israeli policy excludes “getting involved in the Syrian war” is a lie. Israel’s long-range goal is unchallenged regional hegemony, independent governments eliminated in Syria, Iran and Lebanon, area nations balkanized into mini-states for easier control, undeclared Israeli borders expanded to incorporate territory of neighboring states. On November 24, The Voltaire Network said journalist Sharri Markson got firsthand accounts from wounded jihadist terrorists receiving treatment at Israel’s Ziv Medical Centre, “specialising in war traumology…government-run and linked to the Israeli Defence Forces.” Their recovery is aided to help them “continue the jihad in Syria.” Israeli security forces detained and interrogated her in a “heavy-handed” way for exposing what they want kept secret. In September 2014, a photo of Netanyahu and Ya’alon visiting terrorists receiving care in an Israeli hospital went viral online – Netanyahu seen shaking a terrorist’s hand. According to the al-Araby al-Jadeed newspaper, “Israel has in one way or another become the main marketer of ISIS oil. Without them, most ISIS-produced oil would have remained going between Iraq, Syria and Turkey. Even the three companies would not receive the oil if they did not have a buyer in Israel.” In October, Iraqi security forces captured an Israeli colonel, Yuri Oulen Shahak, working directly with ISIS terrorists. He explained Netanyahu’s criminality during interrogation, one more example of Zionist evil. He directly “participated in the ISIL group’s terrorist operations,” according to Iraqi authorities. --------------------------- Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net. His new book as editor and contributor is titled “Flashpoint in Ukraine: US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III.” http://www.claritypress.com/LendmanIII.html Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com. ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- SMH Journalist Sharri Markson detained on Israeli visit Date November 23, 2015 A prominent Australian journalist was detained by Israeli security officials in tense scenes last week for breaching protocol during a visit to a hospital treating victims of the Syrian civil war. Sharri Markson, a senior writer at The Australian, was detained for questioning by security officials at the Ziv Medical Centre in northern Israel on Thursday. Markson was travelling with other Australian journalists on a week-long study tour organised by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies and the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council. ... Over 500 Syrians – including wounded fighters battling the Assad regime – have been treated at the Ziv Medical Centre in Safed, near the Syrian border. In a briefing before the tour began, hospital staff told the journalists that the patients could be at risk upon their return to Syria if it became known they had sought treatment in Israel. The hospital uses elaborate methods to secretly transfer the patients in and out of Syria. The eight journalists were instructed not to record the names of the patients or to take photos that could identify them. CONTINUED http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/journalist-sharri-markson-detained-on-israeli-visit-20151122-gl4xtf.html COMMENT It was all good until I got to the bit about the Israeli colonel.  I'm pretty sure that Times of Israel published an article denying the 'colonel capture' story.  I don't know enough about the oil trade to work out if Israel is involved.  But after seeing the article about the Australian journalist's (Markson's) visit to the Israeli hospital that's treating those attacking Syria, I'd believe just about anything. And, yes, there was a photo of Netanyahu visiting what I guess are jihadists in an Israeli hospital. The part about Balkanising the Middle East for easier control makes sense. Note also: Israel bombed government targets multiple times Israel continues supplying or weapons, munitions & other How is this even OK? Syria is being destroyed and Israel is patching up those that are attacking the government of a sovereign adjoining nation. Why isn't this declared terrorism?   ꕤ

Foreign Updates - Middle East, Asia, Random

Random #Diplomatic US press attaché Johann Schmonsees has denied reports embassy in Riyadh shut down over security concern http://www.arabianbusiness.com/us-saudi-embassy-denies-security-shutdown-603700.html Iran protests - UK embassy reopening - counter-revolutionary both to continue operating by charges d'affaires Iran critics say: UK embassy has record support for spying ops, organisation of street unrests & assassination of scientists http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/199789 New Chapter Tehran-London Ties: Iran’s Envoy all diplomatic activities to be gradually re-established http://www.tasnimnews.com/english/Home/Single/838016 #Lebanon Kuwaiti embassy issues Lebanon travel warning / Daily Star #Thailand #presse Hong Kong photojournalist detained at Bangkok airport for carrying bulletproof vest in luggage one of the highest gun homicide rates in Asia / on par with USA / pop 67 million 3.48 murders per 100,000 http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/hong-kong-photojournalist-detained-at-bangkok-airport-for-carrying-bulletproof-vest-in #Vietnam #Diplomatic #Spain NGO Pazy Desarrollo in co-operation with Spanish Embassy run gender equality project http://vietnamnews.vn/society/274879/project-promotes-gender-equality.html Michael Lynn - #Ireland fled Ireland in 2007 with debts of €80m extradition #Brasil #Brazil #LatAm http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/michael-lynn-should-be-back-by-year-end-to-face-charges-lawyer-1.2326185 #Turkey Albayrak Group to operate Mogadishu Interl Port / re-opened in 2006 by Islamic Courts Union, who control South Somali / dailysabah USA Spirit Lake police chief TAKES job as a bomb-sniffing dog handler US embassy in #Iraq or #Afghanistan http://www.kboi2.com/news/local/Spirit-Lake-police-chief-steps-down-to-take-US-embassy-job-322627872.html #Afghanistan Kabul vehicle bombing 10 dead 60 injured Taliban fighting to overthrow foreign-backed govt http://www.dispatchtimes.com/at-least-10-dead-in-kabul-vehicle-bombing/59556/ #MiddleEast US Embassy Warns Against Travel to Upper Galilee & Golan Heights Rockets launched from #Syria territory #Israel: points finger at: "Iran-backed Islamic Jihad from territory under the control of the Assad regime" http://forward.com/news/breaking-news/319634/us-embassy-warns-citizens-against-travel-to-upper-galilee-and-golan-heights/ #Pakistan Removes 5,000 names from Exit Control List (ECL) Passports Directorate Blacklist contained 52,000 names http://tribune.com.pk/story/943345/nisar-announces-removal-of-5000-names-from-ecl-in-major-overhaul/ #Pakistan Intelligence agencies rescue: Chinese tourist kidnapped 2014 in an area close to insurgency-prone regions. Kidnapped China tourist rescue: faction of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility http://tribune.com.pk/story/943345/nisar-announces-removal-of-5000-names-from-ecl-in-major-overhaul/ #Australia #Syria US request to extend campaign Julie Bishop says Australia is seeking legal advice on Syria strikes USA has asked for Aussie support manned strikes, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, air refuelling etc http://forexreportdaily.com/2015/08/24/7334-julie-bishop-says-australia-is-seeking-legal-advice-on-syria-strikes/ #Nigeria Zone 6 Police took delivery of #surveillance helicopter in Calabar / combat of militancy & kidnap http://nationalaccordnewspaper.com/2015/08/police-receives-surveillance-helicopter-to-boost-fight-against-militancy-in-cross-river/ ---------------------- ꕤ  ---------------------- COMMENT Names being removed from a travel blacklist in Pakistan is rather intriguing.  Don't really understand why they've got a blacklist.  Maybe this is normal?  A bad guy travel blacklist? Action hotting up Syria / Israel border, by look of things? Turkey might be a player in Somalia. Islamic Union control in south.   That's a look-up job; don't know what this is. Photojournalist arrested Thailand sounds interesting, but it's probably routine. Thailand no longer sounds safe.  Well, it never did to me; but I'm weird like that.  ;) Pakistan definitely doesn't sounds safe.  Thailand a better bet.  lol This just random stuff that caught my attention ... nothing exciting. ꕤ

UK–US Extradition Treaty of 2003 - Laurie Love Extradition to US - Preliminary Hearing Oct 2015

2007 - Ambassador Tuttle and Baroness Scotland ratifing the bilateral extradition treaty between the U.S. and the UK [source:  here] COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research.

Home › News › Lauri Love discusses why he fears US extradition Lauri Love discusses why he fears US extradition After being re-arrested by British authorities, Lauri Love has spoken to the BBC about why he wants to be tried in the UK rather than be extradited to the US: I would say my prospects of due process in America are essentially zero, and the prospect of extradition is tantamount to a punishment worse than any punishment from the UK justice system. The BBC includes a brief video of Love talking about the toll his case has taken thus far, “My parents and me are quite stressed. I have had time to acclimatise. My dad has had a heart condition and my mum is a natural worrier.” Love has not been charged with a crime in the UK, even though that’s where the alleged offences occurred. “The charges should be heard here… where 12 of my peers should be found to try me,” Love said. See our extradition page to see why “the UK-USA extradition treaty, ratified by the US Senate in 2006 and implemented in 2007, is fundamentally skewed towards misuse by the US Department of Justice. Love has a preliminary hearing in October before the proper extradition hearing in December. Support his legal defence fund here. See the BBC’s full story here. SOURCE https://freelauri.com/2015/08/16/lauri-love-discusses-why-he-fears-us-extradition/ Support Laurie Love The Courage Foundation https://freelauri.com/donate ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- FURTHER US Persecution of Whistleblowers, Activists, Journalists Persecuted US whistleblowers, activists and journalists Jeremy Hammond Barrett Brown Aaron Swartz Chelsea Manning USA:  Over-Prosecution / Extremely Harsh Sentences US government: aggressively over-prosecuted  threatening extremely long prison sentences (producing intense pressure for deals and pleas) ---------------------- ꕤ  ---------------------- SOLITARY CONFINEMENT / TORTURE extensive use of solitary confinement as punishment prolonged use of solitary confinement: deemed torture by every major human rights group USA solitary confinement / torture = routine form of punishment for even the smallest infractions without concern for prisoners’ mental health ---------------------- ꕤ  ---------------------- UK-USA extradition treaty ratified by US Senate 2006 (implemented in 2007) fundamentally skewed towards misuse by the US Dept of Justice. designed for terrorism suspects allows the US to extradite British citizens for breaking US laws, even if the offence committed in the UK Reverse does not apply:  Britain may not extradite US citizens. ---------------------- ꕤ  ---------------------- Low Burden of Proof *Therefore US extradition readily obtained, without sufficient proof to warrant extradition. Zero successful extraditions of American citizens committing a crime while on US soil (since 2007) versus 77 British citizens extradited to the US without the right to contest evidence without any legal aid to assist with trial in America ---------------------- ꕤ  ---------------------- NOTE:  multiple areas of judicial imbalance ---------------------- ꕤ  ---------------------- UK Home Affairs Select Committee = report calling for significant reform (2012) Conservative-led govt failed to respond "Lauri Love must be allowed to contest the allegations against him in the United Kingdom. To properly defend himself in court, he needs substantial support for his legal defense fund." SOURCE https://freelauri.com/fighting-extradition/ ---------------------- ꕤ  ---------------------- UK–US extradition treaty of 2003 *Opposition* Link (historical) - here ---------------------- ꕤ  ---------------------- EXTRACT Press Release UK/U.S. Extradition Treaty Ratified 26 April 2007 The United Kingdom and United States have today ratified a bilateral extradition treaty to ensure more effective arrangements to bring offenders from either state to justice.  [ lol .. it's skewed] SOURCE:  http://london.usembassy.gov/ukpapress48.html UK–US extradition treaty of 2003 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK%E2%80%93US_extradition_treaty_of_2003 ---------------------- ꕤ  ---------------------- Other Please support journalist, Julian Assange Under Siege Ecuador embassy, London (3 Years) Detained 5 Years No Charge FAQ & Support https://justice4assange.com/  ꕤ

USA INVESTS $5-BILLION IN UKRAINE PUPPET REGIME - FRUITS OF INVESTMENT: 34-DAY MURDER SPREE

Anti-Government Journalist Killed in Ukraine Oles Buzina, 45, was known for his pro-Russian opinion pieces published in Ukraine Published 16 April 2015 (17 hours 25 minutes ago) Journalist Oles Buzina is the second prominent critic of Ukraine's government killed this week. A journalist critical of the Ukrainian government was gunned down in the capital Kiev Thursday, one day after a pro-Russian politician was found dead. Journalist and activist Oles Buzina was shot on the street in broad daylight, according to the interior ministry. “Today at 13:20 (local time) ... two unidentifiable men in masks shot journalist Oles Buzina,” the ministry said in a statement. Buzina was one of President Petro Poroshenko’s fiercest critics in the Ukrainian media. He was also a prominent voice in the “Anti-Maiden” movement, which opposed the pro-Western protests that ousted Poroshenko's predecessor, Viktor Yanukovych. In 2014, Buzina launched an unsuccessful bid for a seat in Parliament with the Russian Bloc party. The night before Buzina's death, Member of Parliament Oleh Kalashnikov was also shot under mysterious circumstances. Kalashnikov was a key Yanukovych ally. Russian President Vladimir Putin has alleged the two killings were politically motivated. “This is not the first political assassination. Ukraine is dealing with a whole string of such murders,” he said. Poroshenko hit back by claiming the deaths play “into the hands of our enemies.” “It is aimed at destabilizing the internal political situation in Ukraine, at discrediting the political choice of the Ukrainian people."   http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Anti-Government-Journalist-Killed-in-Ukraine-20150416-0019.html Murder of Ukrainian ex-MP, leader of Anti-Maidan movement Oleg Kalashnikov in Kiev on: April 16, 2015 15th April 2015, Kiev, Ukraine Oleg Kalashnikov, former MP from the Party of Regions was shot in Kiev on April 15th. The press service of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry reported that the murder occurred around 7.20 p.m. in the residence of the former MP, the cause of death was gunshot wounds. An operational investigative group is working at the crime scene. According to Ukrainian media, Kalashnikov was killed on the 8th floor of a residential building in residential area Vynohradar of Kiev in his apartment. The media also reported that Kalashnikov received threats of physical violence recently due to his political views, in particular the the call to widely celebrate the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. However, Kalashnikov also had an extremely bad reputation among the activists of Euromaidan as one of the organizers of the tent camp in support of Viktor Yanukovich in Mariinsky Park during the events of the so-called “Revolution of dignity” in winter of 2013-2014. Notably, Kalashnikov was the fourth prominent member of the Party of Regions, who had suddenly passed away in the course of the last two months: former deputy head of the Party of Regions faction in the Verkhovna Rada [Parliament] Mikhail Chechetov allegedly committed suicide by jumping out of the window of his apartment on the 17th floor on February 28; ex-MP Stanislav Miller was found dead on March 10, and on 12 March the body of former governor of the Zaporozhye region, Alexander Peklushenko, was found. The last two, according to the police, shot themselves.  http://novorossia.today/murder-of-ukrainian-ex-mp-leader-of-anti-maidan-movement-oleg-kalashnikov-in-kiev/ Former Ukrainian MP Assassinated in Kiev 21:46 15.04.2015 A former Ukrainian MP and a vocal critic of the country’s ruling government was murdered on Wednesday in Kiev. A number of top Ukrainian officials have died under mysterious circumstances during one 34-day period, leading many to suspect foul play. Five High-Ranked Ukrainian Officials Die in String of Mysterious Suicides  Oleh Kalashnikov, a Ukrainian MP and a member of the Party of Regions, was assassinated on Wednesday evening near his residence in Kiev, one of his relatives told local media. The relative also said that Kalashnikov was recently threatened with bodily harm due to his political views, particularly for his call for a lavish celebration of the 70th anniversary of the victory in WWII, and that the slain politician received a considerable amount of hate mail. The Security Service of Ukraine, SBU, was investigating Kalashnikov’s statements for a potential threat to the national security. Recently, a number of former members of the Party of Regions and high ranking officials have died under mysterious circumstances, with their deaths being officially declared suicides. http://sputniknews.com/europe/20150415/1020939474.html COMMENT The US-puppet Ukraine fascists are getting away with murder. The fascist regime's SBU investigating 'potential threat to the national security' in relation to Oleh Kalashnikov is laughable. 34-DAY MURDER SPREE UNDER US-BACKED UKRAINE REGIME   Oles Buzina Journalist Highly Critical of Poroshenko govt. Voice of “Anti-Maiden” movement 13:20pm 16/04/2015 Broad daylight, gunned down Kiev Oleg Kalashnikov former MP Party of Regions 7:20pm Shooting – 15/04/2015, 18th Floor Residential building Vynohradar, Kiev Sergei Sukhobok Donetsk journalist co-founder of websites ProUA and Obkom murdered 12/04/2015 or 13/04/2015 Killers arrested Thursday Charges: heavy bodily harm No information / Likely beaten or bludgeoned Alexander Peklushenko former governor Zaporozhye region South-eastern Ukraine 12/03/2015 Firearm death:  most likely staged suicide Stanislav Miller ex-MP 10/03/2015 Firearm death:  most likely staged suicide Mikhail Chechetov former deputy head Party of Regions 28/02/2015 17th Floor building Most likely:  thrown from window MORE Oles Buzina, 45 columnist & editor of daily newspaper Segodnya Segodnya financed by Rinat Akhmetov (Ukraine’s richest man & a leading sponsor of Yanukovych’s Party of Regions) Oles Buzina: "an opposition journalist, writer and TV host, well-known for his criticism of Poroshenko’s goverment." Sergei Sukhobok   Donetsk journalist, murdered 13/04/2015 Killers arrested Thursday Sukhobok was also the author of several hundred articles on socio-political, social, legal and economic issues. His works were published in many publications, particularly in the “Ukrainian Truth”. Russia’s MFA spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that this is, unfortunately, only the beginning of political purges in Ukraine. SOURCE:  http://www.globalresearch.ca/three-prominent-poroshenko-critics-killed-in-kiev-in-three-days/5443485 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Slain Ukrainian author Oles Buzina: "I am a Ukrainian - it's a type of Russian" http://fortruss.blogspot.com.au/2015/04/slain-ukrainian-author-oles-buzina-i-am.html Farewell to Oleg Kalashnikov, Rest in Peace http://thesaker.is/farewell-to-oleg-kalashnikov-rest-in-peace/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

SWEDEN: 'Sweden is not some kind of equality paradise' vs "When Journalists Rape"

SWEDEN OFFICIAL LINE 'Sweden is not some kind of equality paradise' Published: 10 Mar 2015 10:43 GMT+01:00 Updated: 10 Mar 2015 12:25 GMT+01:00 It's time to challenge the image of Sweden as the world's gender equality frontrunner, writes Cecilia Schelin Seidegård, head of the Swedish government's special inquiry on gender equality. Swedish governments often boast about gender equality in Sweden. Government upon government has claimed that these advances have given Sweden a strong international position. The latest is the feminist government, spearheaded by Stefan Löfven, which insists that Sweden is and ought to be a frontrunner in the area of gender equality. On its home page the government writes that Sweden has great international reputational capital to maintain and develop. I believe it is high time to challenge the image of Sweden as some kind of equality paradise. Even though Sweden has a good position in many international rankings, it does not mean that the country is equal. Rather, it could be understood in relation to insufficient progress in many other countries. Nor does it mean that things are moving forward in Sweden. The country's position in the Global Gender Gap (World Economic Forum) ratings has gone from the top in 2006 to fourth in 2014. The same tendency is visible in the Inter-Parliamentary Union's list of the number of women in national parliaments, where Sweden can nowadays be found as number six, after having enjoyed a leading position for a long time. It is problematic that progress in Sweden is more or less standing still. As Sweden now has a feminist government, it is time to assume a strategic and long-term approach to gender equality policies. Since April 2014 I have led a special government inquiry to follow up and analyze the progress of equality between women and men over the past ten years. The inquiry will also analyze the implementation of equality policies and assess how efficient political measures have been in relation to the equality political objective – that women and men should have the same power to shape society and their lives. Against this background the inquiry should propose a direction and organization of future equality politics. On March 8th, International Women's Day, the inquiry released some of the research that has been produced within the scope of our remit. Our preliminary results do not make for a merry read. 1. We can conclude that male dominance in positions of power in politics, state and businesses has not been broken in the past ten years. The number of men in parliament has instead gone up in two consecutive elections, as has the number of men in parliamentary committees and as committee chairpersons. Three-quarters of all board members of listed companies are men and 77 percent of professors in higher education are men. Our reports show that the more hidden the positions of powers in politics and private business are, the greater is the gender gap. Private business has not succeeded in bridging the gender gap by voluntary incentives. 2. As far as financial equality is concerned, the employment market and businesses still have a clear lack of equality. A strong gender divide is still prevalent in the jobs market and a large number of women work part time. But despite a slight decrease in gender segregation – women's work hours have increased and women's levels of education are higher than men's – it has only had a very small effect on wages. Even taking various parameters such as age, education, work hours and that women and men are found in different sectors and work groups, women's salaries have stayed at 93 percent of men's salaries. This figure has remained much the same since the middle of the 1990s. Income inequality between women and men is still 93.500 kronor a year, or about 3.6 million kronor for 40 years of work. [I'm no statistician, but if women largely work part-time, higher education or slightly more part-time hours aren't going to bridge any gap in wages -- which, given a large portion of part-time women workers, doesn't look a significant hardship to me.] Cecilia Schelin Seidegård heads the Swedish government's equality inquiry. Photo: TT 3. Even though differences between the sexes have decreased in the past decade, women still carry out a greater part of unpaid home and care work. Men continue to claim less parental leave than women and they also take less leave to care for ill children (VAB, 'vård av barn'). In 2013, men claimed 25 percent and women 75 percent. Moreover, our research shows that women generally carry out more unpaid work, but have on average just as long working days as men. In the past ten years, however, men have increased their unpaid work by 12 minutes on weekdays and 15 minutes on weekends. The unequal divisions of unpaid home and care labour lead to lower incomes for women and by extension lower pensions than men. [So what does the govt propose to do, enter Swedish households (like part of a kinky threesome) and assign household chores on some more equitable basis?] 4. As far as the target of ending men's violence against women goes, close to every third woman in Sweden has been the victim of serious physical or sexual violence as an adult. One in five women has at some point in her life been subject to physical violence, sexual violence where physical violence or the threat thereof has been involved, or to repeated and systemic psychological violence by a current or former partner. Almost 40 percent have been exposed to harassment, including sexual harassment. The figures painfully speak for themselves; men's violence against women has not been eliminated in the past decade, even though the problem has been given a lot of attention.  [Without the details on how the figures have been obtained & the demographics, the figures don't speak for themselves, and this may not be a case of men's violence -- as in ALL men -- but a case of violence perpetrated by men in some demographic or other of Swedish society.] During the last two parliamentary terms a substantial 2.6 billion kronor effort was made to carry out specific policy initiatives. While there of course were several deliberate and thoughtful measures within the strategic framework, such as putting the spotlight on the issue of men's violence against women, our analysis shows that there were also serious flaws. That there was no overall comprehensive strategy is one example. The work was also generally linked to a project organization that would be dissolved when the specific targets had been met. [I'm going to hazard a guess that there may not be a one-size-fits all strategy, as violence can be due to any number of things:  drugs, alcohol, poverty / poor socialisation, cultural factors and so on.] This notwithstanding, we note that there is a long way to go towards an equal society. The latest gender equality inquiry from 2005 concluded that there has been progress from 1995-2005, but it has happened slowly. Ten years later it seems that this inquiry, too, can conclude that there has been progress, but it has happened slowly. With the addendum: in some cases it has also moved backwards.  [Utopia.] The gender equality inquiry ('Jämställdhetsutredningen') now works to outline proposals for the government on how equality politics can become more strategic, long-term and efficient. We urge the feminist government to put the leader's jersey back on and take responsibility for and control of the gender equality work, once and for all. This is a translated version of a piece written by Cecilia Schelin Seidegård, head of the government's special inquiry into gender equality, and originally published by Dagens Nyheter. To limit the overwhelming burden on our moderators, it will not be possible to comment on this article. Feel free to join the conversation on our Facebook page. [They're just dodging the negative comments they'd get.  Comments should be unmoderated, anyway.  Otherwise, what you get is a lie by omission.] http://www.thelocal.se/20150310/sweden-is-not-some-kind-of-equality-paradise SECTOR OF PUBLIC OPINION When journalists rape http://swedishsurveyor.com/2015/03/09/when-journalists-rape/ 'Julia Caesar' (pen name), described as a journalist who originally wrote and published this article, translated from Swedish to English in the article linked above. It is a confronting article of the kind that we don't see published in mainstream media and this article, also refers to figures (outdated from 15-20 years ago, that the government purportedly relies on); it draws attention to mass immigration and violent crime as a social problem in Sweden, that is being ignored and even covered up by Swedish politicians and media; and it, too, calls on feminists. The impression I have of Sweden is that there is a sector of Swedish society that feels politically disenfranchised and that there is genuine dissatisfaction with the political and social status quo. I've not read widely on the subject, but from what I've encountered so far that's certainly the impression. In the above article, journalists stand accused of covering up crime committed by ethnic minorities and passing those crimes off as committed by the Swedish (right down to using misleading identikits), endangering those who are unaware of the prevalence of violence perpetrated by immigrant minorities; and it charges the journalists of doing so, while hiding behind 'ethical press guidelines' and assuming a position of know-best superiority over the 'peasantry' who are denied the right to information, vital to risk assessment and self protection. The article refers to a 'public Sweden' and indicates that the state and the media is silent on all that would show the negative consequences of mass immigration policy, if I understand correctly.  By extension, journalists commit 'rape' of the public denied information and politicians, who are policy makers, are deemed the worse 'rapists' who sacrifice many thousands of women each year on the altar of multiculturalism rather than doing the obvious:  curtailing immigration. The official line article is on feminism and society.  However, this state feminism glosses over the gritty types of issues the second article voices, while paying lip service to a blanket state of Utopia that Swedish government intends to impose on civil society. While the second article is a hard-hitting social and political commentary not usually encountered in politically correct mainstream media offerings, I think it raises some interesting and starkly contrasting views relevant to Swedish foreign (and other) government policy, immigration, crime, feminism and the press. Analysis of the 'feminist Swedish government' (whatever that is) and of the gritty, contrasting conditions and opinions at grassroots level, in opposition to the status quo and official line (government and press), would probably be a sociologist's dream. ........................................................................... Other: * Note:  lenient sentencing in respect of serious violent crime (assume youth was a factor). Note:  I'm not a journalist or sociologist.  These are just my impressions on articles that caught my attention.