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How far is a government willing to go to hold up press freedom?

Posted on July 11, 2022 by Marcus Ampe

Assange has been held in Belmarsh since April 2019 when he was dragged out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London. He had spent seven increasingly surreal years there, after skipping bail to avoid extradition to Sweden to face allegations of rape and sexual assault. His imprisonment is an attack on the freedom of expression. Continue reading →

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Posted in B4Peace, History, News and Politics, Warning, World | Tagged 2010, 2019, Afghanistan, Afghanistan war, American government, American politics, Amnesty International, Anti-Establishment voices, Antony Blinken, Belgium, Belmarsh prison, Boris Johnson, Bradley Manning = Chelsea Manning, British Tories, Cage UK, Chechnya, CIA = Central Intelligence Agency (intelligence and counterintelligence agency - USA gov.), Climategate = Climatic Research Unit email controversy, Climatic Research Unit (CRU), Communication overload, Conspiracy, Critical journalistic voices, Critical voice(s), Cybercrime, Disclosure of secret documents, Disinformation, Donald Trump, Don’t Extradite Assange Campaign, Ecuadorian embassy (London), Edward Fitzgerald, English Conservatives, Establishment control, Europe, Extradition, Facebook, Foreign policy, Foreign Press Association (FPA), Fox News, Fox News Channel, Freedom of expression, Freedom of judiciary, Freedom of press, George W. Bush, Georgia, Google, Guantánamo Bay, Incarceration, Information, Injustice, International Criminal Court (ICC), Internet, Iraq, Iraq War, Jeremy Corbyn, Jimmy Savile, John Rees, John Shipton, Journalism ethics, Journalist, Journalistic accountability, Journalistic investigation, Journalists, Julian Assange, Keir Starmer, Labour party (UK), Mali, Mariupol (Ukraine), Mass media, Media dominance, Mendax = Julian Assange, Michelle Stanistreet, Muhammad Rabbani, National Union of Journalists (NUJ), New World, News gathering, Newspapers, Nils Melzer, Official Secrets Act (OSA), Old World, Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Peace movement, Political prisoner(s), Politicians, Prisoners in the United States, Priti Patel, Propagandist(s), Refugee rights, Repression, Richard Nixon, Rights of individuals, Roger Ailes, Ronald Reagan, Rudy Giuliani, Rupert Murdoch, Russia-Ukraine War (2022), Russian troops, Savagery, Scientific journalism, Scientology, Seamus Dooley, Stella Moris, Stop the War Coalition (StWC), Supreme Court of Great Britain, Syria, Thatcherite(s), to Manipulate the general public, to Reach the majority, Trade Unions, Ukraine, Ukrainian armed forces, United Kingdom, United States of America, University of East Anglia (UEA), US war on terror, Vanessa Baraitser, Violence against the truth, War crimes, Western World, Whistleblower, WikiLeaks, wikileaks.be, wikileaks.cx = Wikileaks on Christmas Islands, wikileaks.de, Wikileaks.org, Yemen, YouTube | 8 Comments

A look back on one decade of unchecked power and mixed results

Posted on June 23, 2021 by Guestspeaker

To understand the current situation in Hungary, one needs to look back on what came before and examine the historical background of post-communist Hungary. The country’s shift from a Soviet satellite to a Western-oriented liberal democracy was – as elsewhere … Continue reading →

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Posted in History, Thoughts of others, World | Tagged 2010, 2015, 2018, Central Europe, Corruption, Democracy, European Union, Fidesz, Freedom of press, Hungary, Kafkadesk, Magyar Szocialista Párt (MSZP - Magyar socialist party), Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index, Viktor Orbán, Western Europe | 2 Comments

2015 In the Picture

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Marcus Ampe

2015 opened with an attack on the freedom of press. The first month of the year there was an outpouring of anguished and biting solidarity with those gunned down at the French weekly Charlie Hebdo where 12 were killed including … Continue reading →

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Posted in Crisis, Food, History, News and Politics, Poverty, Sport, Visuals (Video, Photo, Cartoon), Welfare and Health, World | Tagged 2015, Adolescent birth, Africa, Arab Spring, Bashar al-Assad, Cartoons, Charlie Hebdo, Child Labour, Child slavery, Dafne Schippers, David Pope (cartoonist), Delfine Persoon, Dina Asher-Smith, Domestic violence, Donald Trump, European Union, Female genital mutilation, Freedom of press, Helena Ndume, Hooliganism, Human displacement, Human rights violations, Humanitarian of the Year, International Women’s Day, Islamic State (IS), Kailash Satyarthi, Madaya (Maydan-Syria), Mae Azango, Malala Yousafzai, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize, Refugees of the Syrian civil war, Rioting, Sexual assault, Starvation, Stella Paul, Sub-Saharan Africa, Syria, Syrian civil war, Terror attacks, Verviers, Violence in sports, Wellbeing, Women Deliver (global advocacy organization), Women’s health, Women’s rights abuses, Women’s wellbeing, World Humanitarian Day | 22 Comments

2015 Human rights

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Marcus Ampe

Terrorism and freedom of speech In the wake of the horrific shooting at the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, illustrators and cartoonists around the world came together in solidarity with the 12 artists and ordinary people who … Continue reading →

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Posted in Armoede, History, News and Politics, Religion, Visuals (Video, Photo, Cartoon), World | Tagged 2015, 9/11 = 2001 September 11, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, Abuse of religion, Action Plan, Adel Al-Jubeir, Al-Qaeda / al-Qaida, Alexander De Croo, Americans, Angela Merkel, Arab people, Asia-Pacific region, Asylum seekers, Aung San Suu Kyi, Ban Ki-moon, Bangladesh, Bart Weekers, Belgian Jews, Belgium, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bisexual, Blasphemy, Boko Haram, Borgerhout, Brazil, Britta Schumacher, Burundi, Cameroon, Caribbean, Cartoon, Cartoons, Censor, Censorship, Central Africa, Central African Republic, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Charles Michel, Charlie Hebdo, Child Labour, Child slaves, Child soldiers, Children not Soldier campaign, China, Copenhagen, Credibility of governmental sayings, Cuba, Dilma Rousseff, Discrimination, Economic crisis, El Salvador, Equality, Equality for women, Erik Wemple Blog, Eritrea, Europe, European Union, Exploitation of man, Faisal Bin Abdulrahman Bin Muaammar, Fedasil, Fighting terrorism, Flemish Parliament, France, Free press, Free society, Freedom of expression, Freedom of movement, Freedom of press, Freedom of religion, Freedom of speech, Freedom of thought, Gay, Gender equality, Gender Inequality Index (GII), Gender police, Gender-related discrimination, Ghent, Global economic crisis, Globalisation, Haiti, Health professionals, Homosexuality, Human dignity, Human Right, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Without Frontiers, Human Rights Without Frontiers International (HRWF Int’l), Indigenous people of El Salvador, Institute for the Equality of Women and Men, International Labor Organization, International Women's Year, International Women’s Day, Interreligious Platform of the Central African Republic, Iran, Iraq, Islamic extremism, Islamic fundamentalists, Islamic State (IS), Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Islamic terrorists, Islamism, Islamists, Israël, Je suis Charlie, Jewish community, Jewish Voice for Peace, Jews, Jihadi fighters, Jihadism, Jihadists, Joods Actueel, Kailash Satyarthi, Kenya, Kim Jeong-Wook, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID), Lakshmi Puri, Land ownership, Latin America, Lesbian, Libya, Liesbet Homans, London, Maternal mortality, Matthias Diependaele, Michael Freilich, Michel Chossudovsky, Middle East, Migrants, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Muhammad, Muslims, Myanmar, Mystery shoppers, Netherlands, New World Order, New York Times, Nicotine poisoning, Nigeria, North Africa, North Americans, North Korea, Osama Bin Laden, Palestinian people, Palestinian(s), Paris, Pas-de-Calais, Public health services, Radicalisation, Refugees, Renewed Efforts Against Child Hunger and Undernutrition (REACH) programme, Reproductive health needs, Resul Tapmaz, Robert Mugabe, Roberto Savio, Satire, Saudi Arabia, Security measures, Sex discrimination, Sex slaves, Sexual and reproductive health rights, Sexual health needs, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, Slavery, Somalia, South Asia, South Sudan, Southern Europe, Sudan, Susan Bissell, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Syria, Terror, Terror attacks, Terror organisations, Terrorism, The Network, The New York Times, Tobacco farms, Transgender, Unemployment, Unesco, United Nations Commission on Population and Development, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United States, United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group, United States Navy SEALs, Uyghur Muslims, Vilvoorde, War on terrorism, War refugees, Washington Post, Women labour, World Conference on Women, World Health Organisation (WHO), Yemen, Zimbabwe | 29 Comments

Being Charlie 12

Posted on February 7, 2015 by Marcus Ampe

“Je Suis Charlie” selfies continue to spread around the world and even reached China where the state news agency Xinhua came to the defence of censorship: “The world is diverse and there should be a limit on press freedom,” Xinhua … Continue reading →

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Posted in News and Politics | Tagged Charlie Hebdo, China, Freedom of press, Hong Kong, Je suis Charlie, Jimmy Lai, Occupy Central democracy movement | Leave a comment

Being Charlie 11

Posted on January 17, 2015 by Marcus Ampe

George Pepper at the European Sting saw with a superfluity of hypocrisy and a thirst for positive media exposure the European political leaders marching last Sunday in the streets of Paris, to tell the world ‘Je suis Charlie’. He is … Continue reading →

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Posted in Culture, Dagboek = Diary, History, News and Politics, World | Tagged 1999, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, Atheists, Belgium, Bernard Holtrop, Charlie Hebdo, Christendom, Christian militants, Christians, Columbine HIgh School Massacre, Criticism, Deadly violence, Europe, Europeans, Feuds, France, Freedom of expression, Freedom of press, Freedom of religion, Freedom of speech, George Pepper, Holy Scriptures, Islamic militants, Je suis Charlie, Jews, Jihadist terrorism, Judaism, Killing, Killings, Le Canard enchaîné, Mercy Killing, Muslim extremists, Muslim fundamentalists, Muslims, News satire, Parody, Political satire, Power, Private Eye - magazine, Punch (magazine), Ransom killings, Religion, Satirical magazines, Satirical websites, Scatological humour, Solidarity, Solidarity of citizens, Solidarity of politicians, Surreal humour, The Onion - magazine, The Oxymoron (magazine), Toilet humour, Violence | 8 Comments

Being Charlie 9

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Marcus Ampe

More than 40 world leaders, among them German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about a few metres away from Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, EU President Donald Tusk, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, British … Continue reading →

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Posted in B4Peace, News and Politics, Visuals (Video, Photo, Cartoon) | Tagged Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ahmet Davutoglu, Airbrushing, Ali Bongo, Angela Merkel, Anne Hidalgo, Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bernard Cazeneuve, Censor, Censorship, Charles Michel, Charlie Hebdo, David Cameron, Donald Tusk, Egypt, Europe, François Hollande, Frederica Mogherini, Freedom of press, Freedom of speech, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Islamophobia, Israël, Je suis Charlie, Jewish, Jimmy Carter, King Abdallah of Jordan, Mahmoud Abbas, Mali, Marine Le Pen, Muslim, Muslim Brotherhood, Muslimphobia, Orthodox Jews, Paris, Petro Poroshenko, Sameh Shoukry, Sergei Lavrov, Sergey Lavrov, Simonetta Sommaru, Star of David, The Announcer (HaMevaser), United Arabic Emirates | 6 Comments

Being Charlie 8

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Marcus Ampe

In the country of the third biggest Jewish community and having a huge Islam community as well in the midst of many other religions and atheist groups, people came together to show their unity to the world. The intention of … Continue reading →

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Posted in B4Peace, Christendom, History, News and Politics, Religion, Visuals (Video, Photo, Cartoon) | Tagged 1930s, 1990s, 9/11 = 2001 September 11, al Qaeda, Algerians, Amedy Coulibaly, Antisemitism, Arabian Peninsula, Belgium, Boko Haram, Catholics, Charlie Hebdo, Cherif Kouachi, Conservative Christians, European press, Extremists, France, Freedom of press, French Algeria, Fundamentalist evangelicals, Harith bin Ghazi al-Nadhari, Holy Land, Imperialism, Intolerance, Islamic extremists, Islamophobia, Israël, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Jewish Agency for Israel, Jewish community, Jews, Jihadism, Judaism, Kouachi, Liberalism, Mali, Manuel Vall, Marine Le Pen, Moroccans, Muslim community (Ummah), Muslim extremists, Muslims, Nigeria, North African colonies, Osama Bin Laden, Pakistan, Paris, Pope Francis I, Religious communities, Said Kouachi, Senegalese, Sub-Saharan Africans, Taliban, Terror War, Terrorism, Throwaway culture, Tunisians, Vichy France, Vichy regime, World War II | 16 Comments

Being Charlie 6

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Marcus Ampe

Lots of politicians and civilians from many European countries and outside its bordering did not like the humour of the Charlie Hebdo magazine and found it too offensive. Most of the people would not actually have engaging in the sort … Continue reading →

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Posted in B4Peace, News and Politics, Religion | Tagged Anti-Americanism, Antisemitism, Associated Press, Charlie Hebdo, David Brooks, Dean Baquet, Europe, Evan Levine, Free society, Freedom, Freedom of press, Freedom of speech, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalist, Good manners, Good taste, Humour, Inequality, Islamic fundamentalism, Jeff Jarvis, Living in Europe, Marc Cooper, Martin Baron, Moral Standards, Offensive humour, Respect, Ridiculing, Santiago Lyon, Sense of Standards, Social discrimination, Society, Speech code, Standards of civility, Standards of respect, Stephane Charbonnier, The New York Times, Values, Violence, Weakness, Western World, Working in Europe | 6 Comments

Where do we stand in the backdrop of Charlie Hebdo Massacre ?

Posted on January 10, 2015 by Marcus Ampe

Freedom of press is a very difficult issue and often we can find certain articles to be re-edited or adjusted, not to say censored, for the safety of an ongoing action. In lot of newspapers and on television-stations we often … Continue reading →

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Posted in B4Peace, News and Politics, Reflection - Consideration or Contemplation, Thoughts of others | Tagged Atheist bloggers, Bangladesh, Censor, Censorship, Charlie Hebdo, Democracy, Ethics, Facebook, Freedom of expression, Freedom of press, India, Innocence of Muslims (video), Islam, Islamic State (IS), Media, Media of India, Mohammad, New York Times, Pakistan, Quran, Satire, Terrorists, United States of America, YouTube | 12 Comments

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