Month: March 2021
Indeed, if he in turn were one of Merkel’s beloved refugees ! German Foreign Minister abandons German in Arab prison
The 42-year-old German Dieter Kellouche has been imprisoned innocently in the Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, since September 2017. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. He shares a cell without daylight with 15 other prisoners. His health is poor, but he has been denied medical help. During the entire time, the German Embassy paid him three visits.
The human rights spokesperson for the AfD parliamentary group in the German Bundestag, Jürgen Braun, comments on the matter:
“Foreign Minister Heiko Maas is abandoning the German Dieter Kellouche in the Arab prison. The Foreign Office has done nothing worth mentioning for Mr Kellouche. The answers to my questions are downright outrageous: the Foreign Office states that it is paying close attention to Mr Kellouche’s case and is in contact with him, and that he is receiving consular assistance, including prison visits. Mr Kellouche, on the other hand, says that the last visit by the German embassy was in February, more than a year ago. He feels abandoned, almost forgotten, by the German authorities.”
Background: Kellouche was convicted by a kangaroo court. An influential sheikh felt that Kellouche had insulted his honour. The sheikh had him arrested and negotiated the sentence with a judge. Four months ago, Kellouche went on hunger strike to gain media attention. He has not counted on help from the German embassy for a long time.
Braun says:
“What this person has gone through over the last few years is a nightmare. Kellouche told us that prisoners of other nationalities often received visits from embassy staff, and some have already been released. He, on the other hand, is also treated like a criminal by the German embassy. The Foreign Office must finally take the initiative to end Dieter Kellouche’s detention.”
https://afdkompakt.de/2021/03/31/maas-laesst-deutschen-im-arabischen-gefaengnis-im-stich/
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Just like in the GDR ! Now in Germany doubts about climate change and Corona vaccinations, anti-Islam and anti-migration opinions are classified as being anticonstitutional
Here is the press release, the language of which is reminiscent of the GDR’s unjust regime:
The AfD parliamentary group in Schwerin is accused of having a connection to a dubious offshore company. This is the result of research by the news website netzpolitik.org. The agency New Network Communications (NNC), allegedly based in London, is run by two Austrians – and is responsible for the right-wing disinformation website “Unser Mitteleuropa” (Our Central Europe).
The portal “Our Central Europe” is a place for anti-Islam and anti-migration articles and spreads doubts about climate change and Corona vaccinations. The research centre Correctiv has checked articles from “Our Central Europe” for their truthfulness, and finally declared that the portal spreads false quotes and makes misleading claims. As media owner noted in the imprint: NCC.
In addition, the company covertly operates a campaign website called “Akte Borchardt”, which attacks Barbara Borchardt (Die Linke), judge at the state constitutional court, and spreads conspiracy narratives. The site writes of a “GDR 2.0”, and speculates about a “possible rope relationship” between Borchardt and Chancellor Angela Merkel. And again, the work of the AfD parliamentary group in Schwerin is advertised.
(She is a member of the proven left-wing extremist organisation ‘Anti-Capitalist Left’ (AKL), and was a member of the ruling SED in GDR times, Ed.)
Meanwhile, the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution is looking into the connection between the company and the parliamentary group. Especially “[…] with regard to ‘security-endangering or secret service activities within the scope of the Basic Law for a foreign power’ in the area of the federal state and with regard to ‘endeavours directed against the idea of international understanding or against the peaceful coexistence of peoples’”, explains spokeswoman Marion Schlender in response to a Nordkurier enquiry. “On this basis, the facts of the case are being examined.”
‘Who are the great apes?’ French school in Morocco stirs up controversy
Confusion, anger, incomprehension… The parents of students at the French primary school Ernest Renan in Morocco were somewhat taken aback. On Thursday March 25, their children received a peculiar science exercise.
The Ernest Renan school in Casablanca, which is part of the network of the French mission in Morocco, has been at the heart of the scandal. In question, is an “educational” exercise which aroused unanimous condemnation. The question “Who are the great apes?” was asked as part of a natural science class to CM2 students (10-11 years old), and for their answer they were asked to link illustrations with their name and then with their natural habitat. But the details are staggering. Alongside a gorilla, an orangutan, a bonobo and a chimpanzee, a sub-Saharan woman was among the illustrations included.
Revolted by the content considered both racist and misogynist in this exercise, the parents of young schoolchildren quickly sounded the alarm. They do not understand how such a question could arise in a supposedly educational setting.
Shared profusely on social networks in the space of a few hours, the strange “lesson” triggered a huge wave of indignation which continues to stir up emotions. Association activists, parents and teachers denounced the racism and sexism that persist in the country, especially through the school content taught to children.
The Parity and Diversity committee of 2M, the second Moroccan television channel, denounced the “indecency” and an “unacceptable attack on human dignity”.
In the afternoon of Thursday, March 25, the director of the establishment, Sébastian Galard, reacted to the controversy by sending an email to the parents concerned. He mentioned “an exercise that could rightly shock”. He described it “as an inadmissible blunder which can refer to amalgamations completely contrary to the values” that the school claims to defend. The director concluded his email with an apology on behalf of the school and its teachers. Except that he only added fuel to the fire.
By republishing his email, several Internet users denounced his insincere apology, a “euphemism” which in no way compensates for the racism and misogyny of the exercise.
Later that evening, another email appeared which was immediately widely shared. This time, the message received by the parents came from Paris. It was signed by the Agency for French Education Abroad (AEFE), a network which manages 540 French establishments abroad including the Ernest Renan School in Morocco. In an attempt to extinguish the flames of anger and controversy, the tone was much firmer.
The email evoked the “consternation” of the AEFE in view of the racist and sexist content. The AEFE then announced that it had decided to “open an administrative investigation” after this “serious fault”. It insisted on continuing the transmission of “republican values in French education abroad, foremost among which is equality and the fight against all forms of racism”. As soon as it was received by the parents, the AEFE message was quickly published by the primary school concerned on its website.
Within the Association of Parents of French Education Abroad (APEEF), the reaction was mixed:
“Regarding the pedagogical incident which took place at the Ernest Renan School, we recognize that the director and the AEFE had a rapid and effective reaction which we welcome”, they commented in a press release. “We will avoid further controversy and will follow the AEFE investigation and the corrective actions that will have to be taken,” they added.
Since the outbreak of this affair, the accused teacher has been laid off pending the conclusions of the administrative investigation opened by the AEFE. The penalties can range from temporary suspension to retirement or dismissal of the faculty, Russian news outlet Sputnik learned from sources familiar with the matter.
In the meantime, the source of the controversial exercise has been traced, showing that it was taken from the French platform “La main à la Pâte” for science education. Created in 2011 by the École nationale supérieure (ENS) and the Academy of Sciences, this foundation provides teachers, in France and elsewhere, with educational tools for their science courses. This exercise was reportedly submitted by a black teaching assistant in Gabon.
EU to spend €276 million on migrant camps on Greek islands, sparking protests from fed-up locals
6 people arrested for death threats made against French teenager Mila
Six people have been taken into custody in the investigation into the death threats made against the French 17-year-old Mila after she released a video critical of Islam in November.
Due to the fallout from the video, Mila was forced into hiding after receiving 50,000 death threats. She now remains under permanent police protection and cannot attend school. Despite the challenges she faces, she still maintains an active online presence, posting videos and content that have drawn the wrath of her critics, including Twitter itself, which temporarily suspended her account this month.
Authorities have only tracked down a small fraction of the number of people who have threatened Mila. The six people taken into custody — five men, and a woman — all aged 18 to 35, were arrested in Paris, Seine-et-Marne, Gironde, Haute-Savoie, Bas-Rhin and Bouches- du-Rhône, as part of the investigations carried out by the national center for the fight against online hatred, recently created within the Paris prosecutor’s office.
They were taken into custody for “online moral harassment” and five of them also for “death threats”, while the sixth was arrested for “threats of crime”.
Five people had already been arrested in February and are due to be tried in June by the Paris Criminal Court.
Mila had provoked violent responses, sometimes accompanied by death threats, for publishing a video on the social network TikTok in November in which she sharply attacked her detractors. She has since published other videos that have led to further death threats, including topics related to immigration, religion, and feminism.
The teenager had shared on Twitter screenshots of the death threats received, some referring to the beheading of Professor Samuel Paty in October 2020 in the area of Yvelines.
The prosecutor’s office, which opened an investigation in mid-November, relinquished jurisdiction in early December in favor of the national center for the fight against online hatred.