Month: November 2022
India: Coimbatore car blast terrorist Jamesha Mubin had shaved his body before the attack like ISIS suicide bombers
Investigators probing the October 23 Coimbatore blast have concluded that Jamesha Mubin was indeed on a suicide mission as he had shaved his body before the mission, a usual practice of suicide bombers following ISIS ideology, reportsTOI. Mubin was a 29-year-old engineering graduate who died after an LPG cylinder in a vehicle exploded in the communally sensitive Kottaimedu region. It was Mubin who was driving the car that exploded and is the prime suspect in the terror attack.
Mubin, the 29-year-old engineering graduate, was on a suicide mission to destroy a large area including a Hindu temple using his car bomb, but it didn’t work as planned and only an LPG cylinder in a vehicle exploded in the communally sensitive Kottaimedu region, killing him. Initially thought as a regular accident, later it emerged that it was a jihadi terror attack gone wrong.
TOI quoted an officer involved in the preliminary investigation as saying, “His body was not fully burnt and there was enough skin that showed he had shaved his body before the incident.”
The officer further said, “In a CCTV footage Mubeen was seen in a shirt and trousers. Later he shaved off his body hair with a trimmer (recovered by police) and took bath and changed into other clothes. He offered prayers and drew the IS flag using chalk on a black slate.”
Mubeen inscribed Jihadi material on slate
Along with a prayer that featured on the IS flag, Mubeen inscribed on the slate in Tamil, which translates to ‘those who dare to touch Allah’s house will be uprooted,’ according to the source. “We have evidence that he was influenced by videos of Sri Lankan Easter bombings mastermind Maulvi Zaharan Bin Hashim,” the official said.
Mubeen also left a scribbling on a white piece of paper that stated the call to Jihad,” an officer said. “He maintained that it was the duty of the youth, not children and the elderly, to wage the holy war” (jihad). In another scribble, he classified mankind into two groups: Muslims and Kafirs. ‘vaal yenthu’ (wield the sword) was written on one of the scribbled notes.
Jamesha Mubin was radicalised by reading books on Jihad
It may be recalled that earlier reports had revealed that Mubin was motivated by the Islamic State and was engaged in preparing for jihad and constructing explosives.
Among the handwritten entries in Tamil that Tamil Nadu police found at Jamesha Mubin’s home in the Kottaimedu neighbourhood of Ukkadam were references to Muslims as “second-class citizens,” the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, the hijab dispute in Karnataka, and a flow diagram with the names of Gods from various religions.
The diaries were supposedly among the literature, including books and reading materials, confiscated from Mubin’s residence, according to a source cited by The Indian Express who is aware of the evidence found during the inquiry.
Germany: AfD politician attacked for third time in 13 months
An Alternative for Germany (AfD) politician serving in a regional state parliament has faced a series of attacks, including a physical assault, over the last year, but up until now, he has refused to resign.
The latest attack on Michael Meister, who is running for mayor in the coastal city of Rostock, involved unknown individuals who slashed his car ties. It marked the third attack against him in 13 months.
The election on Nov. 13 is only nine days away. The candidate believes that the perpetrators were left-wing radicals and is criticizing the lack of condemnation from the rest of Germany’s political class, saying “that the representatives of the other parties are surprisingly quiet as soon as the violence hits someone from the AfD.”
However, Meister has also been the victim of a physical attack in the past. On Dec. 12, 2021, two suspected left-wing extremists assaulted the Mecklenburg-Western Pomeranian state parliamentarian in front of his house. After jumping on his back, they shouted: “You AfD Nazi pig.”
The crime remains unsolved.
In another incident on Sept. 26, 2001, his vehicle’s car windows were smashed shortly before state elections. Police have also not made any arrests in that case.
In response to the attacks, the politician said that “violence must be condemned across parties.”
The regional party branch wrote a message on Twitter stating: “Hate and violence must have no place in political discourse!”
The AfD has suffered more attacks than any other party in Germany, according to statistics from the federal government. Numerous politicians in the party have suffered physical assault, and a number of prominent leaders have been subject to arson attacks on their property and vehicles.
https://rmx.news/article/germany-afd-politician-attacked-for-third-time-in-13-months/
New Hungarian nationalist party challenges Fidesz
When Hungary went to the ballot box in the spring, the world’s focus was on whether Hungary’s conservative ruling party Fidesz could be defeated or not. To the great disappointment of the West, the opposition’s attempt ended in a flop, even though several opposition parties had been gathered in a joint list.
Viktor Orbán’s coalition, which consists of Fidesz and the Christian Democrats, managed to achieve its own majority again. However, what many have overlooked is that the government is now also being challenged from the right. The new party Mi Hazánk – Our Motherland – took a seat in parliament as the third largest party. They regard Fidesz as a party in power that cannot be trusted, and see it as their task to push for an even stronger nationalist policy in the country.
Swedish weekly Nya Tider interviewed Andreas Feymark (AfS), who recently visited the party in Hungary.
Andreas Feymark is one of the party leaders in Alternativ för Sverige (AfS). He says that Mi Hazánk contacted the party earlier in the summer. As a party without parliamentary representation nationally or in the EU, it is unusual for the AfS to be approached and invited by other parties. It is often Alternative for Sweden that reaches out to other European nationalist parties, who, however, often choose to decline cooperation in anticipation of a national breakthrough for the AfS. Mi Hazánk was different, he says. They want to connect with like-minded European parties based on their values, not based only on parliamentary success.
“Alternative for Sweden was therefore the natural choice for Mi Hazánk,” Andreas Feymark told Nya Tider.
At the end of July he visited Hungary for a busy schedule with Mi Hazánk. The newly started party had then just entered the Hungarian parliament. In the election on April 3, it had received 5,9 percent of the vote and became the third largest after the government coalition and the opposition list.
“Party leader László Toroczkai met me at the parliament in Budapest together with Gunnar Lindemann, politician from Alternative für Deutschland.” Toroczkai is widely considered a very strong card for the party and has a style that resonates with many Hungarian voters. Before he was elected to parliament, he was the mayor of his home town of Ásotthalom.
Despite the differences between Sweden and Hungary, Feymark believes that an exchange between nationalist parties is important and can strengthen both parties.
Jobbik in free fall
Mi Hazánk was formed in the summer of 2018. “They were formed as a breakaway party from nationalist Jobbik. Their view is that Jobbik liberalized and abandoned its old values. The new breakaway group remained in the values that Jobbik had before,” said Feymark. Jobbik lost a third of its voters in the 2022 elections.
Andreas Feymark explained that Hungarian politics today consists of three main options.
“They have a system where they have three party groups. One group includes Fidesz and a Christian Democratic party. Then they have the largest opposition group where there are socialists, liberals and all kinds of mixed things, and Jobbik joined that group. Then there is the third alternative and that is Mi Hazánk. It is the only alternative that consists of its own list, and thus is not a coalition.”
Thus, being an independent opposition party against Fidesz, has been the success factor for Mi Hazánk. Erik Almqvist, a Swede who had lived in Hungary for 10 years, explained why voters trusted the new nationalist party: “They are independent and that is why they are growing: They have taken Jobbik’s voters. Most Jobbik voters don’t think it’s great fun to vote for a split list of socialists and liberals.”
Andreas Feymark shared Almqvist’s view. “It is very interesting. The threshold for taking a seat in parliament is five percent. Mi Hazánk managed to get almost six percent in his first election. They may not have direct parliamentary influence as Fidesz has its own majority. On the other hand, they push forward on conservative issues and on the immigration issue. Among other things, they want to send the military to the border.”
Not only voters from the crisis-ridden Jobbik, but also Fidesz voters, are now interested in the party, which for the first time recorded a double digit in opinion polls – and almost double its tally in the April election.
Challenging Fidesz
The relationship between Mi Hazánk and Fidesz is complex. Mi Hazánk believes that one cannot trust Fidesz, which is a distinct party in power, and that therefore a nationalist opposition is needed that pushes for continued nationalist reforms in the country.
Their description of Fidesz is of a party without deeper convictions that is ready to adapt its views to what gives them power. They pointed out that Fidesz was previously a liberal party and only later became more conservative, a journey that Viktor Orbán also undertook.
“He [Orbán] came from a liberal background initially and has since moved more to the conservative side. They don’t fully trust him. They see themselves as an alternative to Fidesz and of course would like to replace him, but since that is not realistic given Fidesz’s dominance, the method is instead to influence Fidesz by being a nationalist and conservative watchdog themselves.”
Feymark described László Toroczkai as a strong and charismatic politician. “He is not afraid to debate, he likes to stand for his opinions, he does not back down.”
The party governs a town in southern Hungary
In 2013, Toroczkai was elected mayor of Ásotthalom, which is located right on Hungary’s southern border with Serbia. Twice since then he has been re-elected. His conservative local politics are popular. The small town with about 4 000 inhabitants is one of the most vulnerable in Hungary to the illegal immigration that takes place across the Serbian border. In 2015, the city was hit hard when tens of thousands of migrants poured in to make their way to Germany and Sweden.
Even if they do not seek asylum in Hungary (the country is at the bottom of the list of the number of asylum seekers in the EU), the country is heavily affected by the migrants’ destruction, littering and widespread crime such as burglary as they make their way through to greener social grant pastures.
Toroczkai has since banned Muslim dress, Muslim prayers and other expressions of Islamization in the city. He has called on all Christians to stop Islam and multiculturalism, and has also been noted for talking to vulnerable white farmers in South Africa about settling in Ásotthalom. Public LGBTQ propaganda has also been banned. A female representative even called a press conference to run LGBTQ propaganda in the paper shredder in front of journalists.
Mi Hazánk’s big issue is immigration, but they have also positioned themselves as opponents of NATO and EU sanctions against Russia.
“There is a closeness to Russia in Hungary, but it is a complex issue. They are not Putin supporters. The general attitude is that the US has more or less provoked a pointless war in Ukraine, that NATO has gotten involved in things they shouldn’t,” said Feymark.
Another issue that has been important to them is the opposition to Orbán’s handling of Covid-19, both the restrictions and the mass vaccination. “They have been very critical of Hungary’s vaccine policy, the country had, for example, compulsory vaccination for primary school staff and school staff. Mi Hazánk’s international secretary said that his wife was fired from her job as a primary school teacher because she did not want to be vaccinated.”
At a festival in the town, Mi Hazánk’s own tents were here and there, next to other tents where food was served or crafts were sold. Hungarian bands performed on stage, mainly in the genre of folk rock, which mixes Hungarian folk music and rock. The music functions as part of a larger national revival.
Feymark then participated in a panel discussion with other invited European guests: Forum voor Democratie from the Netherlands, Alternative für Deutschland, and the Bulgarian party Vazrazhdane (Revival).
“László told us that he has many contacts with European parties, but most do not want any official cooperation. They talk, and are very good friends, but the other parties prefer to cooperate with Fidesz because it is the governing party. This is despite the fact that Mi Hazánk has a policy that they like better.
Mi Hazánk now speaks with pride about how they developed a collaboration with like-minded people in Sweden and other Western European countries.
“As president of Mi Hazánk’s international unit, it is extremely important for me to have as many friends and allies as possible in Europe. In addition to our former allies from Estonia, Bulgaria and Poland, our relations with Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands are becoming increasingly important,” wrote the party’s international secretary János Árgyelán on social media after the meeting.
Visit to the border fence
After the panel discussion, perhaps the most interesting episode of the visit was the trip to the Hungarian-Serbian border, where Hungary has now built a border fence.
“First we went out to the fence itself. It’s not really just a fence, but double barbed wire fences with a road in between. Watchtowers are where armed police keep a lookout.” The fence construction began in 2015, during the ongoing migrant invasion, and according to Mi Hazánk, it was their initiative.
“László is from there, he has a farm right on the border. Now he sees the fence from his window. He said that he had had some journalists there who asked if it didn’t feel tragic to see a fence from the window. ‘No, it’s the most beautiful thing you can see, it’s something that defends our country,’ he had replied then.”
Toroczkai himself told Andreas Feymark that Fidesz would like to take credit for building the fence, but that in fact he was behind it.
“The story began in 2015. As mayor, he demanded that the government build a fence. There were migrants everywhere in the village, breaking and entering. He pushed that issue against the government. At first they answered more or less that it would never work, but then suddenly changed their minds. Without László, there would probably never have been a fence, at least not so quickly.”
A forest full of Arab men
The border fence is still under construction. Staffing is insufficient. Without the help of the local community, it remains a struggle.
“It is basically private individuals who go around and help the police. The whole system is based on volunteers encouraging and supporting the police. In addition, Amnesty is on them all the time and constantly reports them for trivial things. Of course, they want to stop the fence so that immigration can continue.
“The police are understaffed and that has been criticized. The night we were there, there were only two policemen on the entire long stretch – two miles – and that’s not enough. Therefore, Mi Hazánk proposes to bring in the military to secure the border.”
The assault on the border has not subsided. “Quantities [of migrants are still crossing]. In the invitation, we were told that we were likely to see illegal immigrants on site. And so it was. […] We drove into the forest somewhere, near the border. Then the cars stopped. Suddenly we saw about thirty heads sticking up inside the forest, probably Arabs. They started running and we heard shots being fired. László and another ran straight into the forest, completely fearless, to the place where the migrants were seen. László said that gangs are starting to form there, rival migrant gangs that are armed and shoot each other.”
In the place that the migrants had just left, there was rubbish everywhere, said Feymark. Moreover, there were only men, not a single woman or child was among the migrants.
“A migrant who had not been able to run away remained and the police were called to the scene to take care of him.”
Mi Hazánk believes an invasion of all of Europe is being organised by globalist forces. “The party is doing its utmost to stop the migrants. They are working at all levels for it: in the parliament in Budapest, and with the help of the local community in Ásotthalom. They do it not only for their own sake and that of the Hungarians, but for the whole of Europe.”
https://freewestmedia.com/2022/11/05/new-hungarian-nationalist-party-challenges-fidesz/
Palestinian Mayor Offers $5 to Anyone Who Kills a Dog
Islamic culture is traditionally very hostile to man’s best friend. Dogophobia is a real problem.
In the Islamic Republic of Iran, the dog is still a particular object of Muslim hatred. In Tehran an Islamic judge sentenced a 70 year old man to four months in jail and thirty lashes for walking his dog. And the parliament is once again tackling a law to outlaw dogs for posing a “cultural problem”.
This particular “cultural problem” has been exported with Islamic immigration as cabbies deny rides to the blind because their seeing eye dogs will keep angels out of their cabs. Blind passengers have been thrown off public buses by Muslim bus drivers and disabled people in all walks of life have faced harassment due to Islamic ‘Dogophobia’ which translates easily into bigotry against disabled people.
The “cultural problem” doesn’t begin or end with dogs. One Hadith states; “When one of you prays without a sutrah, a dog, an ass, a pig, a Jew, a Magian, and a woman cut off his prayer.”
Now, an ugly strain of Dogophobia is rearing its ugly head in the Islamic-occupied parts of Israel.
20 shekels is about $5.
The video of the announcement can be seen on the Quds News Network, apparently associated with Hamas.
We don’t know how many dogs may have already been killed as a result of this decree, but it’s widely known that animal cruelty is a widespread problem among the Arab Muslim settlers occupying parts of Israel. And there’s nothing unusual about a call to kill dogs.
Stray dogs and cats subject to this treatment die in agony — those poisoned convulse in seizures, while those shot are often wounded and left to die slowly from their injuries. These tactics are so normalized that Palestinian municipalities post notices warning citizens not to be alarmed by impending gunfire, and post pictures of bloodied dogs on their Facebook pages, claiming to have made streets safer for people.
Then there’s the poisoned meat.
Palestinian and international activists along with concerned citizens have accused municipalities in Area A of the West Bank of using poisoned meat to kill hundreds of stray and feral dogs, causing them immense suffering in the process.
Occasionally municipal workers shoot the dogs instead to reduce their suffering, she explained. “Still, the poisoning method is painful and the dogs suffer for hours before they die. While some dogs are dangerous, most are not.”
The problem stems from how the community treats the dogs in general, according to Babish. “A lot of times I see teenagers torturing puppies and their mothers for no reason. And when people bully animals, they naturally become violent.
Our tax dollars don’t only subsidize the killing of Jews, but also the torturing and killing of dogs.
https://www.frontpagemag.com/palestinian-mayor-offers-5-to-anyone-who-kills-a-dog/
‘There is no racism against whites’ – Black artist collective occupies theater in Switzerland, demands non-White theater
A group of Black artists and actors in Switzerland had partially occupied parts of the Gessnerallee theater in Zurich for weeks, with the participants accusing the theater of racism despite it being run by a Black woman and providing the group with a free space for rehearsals for nearly a year.
The group is now making racist claims against White people all while collecting hundreds of thousands of Swiss francs to fund their theater project.
The squatters placed banners on the north wing of the theater, with the artists calling for a non-White theater house that will serve as a “safe space” for only Black, indigenous people and other people of color (BIPOC). It is unclear what the group means by “indigenous,” as the indigenous people of Switzerland are ethnic White Europeans.
The action has been launched by Experi Theater collective, which describes itself as a “non-white performance group.” The group has featured a number of non-White artists and performers over the years.
Critics of the group claim a theater space that excludes White people is racist, according to news outlet Neue Züricher Zeitung. However, the group has responded that such criticisms are actually racist.
“There is no racism against whites,” the group argues. They claim that racism is a White construct that oppresses people who are non-White. “That’s why it’s so important to unlearn White practices and structures in anti-racist work,” they write.
The group has also been active on social media, writing on Instagram, “We no longer tolerate the brutality of established White institutions such as the Theater Gessnerallee.”
The Experi Theater group is making these claims despite the director of the Gessnerallee theater, Michelle Akanji, being Black herself. Akanji has been praised by progressives for adding more non-Whites to the theater’s staff.
The group, which has received 237,000 Swiss francs from the city government over the last two years, claims that the theater is destroying their space, their artistic works, “their voice,” and their very existence.
There has been an ongoing conflict between the collective and the Gessnerallee theater management. In the summer of 2021, the group had occupied the attic of the theater and created a “workshop.” The theater responded by offering a compromise to the collective that allowed them to use the room as a rehearsal room until the building was renovated in February 2022.
However, once the renovation was completed, the Gessnerallee management told the collective they could no longer use the space, not only because it was needed for storage but also because, due to building codes, it could only be used as a storage space and was not suitable for rehearsals. Converting it to an actual rehearsal space was also not possible, as the costs for the theater would be too high and it would take years to complete such a renovation.
The group rejected the theater’s argument, claiming the management’s actions confirmed “deep-seated fears of power-sharing” inherent in White institutions. As a result, the collective occupied the north wing of the theater in mid-September.
The city, along with Nora Refaeil, vice-president of the Federal Commission against Racism, initiated a mediation with the collective, and they appear to have reached an agreement, which led the group to withdraw from the wing occupied.
However, mediation is still ongoing, and although the theater group has ended its occupation, it remains unclear if the group was given access to other rooms or received other concessions, including in the form of more taxpayer money. The group and the theater board have agreed not to discuss details until the mediation is complete. It is also unclear whether the theater or government will entertain the groups’ request for a non-White theater.
FDP local councilor Yasmine Bourgeois has condemned the group, saying. “All in all, I’m quite displeased with the implicitness with which the affected collective claims state benefits for themselves or extorts them at the expense of the general public.” She says if the collective has such concerns about White racism, it can start its own theater at its own expense instead of using up taxpayers’ money.
She said that a”non-White theater” probably only means non-White viewers are allowed to attend.
“The refusal of a service intended for the general public because of a person’s race, ethnicity, or religion is criminally prohibited,” she warned. In addition, such an institution promotes neither inclusion nor integration, but a form of separation that is reminiscent of the times of racial segregation.
India: 16-year-old girl beheaded by Muslim brother for having an affair with a Hindu boy
Image: UP Police
In Gonda, Uttar Pradesh, a person named Mohammad Kaleem slit the throat of his 16-year-old sister, for having an affair with a Hindu boy named Arun. The accused was apprehended, and the sharp weapon used in the brutal murder was recovered from his possession.
The incident took place in Damodarpura village of Katra Bazaar police region. According to reports, mother Taslima lived in the house with her 16-year-old daughter Sajrulnisha and 22-year-old eldest son Kaleem. When Taslima returned home on the evening of 2 October 2022, she found the door locked.
She began questioning the girl after knocking on the door for a long time and when the girl opened the door eventually. At the same time, Taslima noticed Arun, the village boy, hiding behind the cupboard. He fled when he saw Taslima. Taslima then called Kaleem and told him about the incident.
Kalim eventually returned home and began arguing with his sister. In response, his sister also argued. Subsequently, he became enraged, and Kalim struck her on the neck with a sharp object kept nearby, causing the sister’s neck to be severed from the body.
Taslima reported that there was blood all over the house. Following the incident, Kaleem rode his motorcycle to the police station while carrying his sister’s neck in a bag and explaining to the officers, “My sister was in love with a boy of another religion.” That is why I beheaded her. This is her head. “Arrest me.”
The officers were taken aback when they saw the sister’s head in the bag. He was then apprehended. However, the police claim that the girl’s head was found on the spot and that Kaleem was apprehended 6 hours after the crime on the basis of the informer’s input.
An FIR has been registered against the accused on the complaint of his mother Taslima. The body of the victim has been sent for postmortem and the accused has been arrested, CO Munna Upadhyay informed.
Taslima, the girl’s mother, stated that she has two sons and two daughters. Her eldest child is married. Kaleem, the eldest son, had also recently married. The younger son works in another town. Her husband, Mohammad Salim alias Babu, had committed suicide by hanging a few years ago.
France: Man who converted to Islam stabs his mother because she did not want to convert to Islam
On the night of October 26-27, a 66-year-old woman in Wattrelos had been stabbed in the neck with a knife by her son. The man has now been charged with attempted murder after admitting to the crime. The recently radicalised man is said to have committed his crime for personal and religious reasons (…).
The Lille prosecutor’s office states that “the person concerned admitted to the act, which is said to be motivated by personal and religious reasons”. According to our information, the man is said to have attacked his mother in particular because she did not want to convert to Islam. The accused, who had himself converted several years earlier, is said to have radicalised himself two years ago and has since practised a “rigorous Islam”, according to the Lille prosecutor, Carole Étienne. He was unknown to the police and judicial authorities.La Voix du Nord
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‘Italy is a fully sovereign country’ – Germany demands Italy’s conservative government allows 1,000 migrants on NGO ships to dock in Italy
Three NGO ships with more than 1,000 people on board are waiting to dock off the Italian coast, but Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi are firmly refusing German demands that the ships dock in Italian ports.
Rome’s foreign ministry confirmed on Thursday that it had previously sent a verbal note to Berlin asking it to accept the migrants on board the German-registered Humanity 1. The Italian ministry added that the German side had been asked for information on the people on board.
The diplomatic document, dated Oct. 23, was published on Wednesday by public television channel RAI3. In its response, the Berlin foreign ministry urged Rome to provide assistance as soon as possible to the people on board the NGO boat, including more than 100 minors.
“Rescuing people in mortal danger is the most important thing,” read a statement from German embassy urging Italy allow the boats to dock.
“If Germany believes that there is a humanitarian problem, it should take care of it, Italy cannot become the refuge of all immigrants,” said the Minister for Relations with Parliament Luca Ciriani while speaking on the “Agorà” show on the Rai3 television channel.
According to Piantedosi, European countries that flag their vessels should welcome those arriving via the NGOs that use those boats. However, he said the only way to solve the migration flow was to stop departures altogether.
Ciriani backed Piantedosi’s hard line on migration, saying, “We cannot simply be the terminal of choices that take place elsewhere. We are a serious country, Italy is a fully sovereign country.”
Ciriani also repeated Piantedosi’s position, saying flying German flags should indicate Germany’s responsibility for migrants on those ships.
“If it intends to act in international waters, then it must also take responsibility for the choices made by the ships flying its flag,” said Ciriani who added, “We cannot accept that Germany decides for us.”
As Remix News previously reported, there are numerous German NGO ships operating in the Mediterranean that rescue migrants but also serve as a draw for many migrants who believe they will be rescued if something goes wrong. The groups have also been accused of cooperating with migrant smugglers and arranging to meet up with smugglers on the open sea to transfer migrants. Many of these ships are supported with funds from German Protestant churches. However, as the German press has reported in the past, the vast majority of these migrants are not refugees, but instead economic migrants.
Italy’s stance may cause another rift within the EU. When Matteo Salvini refused to dock migrants while previously serving as interior minister, migrant numbers dramatically dropped in Italy. However, once he lost power, he was targeted by prosecutors with “kidnapping” charges for defending Italy’s borders and faced harsh prison sentences for his actions.
Italy’s government says it won’t back down
With 179 people on board, Humanity 1 is waiting some 18 kilometers outside Italian territorial waters. Also waiting to dock with 572 people on board is the Geo Barents, a vessel operated by Doctors Without Borders, and the Ocean Viking, a French vessel of the SOS Mediterranée organization, registered in Norway, is carrying more than 200 people. The vessels took on board the people in international waters between Oct. 22 and Oct. 29.
Italy continues to refuse to allow the ships to dock. Ocean Viking had already asked Spain, France, and Greece to do the same on Thursday, according to Hungarian news outlet Magyar Nemzet.
In an interview with the Corriere della Sera, Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said that with the new right-wing government, Italy would no longer accept people taken on board foreign ships at sea. He stressed that NGO boats regularly carry out their activities with minimal involvement of the authorities. He noted that 16 percent of people arriving on Italian shores are transported via NGO boats, while local authorities are required to assist the remaining 84 percent.
The interior minister had previously declared the docking of the Humanity 1 and the Ocean Viking unsafe by decree, citing national security reasons.