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A failed asylum seeker and former member of the Islamic State (ISIS) terror organisation should have been deported back to his homeland Tajikistan—but a court in the western German city of Münster ordered the deportation to be halted after the man threatened to injure himself.
The case highlights how liberal courts in Europe are prioritising the so-called human rights of dangerous criminals over the well-being of their own citizens, thereby opposing the legitimate anti-immigration steps of governments.
The 39-year-old man, identified as Mukhammadsaid S., had been sentenced to five years in prison in 2017 for being a member of ISIS. He had admitted to taking the oath of allegiance to ISIS in Syria and had completed combat training. He had learned how to use an AK-47 rifle, hand grenades, and rocket-propelled grenades.
After serving his sentence, he was supposed to have been taken into custody on Monday, February 24th, to be deported, but the man tried to prevent this by cutting himself with a knife in the stomach and then holding the knife to his neck. After about three hours, the police finally persuaded him to surrender.
The following day, the migrant filed an urgent application to the court in Münster to suspend his deportation, and the court willingly obliged. It ruled that no one, not even criminals, may be deported to a country where their life could be in danger.
Centre-right CDU politician Olaf Gericke said the case highlights “how difficult the legal situation makes it to deport criminals or convicted terrorists from Germany.”
German daily Bildquestioned whether “the security of a convicted ISIS terrorist” was indeed “more important than that of the population?”
The failure to deport the criminal comes on the heels of a similar case: a Syrian man, who came to Germany ten years ago and was granted protection status, has been allowed to stay despite committing a myriad of crimes.
The repeat offender smashed the windows of 245 cars, attacked and injured an 84-year-old woman, possessed illegal weapons, and drove several times without a driver’s license. He has already been convicted eight times.
The leftist state government in Hamburg said that anyone holding subsidiary protection status may only be expelled if there are “compelling reasons” that they threaten national security or public order—which, in their minds, multiple convictions apparently do not constitute.
A dissenting voice of common sense came from Dirk Nockemann of the right-wing AfD party, who said, “multiple offenders must have their protection status revoked. Anyone who abuses our hospitality in such a way must be deported.”
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A 52-year-old Moroccan national has been arrested in France on suspicion of raping a 4-year-old girl in a hotel room while the victim’s father drank downstairs in the hotel bar.
As reported by France Bleu, the incident allegedly took place on Feb. 15 at a hotel in the Font-Romeu ski resort in Pyrénées-Orientales.
According to initial findings, the young girl was on vacation with her father and was sleeping alone in a room on the third floor of the hotel while he spent time at the hotel bar. After the establishment closed, the father continued his night at another venue. Upon returning to the hotel at around 3 a.m., he found his daughter in shock.
He claimed to have made periodic checks on his child throughout the evening to ensure she was safe.
DNA analysis is understood to have been undertaken but the results of this have not been published.
The investigation led the French police and the Perpignan prosecutor’s office to the Moroccan national, a bartender working at the hotel, two days after the incident.
He was placed in police custody and indicted, and remains in pre-trial detention following an initial court hearing.
The suspect vehemently denies the allegations and his defense attorney has appealed his pre-trial detention, insisting her client has done nothing wrong.
“My client claims his innocence. He is struggling to comprehend what is happening to him. He describes the situation as a nightmare,” said lawyer Roxane Césari.
The appeal against detention was heard by a court in Montpellier on Feb. 25 with a decision expected on March 4.
According to Césari, her client is homosexual and has “no attraction to women, let alone children.”
The suspect has been working legally in France for around 35 years. It is unknown if he has any prior convictions.
Paris, once a beacon of culture and European sophistication, has become an epitome of France’s failed migration policy. The case of the Gaîté Lyrique Theater, occupied for nearly three months by hundreds of immigrants, is one of the most salient examples of this situation, now almost at a point of no return. What began as an act of solidarity has turned into a dead-end scenario where violence, disorder, and economic ruin define the fate of this historic establishment.
On December 10 last year, around 250 immigrants, supported by pro-immigration organizations, forcefully took over the Gaîté Lyrique Theater. What was initially presented as the voluntary providing of humanitarian refuge quickly turned into an illegal occupation that completely paralyzed the venue’s operations. Loyal to a progressive ideological line, the theater’s management decided not to evict the occupants. However, the situation soon became unsustainable: scheduled events were canceled, economic losses reached hundreds of thousands of euros, and the venue’s security was severely compromised.
Over the months, the number of occupants has grown to 446, many of whom have been identified as adults despite claiming to be ”unaccompanied minors.”
The situation poses a serious and imminent danger to employees,” the theater’s administration declared in an official statement. A theater worker, who preferred to remain anonymous, said: “We cannot continue under these conditions. It’s not just about the theater; it’s about the safety of all of us who work here.”
On February 26th, the theater’s administration announced that it could no longer guarantee the building’s management, maintenance, or operation. In a desperate plea for help, management reported worsening violence inside the theater and declared that the establishment is in serious and imminent danger.” As a result, employees invoked their right to withdraw, leaving the venue without any operational management.
The economic impact is also devastating. According to management estimates, accumulated losses exceed 700,000 euros. “Not only have we lost revenue, but the theater’s reputation is at stake,” a representative stated. This crisis has also affected nearby businesses, whose owners have complained about rising insecurity and decreasing customer flow.
A symptom of a greater problem
The case of Gaîté Lyrique Theater is not unique. Similar incidents are happening in many other European cities, including in Barcelona and Berlin, where cultural venues have been occupied by migrants.
“The government has abandoned cities in handling this crisis,” Léa Filoche, deputy to Socialist Anne Hidalgo in the Paris mayor’s office complained. But accusing the government of inaction is hypocritical. Anne Hidalgo’s Socialist administration of Paris has demonstrated complete ineffectiveness in managing this crisis. Instead of seeking realistic solutions, they have chosen to evade responsibility and blame the state for its “lack of interest” in the immigrants’ situation.
What the leadership of Paris, and those of many other Western European cities, are unwilling to confront is the root cause of the problem: a failed immigration policy driven by an idealistic approach to mass migration that ignores its real consequences on large European cities.
It remains uncertain whether the police will intervene to evict the illegal occupants or if the venue will simply be abandoned to its fate. What is clear is that this situation is unsustainable and represents a turning point for both Paris and France. “If we allow this to continue, we are sending the message that anyone can occupy a space without consequences,” a security official warned.
If you ever needed proof that democracy in the European Union is now little more than a stage play, Romania has just provided it. The protagonist? Călin Georgescu (Photo). His crime? Winning an election. His punishment? Prosecution.
In a country where “justice” is decided by the elite, Georgescu’s fate was sealed the moment he dared to challenge the Brussels-approved status quo. This was no ordinary campaign — it was a rebellion against the system, a system that had long since abandoned the will of the people in favour of technocratic rule. And for that, he had to be stopped.
For years, Călin Georgescu was an establishment figure — a respected environmental expert, an adviser to the United Nations and a specialist in sustainable development. He was not a firebrand populist or a street revolutionary. He spent decades working within international institutions, crafting policies on food security, resource management, and economic sustainability.
But at some point, he did the one thing the global elite never forgives: he started thinking for himself. He spoke out against Romania’s political subservience to Brussels, criticised the country’s deep state networks, and advocated for national sovereignty. Worse, he resonated with ordinary Romanians who had long felt abandoned by their own leaders. And when he ran for office, he proved that the people were ready for something different.
Let’s rewind to last November. Against all odds, Georgescu dominated the first round of Romania’s presidential elections. It was an outcome that sent shockwaves through Bucharest and Brussels alike. The Romanian people had spoken. But, unfortunately for them, they had said the wrong thing.
Enter the Constitutional Court. In a move that would make any self-respecting autocrat blush, the court annulled the results. The official reasoning? Accusations of Russian interference, campaign finance violations, and “irregularities”. The real reason? He was simply unacceptable to the ruling class.
The fact that accusations against Georgescu turned out to be a false-flag operation orchestrated by the Romanian political establishment did not change anything. The cancellation of the election was a masterstroke of modern European democracy. When the people vote the way the elites want, it is a triumph of free expression. When they do not, the results must be nullified for their own good.
And if cancelling an election was not enough, Romanian authorities decided to go a step further. On Wednesday, prosecutors launched a full-scale offensive against Georgescu and his allies, dragging him into custody. The charges? Promoting fascist ideologies, spreading false information, and violating campaign finance laws.
The message was clear: political opposition in Romania is not just discouraged. It is criminalised.
The police raids resembled an anti-terror operation. His close associates were targeted. His political movement was dismantled before it could even take root. The media, ever loyal to the establishment, dutifully smeared him as a dangerous extremist. And all of this in a country that lectures others about democracy and the rule of law.
What does the European Union have to say about all this? Nothing. Not a word from the same Brussels elites who never miss an opportunity to scold Hungary or Poland for their supposed democratic deficiencies.
Why? Because Georgescu was never one of their own. He wasn’t meant to win. His platform was not aligned with the grand European vision of managed democracy and bureaucratic rule. So, when Romania decided to erase him from the political map, the EU looked the other way.
Meanwhile, outside Romania, the case is gaining attention. Figures like Elon Musk and US Vice President JD Vance have questioned the arrest, hinting at something that most people in Brussels would rather ignore: the EU’s democracy is rotting from within.
All this should be a warning for Europe as a whole. What happened to Georgescu is not an isolated event. It is part of a broader trend sweeping through the EU. Dissent is no longer tolerated. Alternative voices are systematically silenced. If elections do not deliver the right results, there are ways to overturn them.
What happens next is therefore of critical importance. If the people of Romania and Europe allow this to stand, then we should drop the pretence altogether. The EU will have proven itself not as a union of free nations, but as a system where only one ideology is allowed to rule: that of the establishment.
Georgescu’s case is an alarm. The question is, will anyone listen?
The independent district administrator (formerly SPD) of Western Pomerania-Rügen, Stefan Kerth (photo), recently spoke to Nius about the topics of asylum, migration and integration and recounted a harrowing experience. He described how events surrounding the Hamas attack on Israel on the 7th of October 2023 fundamentally changed his view of integration work in his region. Kerth explained that October 7 was a turning point for him, when he realised that the situation in his region, which he had once considered ideal for supporting integration was much more difficult than he had thought. In a region where the conditions for integration were ideal, an incident had occurred that caused considerable distress to the local social workers with their strong Christian ethos. They had worked for years to integrate migrants and considered their efforts to be successful – until the day they hoisted the Israeli flag.
According to Kerth, the social workers were subjected to massive threats after the flag was hoisted. ‘Deadlines were set: ‘If the flag isn’t down by then, we’ll take it down’,’ reports the district administrator. The threats had come from young people, but they had been supported by their parents. The situation had taken a dramatic turn for those involved and had unsettled their beliefs in the positive development of integration.
This experience was particularly painful for the social workers, whom Kerth described as ‘do-gooders’ in the best sense of the word. For them, a ‘complete world’ collapsed when they were confronted with the open rejection and threats. The incident made it clear that such conflicts now also exist in rural regions that were considered unproblematic. In this context, Kerth asked whether too little was being done. He emphasised that integration is not just a social responsibility, but ‘possibly also a debt to be discharged’. In any case, he would want to implement this socially and politically, he explained.
A Canadian mother has come forward to reveal that she was chastised by staff at her local recreation center after reporting that a balding man wearing “fetish gear” was in the women’s changing room. Despite feeling so frightened that she called the police, the mother was told that the man had a right to self-identify into whatever changing room he felt like.
The incident occurred on February 18, when Keri* and her 14-year-old daughter visited the Bonnie Doon Leisure Centre in Edmonton, Alberta. Their plans to have a fun-filled afternoon at the local pool quickly took a turn for the worse after the two entered the changing area to see an adult man “naked except for fetish gear” standing in the center of the room.
Keri tells Reduxx that the man, who appeared to be in his mid-forties, was wearing a “black penis sling” and an exposed rubber breast form. So shocked by the sight, Keri immediately began to usher her daughter out of the changing area.
“My daughter was behind me… I backed up quickly so she would not keep walking forward and yelled ‘help, there is a man in the change room.’” Keri says she went back to the front desk, where she had just paid for the admission to the pool. After explaining what she had seen in the women’s changing area, a male staff member dismissed her concerns.
“He said something like: ‘yes, this is an inclusive facility, what are you afraid will happen?’ and so I told him I was calling the police. He asked me why I felt the need to call the police, but did not try to stop me.”
The man using the women’s bathing area, provided by a source who visited the facility.
While waiting for an officer from Edmonton Police Service to arrive, a female staff member approached Keri to ask her about the situation. Keri recorded the conversation with the staff member, and provided the audio to Reduxx for review.
In the recording, Keri is heard giving a statement to the staff member and explaining precisely what she had experienced.
“I am telling you right now – he is a balding man, in his forties, wearing a penis sling and rubber breasts around his neck… fetish rubber breasts slung around his neck,” Keri is heard telling the staff member. “He is in the women’s washroom. I walked in with my 14-year-old daughter… I am 54, I should not have to put up with it. But she should definitely not be exposed to a man enjoying his fetish in the women’s washroom.”
In response, the staff member explains that “it is the city of Edmonton’s policy that you can use whatever changing room you are most comfortable using.” She goes on to defend the man’s attire, saying “they can wear whatever they are comfortable wearing.”
The man left the recreation center after giving a statement to the female staff member, and Keri and her daughter used the facilities while waiting for the Edmonton Police Service to arrive. Constable Matthew Hawley responded to the scene, and took Keri’s report.
“He said that no law had been broken, and that this was city policy. He told me Edmonton Police Service is neither for nor against it, and if I didn’t like it I could stop using the pool,” Keri says, distraught by the response she received. “I tried to press him about whether he thought 14-year-old girls should have to get undressed in front of middle-aged men in fetish gear and he said the [Edmonton Police Service] has no position on it.”
Keri provided Reduxx with a copy of the police report, which refers to the man by gender neutral pronouns, and states: “The person’s penis was covered by the penis sling however the fake breasts were bare.”
Reduxx has since learned that the man is a regular at the pool, and is almost always seen wearing a rubber breast form beneath a black bikini. We have obtained a series of photos of the man, taken from inside the women’s bathing area, which confirm his appearance.
In the photos, provided by a source in Edmonton, the man is clearly seen wearing a false breast form – an accessory often donned by transvestites and drag queens. The wearable item slips on over the head like a vest and hangs from the chest to give the illusion that the man has breasts.
The source who provided us the photos says that she had visited the pool just days after Keri reports having her February 18 encounter, and saw the man using the women-only sauna.
While snapping the photos, the source explains that the man quickly covered his head with a black towel and began yelling “I have a right to be here” repeatedly.
Reflecting on her experience last week, Keri explains that she felt disappointed by the reaction of police and pool staff. She also notes that the Bonnie Doon Leisure Centre is right next to a grade 7-12 school and is frequented by young students for swims.
“Girls the age of my daughter are in that changing room all the time,” Keri says, calling it “abusive” that the city has policies which protects men’s access to female intimate spaces.
“I felt it was completely crazy that an obvious man in fetish wear was allowed in a space where women and girls undress. It also seemed insane when officer came and said the Edmonton Police Service has no position on a bald guy in fetish boobies and a black form-fitting penis sling being right in front of a 14-year-old girl.”
Keri says she is disappointed with the city of Edmonton for maintaining the gender self-identification policy, but spoke with her daughter about what happened at the pool in an effort to use it as a teaching moment about enforcing boundaries.
“I said I was sorry she had to see that, and that any time a man behaves sexually and inappropriately around her if she is in a public place she should make a LOUD fuss about it. The safest thing is to bring attention and get others to help,” Keri says she told her daughter. “Very upsetting that this basic safeguard does not work at city facilities. That she is expected by the city to accept sexual abuse. A man in that getup in a female space is an abuser. It is not complicated.”
Reduxx reached out to Bonnie Doon Leisure Centre for comment, and may update this article in the event a response is received.
*Keri’s name has been changed to protect the privacy of her family.
Germany’s left-green government has reportedly been using taxpayers’ money to fund the organisations behind a wave of mass protests against the Christian Democratic Union and Alternative for Germany. Photo: GROK
The German Government has set up a new advisory office aimed at supporting those affected by conspiracy narratives, misinformation and disinformation.
Announced in Berlin on February 27, the Advisory Compass Conspiracy Thinking initiative was backed by the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs and the Interior Ministry.
Outgoing interior minister Nancy Faeser of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) warned that conspiracy narratives were “deliberately spread to divide society and erode trust in independent science, free media, and democratic institutions”.
While acknowledging that free debate was essential in a democracy, she argued such narratives “can fuel extremist ideologies and incite criminal or violent acts, with antisemitic conspiracy theories being particularly widespread”.
Faeser noted that family members, friends and colleagues were often the first to notice when someone was influenced by conspiracy thinking.
She claimed: “Open dialogue at eye level often seems impossible because the other person is not open to arguments.”
Faeser described the new advisory office as “an important building block in the broader fight against extremism and disinformation”.
Outgoing family minister Lisa Paus of the Greens echoed those concerns. She said conspiracy narratives were not only harmful to democracy but also placed a significant strain on personal relationships.
“They can lead to radicalisation and violence but also foster anti-democratic attitudes beyond extremist circles,” she warned.
The new office will offer initial guidance and, if necessary, refer individuals to specialised counselling services.
“This way, we provide concrete support to those affected and their loved ones while also strengthening prevention efforts,” Paus said.
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The government has also launched an information website explaining what it described as “conspiracy ideologies”.
According to the site, such thinking was characterised by deep mistrust of institutions and the belief that secret, malevolent forces manipulated world events.
These narratives, it argued, adapted dynamically to real-world events, incorporating new “evidence” to sustain their claims.
Examples cited included 9/11 and Covid conspiracy theories. The website warned that such ideologies could promote populist and extremist ideas, fostering distrust in science, experts and democratic institutions.
It distinguished between what it called healthy scepticism and conspiracy thinking, arguing that the latter did not seek rational debate or evidence-based refutation but instead presented unverifiable and ideologically driven narratives.
The site also claimed that people from all walks of life could be drawn into conspiracy ideologies, particularly in times of personal crisis or alienation.
Signs of concern, it said, included social isolation, obsessive sharing of conspiracy content, rejection of mainstream journalism and belief in hidden elites controlling world affairs.
In more extreme cases, it said, individuals may express hostility or even violent fantasies toward those they perceive as part of the conspiracy.
German non-profit news group Correctiv has apparently backtracked on its report about a “conspiratorial” AfD meeting where several politicians and others allegedly discussed the deportation of two million migrants from Germany. https://t.co/NY6To0rlI1
The government also provided a comprehensive list of counselling centres.
Partners of the project were the Violence Prevention Network, the Amadeu Antonio Foundation and modus|zad – Centre for Applied Deradicalisation Research.
The Amadeu Antonio Foundation is an organisation that, according to its own statement, was dedicated to the fight against right-wing extremism, racism and anti-Semitism.
It was founded in 1998 by Anetta Kahane, a former Ministry for State Security (Stasi) employee, according to news outlet Nius.
In response to the government’s move, the hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party said on X on February 27: “It is inconceivable what this government, which is still in power, is spending citizens’ tax money on [the facility].
“And even more inconceivable that [Christian Democratic Union leader Friedrich] Merz has still not clearly distanced himself from wanting to leave the Ministry of the Interior to Faeser and the SPD.”
The project was part of “Live Democracy!”, a federal funding programme for NGOs and civil society initiatives that claim to promote democracy and protect minorities — while receiving substantial federal subsidies.
Germany’s left-green government has reportedly been using taxpayers’ money to fund the organisations behind a wave of mass protests against the Christian Democratic Union and Alternative for Germany. https://t.co/nRRUDAuo09
The traditional German carnival season commenced on Thursday, February 27th—with potential terrorist attacks looming over the festivities.
Islamists suspected of belonging to the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group have used social media platforms to call for attacks on festivalgoers, including those attending the carnival celebrations in Cologne which usually attract tens of thousands of people.
An ISIS website showed a poster with four targets, two of which are in Cologne, one in Nuremberg, and one in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam.
The Cologne police described the security situation to be “more tense than in previous years,” and announced plans to beef up security with an extra 1,500 officers, reinforced by another 300 extra workers from the public order office and 1,200 private security staff.
The police are also setting up barriers to protect against attacks with cars, and will carry out checks for knives.
The predicted threat level coincides with a time of serious security concerns in Germany: migrants have been carrying out attacks almost on a weekly basis. The latest such incident happened two weeks ago when an Afghan failed asylum seeker rammed his car into a crowd in Munich, killing two people and injuring dozens more.
Authorities have since established that the perpetrator had an Islamist motive for the crime.
The crime spree helped propel the anti-immigration Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party to second place in the recent national elections. The centre-right CDU/CSU alliance, which came first, vowed to turn back illegal migrants at Germany’s borders but made an incredible U-turn on its promises right after the elections.
Germany has been on high alert for many years over threats made by Islamist groups, but instead of acting decisively and putting a halt to migration, political leaders keep urging people to accommodate to the situation, and attend the celebrations nonetheless.
Michael Kramp, a member of the Cologne Carnival Committee, said that there is always an abstract risk for carnival events. Herbert Reul, the interior minister for the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia said people should put aside their concerns and “enjoy the festive days.”
Cologne police chief Martin Lotz said there was no indication of a concrete threat but given the numbers of people out partying, it was important for everyone to “keep their eyes and ears open,” and report any suspicious behaviour.
The police have urged people to avoid dressing up in provocative outfits relating to the Ukraine war, conflict in the Middle East, or the recent migrant attacks.
While larger cities are going ahead with their plans to organise the festivities, smaller towns such as Marburg and Kempten have cancelled their events, saying they were unable to finance the significantly increased level of security measures.
NCF Senior Fellow Rafe Heydel-Mankoo joined Matt Goodwin on GB News to discuss reports of anti-British bias amongst International Court of Justice judges who ruled that Britain should give the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.
