Month: February 2026

Nobody appears to be safe from France’s tradition of homejackings, including celebrities, crypto CEOs, and athletes. Now, another high-profile case involved a high-ranking official from the Council of State and his family, who were subjected to a violent ordeal on the night of Jan. 30 in Ivry-sur-Seine. Currently, one suspect has already fled to Tunisia.

The targeted homejacking involved armed kidnapping and physical assault, resulting in a judicial investigation that has already led to one arrest.

The events began around 8:45 p.m. when the official’s wife was returning home. She was “violently pushed inside by three ‘African type’ men, hooded and armed” with knives and fake weapons. The intruders gathered the couple’s two children and their nanny, sequestering them in the living room.

The father, a master of requests at the Council of State, returned home several hours later at approximately 11 p.m. He was immediately targeted by the group, “beaten with rifle butts and sequestered in turn.” The victims reported that they had noticed “the repeated presence of a white van parked in front of their home” in the days leading up to the attack, and the suspects admitted they “had been sent to attack her.”

During the captivity, the kidnappers attempted to extract sensitive professional information, specifically “related to his role at the Council of State.”

Beyond the interrogation, the suspects systematically looted the home, stealing: cell phones and computers, jewelry, watches, and several paintings

The family was forced to increase their bank withdrawal limits, allowing the suspects to make multiple cash withdrawals. The nightmare lasted until 1:45 a.m. when the perpetrators fled in the family’s vehicle. Police later found the car “charred by the police, in the town of Vitry sur Seine.”

When officers arrived at 2 a.m., they found “traces of blood” in the house and eventually “discovered the five occupants sequestered in the basement, the door being kept closed from the outside by a telephone cable.”

The entire family was transported to Kremlin-Bicêtre hospital for treatment, according to French news outlet Valuers Actuelles.

A judicial investigation has led to the identification of two primary suspects. On Feb. 3, police arrested 27-year-old Gueye E. at his residence. Authorities noted that he “would have a long criminal record, particularly in banditry and would have gone to prison.”

During the arrest, the suspect allegedly “tried to get rid of some of the stolen loot by throwing it out the window.”

A second identified accomplice has reportedly “fled his home and France to take refuge in Tunisia” to evade capture. The judicial police continue to investigate the broader motivations behind the targeted kidnapping.

This is hardly the only homejacking in France, with many such incidents even ending in far worse scenarios. The country has a history of these violent home invasions, including well-known French figures, such as Vitaa, Bruno Guillon, Jean-François Piège, Anne-Sophie Lapix, and Nikos Aliagas.

The head of crypto firms and financiers have also been targeted in such attacks, with one of them even having their finger cut off.

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NCF Fellow Harrison Pitt examines Britain’s welfare system and how our elected leaders have facilitated its abuse by foreigners.

This surge in naturalizations is not without reason. At least for crime statistics, it is necessary.

On February 2, 2026, on a regional express train operated by Deutsche Bahn (near Landstuhl/Kaiserslautern in Rhineland-Palatinate), a
36-year-old train conductor named Serkan C. was attacked by a 26-year-old man without a valid ticket while checking tickets. The
attacker repeatedly punched the conductor in the head with his fist. Serkan C. collapsed, had to be resuscitated, and died
in the hospital on Wednesday, February 4, 2026, from a brain hemorrhage caused by the blunt force trauma.

The suspect is a 26-year-old Greek citizen who,according to his own statements, lives in Luxembourg (no permanent residence in
Germany). He was arrested shortly after the incident, is in pre-trial detention, and has so far remained silent about the allegations. The
Zweibrücken public prosecutor’s office is investigating for manslaughter (originally it was attempted manslaughter, but after the victim’s death
it became manslaughter). There were no previous convictions or police findings against him in Germany, and no weapon was used
– only fist blows. The crime has caused widespread outrage throughout Germany, mainly because the train conductor was only doing his job (checking tickets for fare dodgers). The victim’s father suffered a heart attack after the crime became known.

The Greek media now claim that this Greek man’s name was Mustafa Alsan, so he was obviously a Syrian or Turkish man holding a Greek passport

Now, it probably doesn’t matter so much to the victim what
passport the perpetrator holds. However, this shows once again how
the German media works, acting as if it has something to hide.

The statistics look “better,” but the reality does not.

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Disgraced former ambassador to the US is now a police case.

For decades, Labour peer Lord Peter Mandelson was considered a master political strategist, famed for his ability to navigate not only domestic politics but also geopolitical realities to the point where they called him ‘Prince of Darkness’ for operating behind the scenes with secrecy, ruthlessness, and a talent for manipulation.

But today marks the turning point where all his shady moves will now have a bright light shone upon them.

Today, the Met Police (London) stated that searches were carried out at two separate properties linked to Mandelson in Wiltshire and central London.

🚨 PICTURED: The Met Police begin searching Peter Mandelson's home in Camden https://t.co/MTt1wO3v25 pic.twitter.com/WwR1EfUTUj

— Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) February 6, 2026

BBC reported:

“Mandelson has not been arrested and enquiries are ongoing, the Met said in a statement.

The searches are linked to a criminal investigation, announced on Tuesday, into misconduct in public office offences.”

“It is understood that Lord Mandelson was at his address in Camden when police began the search. He was then able to arrange for police to enter the Wiltshire address without force.

Detectives are likely to be looking for storage devices, phones, computers, documents and photographs during their search for evidence.”

Daily Mail reported:

“Police remained at Peter Mandelson’s Regent’s Park home until late on Friday evening after cops raided the Labour grandee’s properties – as they investigate him for alleged misconduct in public office.

Several cars were seen parked outside the former US ambassador’s residence on St. Katherine’s Precinct as they continued to search his home for evidence. At around 8:15pm a number of officers were seen carrying a number of cardboard boxes before going back inside the residence.

Lights were seen illuminating several rooms of the three-floor home even after the police had left. Police also searched a car parked outside one of the properties linked to Mandelson in central London.”

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Tony Blair was working behind the scenes to help Jeffrey Epstein. His name shows up time and time again and his foot soldiers were working with him.

On January 14, 2026, David Bendels, editor-in-chief of the German newspaper Deutschland-Kurier, was acquitted by the Bamberg Regional Court after a politically explosive prosecution that triggered international outrage.

Bendels had been targeted at the personal initiative of former German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser for publishing a satirical meme criticizing her hostility toward free speech. The earlier conviction—seven months in prison, suspended—was completely overturned. The German state will now pay all legal costs.

“Clearly Satire – Clearly Protected Speech”
Following the acquittal, Bendels left no doubt about the nature of the case:

“The ‘Faeser meme’ published by Deutschland-Kurier, in its form, expression, and execution, is a clearly recognizable satire and a constitutionally protected form of pointed criticism of power and government.”

The meme—reading “I hate freedom of speech”—was a direct critique of Faeser’s censorship policies. For that, she personally signed the criminal complaint.

The case quickly became a symbol of Germany’s accelerating assault on press freedom.

A Stunning Reversal After Political Pressure
The judicial about-face was dramatic. During the appeal, the same prosecutors who had previously demanded an even harsher sentence—eight months in prison—suddenly requested an acquittal. What had been treated as a criminal offense was now reclassified as permissible political criticism.

This reversal did not come from legal insight. It came from political and public pressure.

US Media Spotlight Puts Germany on Trial
The case sparked outrage in the United States after being covered by the US media outlet InfoWars, where it reached a mass international audience. From there, the story spread rapidly across US alternative media.

Americans watched in disbelief as Germany prosecuted a journalist over a satirical meme.

To explain the broader context, the prominent US media outlet interviewed AfD Member of the European Parliament Petr Bystron, who outlined a pattern of abuse in Germany:

• selective law enforcement
• tolerance of Antifa violence
• and systematic pressure against independent journalists

Petr Bystron told US-Media: “Ordinary citizens are prosecuted for posts on Facebook or TikTok, while terrorist groups like Antifa can blow up power infrastructure and nothing happens.”

International attention proved decisive. Sustained coverage by US media and growing political pressure forced German prosecutors to retreat. Without this spotlight, the acquittal would almost certainly not have happened.

Across Germany, citizens are calling it “The Trump Effect.”

Petr Bystron: “No Time for Celebration”

Despite the acquittal, there is no reason for complacency.

Only months ago, prosecutors were still pushing for eight months in prison over a meme. The case against Bendels ended solely because of massive pressure from independent media, the AfD, and international observers.
The crackdown on free speech continues.

Speaking from the courtroom, Petr Bystron warned against false optimism after the verdict:

“This acquittal is an important victory—but not the end. Press and speech freedom in Germany remain under threat.”

One journalist was spared, but the broader pattern remains. Thousands of Germans are still under investigation for online speech, police raids continue, and convictions over political expression are ongoing. This time, free speech prevailed—not because the system corrected itself, but because international scrutiny, particularly from the United States, made silence impossible.

The Next Free Speech Trial Is Already Scheduled

The next assault on freedom of expression is already on the calendar. On May 7, 2026, the appeal trial against Petr Bystron, a courageous German Member of the European Parliament, will begin. The case centers on a satirical image he shared in 2022 titled “Bye, Bye Melnyk – politicians wave goodbye,” published on the occasion of the reassignment of former Ukrainian ambassador Andrij Melnyk.

Prosecuted vs. ‘funny’: The double standard of satire in Germany

For an entire year, nothing happened—despite coverage by Germany’s largest newspaper Bild and an intense public discussion about Melnyks defence of the most famous Ukrainian nazi collaborateur Stepan Bandera.

The prosecution was launched one year later, precisely at the start of the election campaign, at a moment when Bystron was running as a top AfD candidate, ranked number two on the federal list. Only then did authorities suddenly claim the satirical image amounted to a Hitler salute.

Bystron was convicted in the first instance in what many observers regard as a politically motivated and deeply troubling ruling. He has now appealed the verdict. The central question remains: will Germany rediscover its commitment to free speech, or will the criminalization of satire and dissent continue?

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The father of Jihad al-Shamie, the terrorist who murdered two Jewish worshippers on Yom Kippur 2025 posted severe antisemitic incitement on social media, justifying the Holocaust.

The attack, which occurred near a synagogue, left two Jews dead and three others severely wounded.

Dr. Faraj Al-Shamie, a senior doctor who worked alongside the International Red Cross in war zones in Africa and Afghanistan, posted on his Facebook account, stating that “Jews and Muslims lived together in harmony for generations until Hitler came and did what they deserved.”

The doctor claimed that Israel is “a country built on the skulls of Palestinians,” and compared the Palestinian Arab violence⁰ to the story of Moses’ rescue from the Nile: “Even if only one Palestinian child remains, and he is thrown into the water like Moses – he will prevail in the end.”

The post directly contradicts the apology issued by the Al-Shamie family immediately after the attack.

In that statement, the family claimed that the attack was a “profound shock” to them and that they “strongly condemn this heinous act, which targeted peaceful, innocent civilians.”

“We fully distance ourselves from this attack and express our deep shock and sorrow over what has happened. Our hearts and thoughts are with the victims and their families, and we pray for their strength and comfort. May God have mercy on the innocent victims, and we pray for the swift recovery of the injured,” the statement added.

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The speaker of Poland’s Parliament who triggered a walk-out by house members when he was installed last year has been a “serious impediment” to positive relations between Poland and the United States, the American ambassador said.

The government of the United States will have no further “dealings, contacts, or communications” with Marshall of the Sjem — speaker of the Polish parliament — Włodzimierz Czarzasty, American Ambassador to Warsaw Tom Rose said on Thursday, accusing the communist lawmaker of sabotaging Warsaw-Washington relations.

Explaining the move, Ambassador Rose stated Czarzasty had made “outrageous and unprovoked insults directed against President Trump” and that he had become “a serious impediment to our excellent relations with Prime Minister Tusk and his government”.

“We will not permit anyone to harm U.S.–Polish relations”, said the ambassador.

The conservative President of Poland spoke out in support of the move through his spokesman, saying that speaker Czarzasty is “destroying Polish-American relations” and stated that his objection to Trump may stem from the United States having been “the greatest enemy for the communists” during the Cold War. He added: “Times have changed, but the mentality of the post-communist Czarzasty has not”, reports Polish publisher Interia.

Effective immediately, we will have no further dealings, contacts, or communications with Marshal of the Sejm Czarzasty, whose outrageous and unprovoked insults directed against President Trump @POTUS has made himself a serious impediment to our excellent relations with Prime…

— Ambasador Tom Rose (@USAmbPoland) February 5, 2026

Czarzasty is already involved in another scandal over alleged “social and business contacts” in Russia, for which Poland’s conservative Law and Justice party wants to see him investigated. Referring to this narrative, Law and Justice parliamentarian Sebastian Kaleta questioned whether the true reason the ambassador had made a public show of freezing Czarzasty out is because the Americans may have deeper knowledge of Czarzasty’s activities than what is publicly known in Poland.

The Polish centre-left naturally took a different view and a representative of Tusk’s centrist-globalist Civic Coalition party accused the Polish right of trying to overthrow the government with the assistance of “MAGA”, so to make the country into an American colony. Leftist parliamentarian Anna Maria Żukowska accused the Americans of a “diplomatic sulk” because President Trump wasn’t awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Poland’s Prime Minister, Tusk, meanwhile responded to say the United States should not “lecture” its ally.

As reported at the time of New Left Party member Czarzasty being made speaker in the Sjem in November 2025, he was greeted with a protest by conservative lawmakers who turned their backs and then walked from the chamber while chanting “down with communism”. As stated then:

…[they] alleged that the left-wing lawmaker had been a member of Poland’s communist party even in the late Cold War-era when the country was ahead of most Soviet-bloc countries in transitioning to a form of democracy.

The new speaker had previously said he respected Poland’s Communist-era dictator Wojciech Jaruzelski, and had called a Polish general who passed military secrets to NATO in the 1980s a traitor, it was alleged. Czarnek told the chamber communism isn’t actually legal in Poland and if Czarzasty is still a communist he can’t legally be speaker.

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A new petition to support MP Tamara Jansen’s bill banning euthanasia for mental illness has been launched, and Canadians are urged to sign it either online, or to print a paper version and mail it in.

Bill C-218 – the “Right to Recover Act” – was debated in Parliament on December 5, with Jansen making a passionate plea for her colleagues to support Canadians with mental illness rather than offering them suicide at their most vulnerable. MP Andrew Lawton shared both his own story of surviving suicide as well as the stories of Canadians who have reached out to him since the bill was launched.

Today marks 15 years since the suicide attempt that nearly ended my life. In just 15 months, someone going through the darkness I was back then will be eligible to end their life with MAID. I shared my story in support of Bill C-218, which will stop this and literally save lives. pic.twitter.com/jN2EJ2FO6h

— Andrew Lawton (@AndrewLawton) December 9, 2025

The “Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled” details why Bill C-218 is so crucial:

• According to Canadian Mental Health Association, in any given year, one in five people in Canada will personally experience a mental health problem or illness;
• Approximately 20 percent of Canadian youth are affected by a mental illness or disorder;
• Suicide is the second leading cause of death among age 15-34;
• Only one out of five children receive appropriate mental health services;
• Mental illness changes a person’s thinking and impairs sober decision making;
• Research has found that 46 percent of people who die by suicide had a known mental health condition;
• Mental illness can be treated and recovered from, leading to a meaningful and productive life; and,
• For recovery, mental health patients need a message of hope, not an option of death.

We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons in Parliament assembled to support Bill C-218 to exclude mental illness or disorder from MAiD and to invest resources to mental health services.

The petition opened for signing on February 4 and will close for signatures on March 6. The petition can be signed by following this link, and your signature will be need to be confirmed by a follow-up email that will be sent to you automatically after you fill out the petition.

Bill C-218 is one of those rare parliamentary bills that would actually save thousands of lives in the immediate term by halting the scheduled 2027 expansion of euthanasia to those suffering solely from mental illness. As the petition indicates, millions of Canadians suffer from mental illness. If those experiencing suicidal ideation are offered suicide by the state-run healthcare system, countless nightmare scenarios will play out in thousands of Canadian families across the country.

With Bill C-218, Parliament has the opportunity to prevent this nightmare.

“Dr. John Maher testified before Parliament that 7% of those who attempt suicide die by suicide,” Andrew Lawton stated in his parliamentary speech in December. “That means that 93% of people who, at one or multiple points, want to end their life eventually get over that. The success rate of MAiD is 100%. By design, this is a policy that will give up on people … These are real people. There are faces to this. If Bill C-218 does not pass, people will die. We have a right and a duty to stand up for those who need it.”

Canadians should rally to support this essential bill, both by signing the petition, and, if possible, by sharing their own stories of mental illness, suicidal ideation, and recovery with Andrew Lawton, which can be done through his website.

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For several years now, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has made the presence of Christian images and symbols in public spaces one of its recurring battles. After Italy was pressured through litigation to remove crucifixes from its schools, Greece is now being targeted over the presence of holy icons in its courts. Italy ultimately won its case. Will Greece succeed in safeguarding this essential part of its historical and spiritual heritage?

Some cases have a long life. In 2009, the ECtHR issued a ruling requiring Italy to remove crucifixes from public schools. The unprecedented mobilisation of twenty-one European states alongside Italy forced it to back down, and two years later, in 2011, in the case known as Lautsi v. Italy, it finally handed down a ruling in favour of Italy’s position, allowing it to keep its crucifixes.

The Lautsi case was followed by a period of relative calm in the fight against the presence of religious symbols (Christian, needless to say) in public spaces.

In 2020, a request was filed inviting the ECtHR to take up another contentious case: the presence of Orthodox icons in Greek courts.

The offensive came from an atheist association, the Union of Atheists of Greece. The first appeals were lodged in 2018 and 2019. The applicants requested the removal of Christian symbols displayed in the courtroom during hearings on religious matters. They argued that the presence of these icons was discriminatory, compromised the objectivity of the court, and violated their right to a fair trial, as well as their right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion.

The Greek courts rejected the requests to remove the icons, leading the association to take the case to the ECtHR.

Today, the ECtHR is taking up the case to propose a revision of the Lautsi case law, on the grounds that it must be “living, dynamic and evolving.”

On closer inspection, the 2011 ruling undeniably left considerable leeway for states wishing to publicly display religious symbols. The ruling first considered that the presence of a crucifix was not an act of proselytism—unlike, for example, the wearing of a veil or religious education classes. It also recognised a “margin of appreciation” for states if they wished to give “prominent visibility” to a majority religion in the country—or even, as is the case in some European states, in the case of an “official religion.”

The Greek case should fall squarely within the framework established by the Lautsi judgment, as pointed out by ADF International, which filed a brief in support of the Greek cause.

“The display of religious symbols in public spaces is in no way incompatible with international human rights law. Public spaces should not be stripped of crosses, icons or other symbols of significant religious, cultural and historical value in the name of pluralism,” said Adina Portaru, senior counsel at ADF International.

Today, Greece is an officially Orthodox Christian state and confirmed its confessional character during a constitutional revision in 2019. The revised Greek constitution states that “the dominant religion in Greece is that of the Eastern Orthodox Church of Christ.” Furthermore, it recognises “Our Lord Jesus Christ as the supreme spiritual leader.” There is no doubt that such formulations are not to the liking of the judges of the ECtHR.

As Nicolas Bauer of the European Centre for Law and Justice points out in an opinion piece published on Tuesday, February 3rd, in Le Figaro, the ECHR should not have to rule on the identity or essence of a country, but only on practices that contravene individual freedoms. He points out that the governments most often condemned by the ECtHR, including in matters of religious freedom, are those of secular states—proof that the constitutional identity of a state, even when it includes a religious and cultural dimension, is not necessarily linked to coercive practices towards its citizens.

Under these circumstances, the ECtHR has no business intervening in the Greek practice of displaying icons in courts. “Forcing Greece to remove icons from the walls of its courts would do nothing to advance individual freedoms, but would be a loss in terms of civilisation,” explains Bauer.

The Greek government is due to publish a memorandum on the subject on February 19th, 2026, prior to the ECtHR’s ruling. Bowing to the demands of militant atheists would send a disastrous signal in a global context of growing anti-Christian persecution in Europe.

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