Khodorkovsky: The EU’s new politically correct victim
Mikhail Khodorkovsky is the new human rights darling of the EU after his "unfair convictions" for money laundering and other financial crimes. Part of the sympathy for Khodorkovsky could be the idea that NO billionaire should be sent to prison, let alone stand convicted for crimes. Also - we hear the same bunch that always stands at the ready to pounce on Russia over some ginned up "controversy" like the convictions against Khodorkovsky - as some "evidence of Russia backsliding."And - AI should know better, as millions of Americans are unfairly and unjustly convicted also, as well as suffer discrimination, including in travel and immigration, due to criminal convictions. Well - no billionaire should suffer criminal convictions like the rest of us?Now EU-Russia relations, which are growing in a positive direction - should now be set back over ONE crooked billionaire?This is where the REAL outrage lies !
Categories: ESDP/CSFP, EU-Russia Relationship, Russia Tags:
Islamophobic extremism among”counter terrorism experts”
We should know that radical Islamophobia, along with the single-minded fixation on "Islamists and jihadists" - is a growing problem among "counter-terrorism experts." The radicalization of "counter-terrorism experts" toward extreme forms of Islamophobia is counter productive and there are now police officers, perhaps some in our communities, that define others citizens as "threat" and "dangerous" based on their religious beliefs. We can suspect that the same "experts" are being radicalized by those who also support Geert Wilders and oppressive and hateful policies against the religious freedom of Muslims, as well as the freedoms and human rights of the rest of us who oppose Them.
Categories: "Politically Incorrect Counter-Terrorism", Criminal justice or injustice, Freedom and Liberty, Geert Wilders, Ignored security threats, Islam moral panic, Islamophobia, Right-wing radicalism, Security, Terrorism, Western society Tags: "Politically Incorrect Counter-Terrorism"
Dutch, French and European Internet freedom hypocrisy
During the past year the Dutch and French governments made nice sounding statements on "Internet freedom" and the Dutch government put out the notion that "freedom of expression applies everywhere," in reference to the Internet.But - the actions that especially the Dutch, Swedish and French governments took to squash Wikileaks and its supporters from free expression on the Internet should tell us that, when it comes to obsessive American interests in the phony "war on terror," there are actually limits on our Internet freedom in the West.It becomes painfully obvious that Western nations use "Internet free expression" as a rock to toss at America's enemies, at the same time creating politically correct human rights heroes, like Liu Xiaobo.Well - we should pick up those rocks and throw them right back at Western governments seeking to squash Wikileaks and supporters free expression.We are all at risk here in the West, with behavior displayed by the US, Swedish, French and Dutch governments!
Categories: EU Member States, European Union, Freedom and Liberty, Human Rights, Human rights in America, Internet freedom, Netherlands, Western society Tags:
Human Rights reform in Russia could make it a really great power
As the US wains and shows its true colors as an opponent of human rights in the "war on terror" we could see new human world champion. Like HRW, this Author would like to see the eU, but, due to American hegemony, this might be far off. A human rights world champion could be Russia, which is really working on human rights reform "projects," even as reforms are slow.Russia could be the next advocate of human rights - as the US's leadership is discredited and the EU is hamstrung by American hegemony.
Categories: American hegemony over EU, American world order, European Union, Human Rights, Russia Tags:
Julian Assange: The poster child for what is WRONG with Europe!
Julian Assange should be the poster child for what is wrong with Europe. I have been writing about this for years - the slavish and subservient relationship Europe has with America. Whatever obsessions and demands the Americans have - European values, human rights. national and European interests, and basic common sense - get thrown out the window to "please America."The really needs to come to an end - and this Author has vowed, one way or the other - to work to liberate Europe from this bondage!
Categories: American hegemony over EU, American world order, EU Member States Tags:
