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by Guy Millière
• October 22, 2015 at 5:00 am
- The Syrian
government sells passports and birth certificates at affordable
prices. Many migrants have no passport, no ID, and refuse to give
fingerprints.
- Because Islam
is the heart of the culture of people formerly colonized, Europeans
rejected criticism of Islam, saying it would blend smoothly into a
multicultural Europe. They did not demand the assimilation of the
Muslims who came to live in Europe. Much of the time, Muslims are
not assimilated -- and often show signs of not wanting to
assimilate.
- Any criticism
of Islam in Europe is treated as a form of racism, and
"Islamophobia" is considered a crime or a sign of mental
illness.
- European people
still have the right to vote, but are deprived of most of their
power: all important political decisions in Europe are made behind
closed doors by technocrats and professional politicians in Brussels
or Strasbourg.
- Europe has
renounced force, so to many, it appears weak, vulnerable and easily
able to be overpowered.
- The sudden
arrival of hundreds of thousands more Muslims most likely prompts
Europeans to think that the nightmare will get worse; they see,
powerlessly, that their leaders speak and act as if they have no
awareness of what is happening.
- Central
European leaders and people, who have already lived under
authoritarian rule, seem to be thinking that entering the European
Union was a huge mistake. They came to what was then called the
"free world." They do not seem willing to be subjected
again to coercive decisions made by outsiders.
- Illegal Muslim
migrants will live on social benefits until the bankruptcy of
welfare states.
- In all 28
countries of the European Union, birth rates are low and the
population is aging. People under thirty account for only 16% of the
population, or 80 million people. In the 22 Arab countries, plus
Turkey and Iran, people under thirty account for 70% of the
population, or 350 million people.
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Out with the old, in with the new...
European officials estimate that 1.5 million migrants, mostly Muslims,
will arrive in the European Union this year. Jews are fleeing Europe in
increasing numbers. "Native" Europeans are starting to flee
as well.
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The flow of illegal migrants does not stop. They land on the Greek
islands along the Turkish coast. They still try to get into Hungary,
despite a razor wire fence and mobilized army. Their destination is
Germany or Scandinavia, sometimes France or the UK. Some of them still
arrive from Libya. Since the beginning of January, more than 620,000 have
arrived by sea alone. There will undoubtedly be many more: a leaked
secret document estimates that by the end of December, there might be 1.5
million.
Journalists in Western Europe continue to depict them as
"refugees" fleeing war in Syria. The description is false.
According to statistics released by the European Union, only twenty-five
percent of them come from Syria; the true number is probably lower. The
Syrian government sells passports and birth certificates at affordable
prices. The vast majority of migrants come from other countries: Iraq,
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Eritrea, Somalia, and Nigeria.
by Uzay Bulut
• October 22, 2015 at 4:00 am
- "What I'm
going through can face all journalists out there. They can use laws
to put you in prison just for mentioning the word 'PKK' in your news
story. They take this as 'praising the terrorist organization.'"
-- Ocak Isik Yurtcu, former editor of Ozgur Gudem. He was
sentenced to 15 years in prison.
- "We expose
their war crimes; and they respond by blocking us." -- Ramazan
Pekgoz, editor, Dicle News Agency.
- Of the 580
issues of Ozgur Gundem, criminal cases were opened in
relation to 486 of them. Its editors-in-chief were sentenced to a
total of 147 years in prison.
- One cannot help
asking: Why does Turkey try to destroy free speech that much? What
is it that all those Turkish governments have been trying to hide?
- "These
bans take place because the state does not want the incidents in
Kurdistan to be exposed." -- Eren Keskin, editor-in-chief and
lawyer for Ozgur Gundem.
- In 103 years in
Turkey, 112 journalists and writers have been murdered, mostly
Armenians and Kurds. -- The Platform of Solidarity with Arrested
Journalists (TGDP)
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Abdurrahim Boynukalin (center of left image), a
Turkish Member of Parliament from the ruling AKP Party, leads a mob in
front of the offices of Hurriyet newspaper, September 6, 2015. At
right, the shattered windows of the building's lobby, after the mob
hurled stones.
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Ever since clashes between the Turkish army and the Kurdish PKK (Kurdistan
Workers' Party) intensified in late July, the pressure of the government
against the Kurdish media, including bans on Kurdish news outlets as well
as psychical violence against journalists, have become increasingly
widespread.
On October 4, for instance, Turkish police in the Kurdish province
of Diyarbakir detained two Kurdish journalists: Murat Demir of Ozgur Gun
TV (Free Day TV) and Serhat Yuce of Dicle News Agency. The police seized
their cameras and equipment. A police officer put a gun to Yuce's head
and took both into custody. The journalists were released after five
hours, but fined for "violating the curfew" imposed on the
town.
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