It seems that our rulers, here in the 'liberal' West, have homed in on a new way of turning a person into a non-person.
Here is a man, Hüseyin Doğru, a German journalist (of Turkish origins, but not a dual citizen) whom the EU authorities have found a novel, immensely cruel, way of punishing for his coverage of, and views on, Palestine.
The German authorities learned a lesson from my case. Not wishing to be answerable in court for any ban on pro-Palestinian voices (similar to the court case I am dragging them through currently), they found another way: A direct sanction by the EU utilising some hitherto unused directive, one introduced at the beginning of the Ukraine war, that allows Brussels to sanction any citizen of the EU it deems to be working for Russian interests. Clinging to the argument that Hüseyin’s website/podcast used to be shown also on Ruptly (among other platforms), they are using this directive aimed at an ‘anti-Russian asset’ to destroy a journalist who dared oppose the Palestinian genocide.
In practice, this means that Hüseyin’s bank account is frozen; that if you or I were to give him cash to buy groceries or make rent then we would be considered his accomplices and subject to similar sanctions; it also means that if he were a civil servant, he would be fired; if he were a student he would be expelled from his university; if he received a pension it would be suspended; if he received any social benefit it would be frozen. It also, astonishingly, means that he cannot leave Germany!
Last, but definitely not least, it means that Hüseyin cannot sue his government for turning him into a non-person but only challenge the European Commission in Brussels – where he is not even allowed to go!
Need I say more? Is it not abundantly clear that we live, today, in a nominally liberal Europe where, in a jiffy, your political and human rights can be rescinded, including your right to challenge your government in a court of law?
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@PShkapenko @StoleYourJet Крепкий парламент при Наполеоне 3 это тип шутка такая? Он буквально арестовал половину Зак собрания и отправил в тюрьму... Не говоря о парламенте при первом
И то что Бисмарк был более влиятелен эт очень о многом говорит, вот так демократия при Ришелье была во Франции
A UK court just approved Julian Assange's extradition to the US. The decision now lies with UK Home Secretary @pritipatel, which means it’s no longer before the courts, which means now's the time to make noise. Here's an Honest Government Ad to get us up to speed. #FreeAssange
I’m old enough to remember when the very idea this guy was going to be sent to the US once the cops got their hands on him was an absurd conspiracy theory
@pawukoff Кек, а давай теперь подумаем про ту же шутку в российских реалиях, какое меньшинство у нас стереотипно совершает п��еступления и дерзкое, а стоп, я передумал адаптировать шутку, а то извиняться прийдëтся)
@pawukoff Но в то же время, амерская администрация это верх некомпетентности, президент в твиттере называет протестующих отбросами, да и проблемы в системе игнорируются не один десяток лет