TELEGRAAF: BENOEM PLAN TRUMP OM GAZA ”LEEG TE MAKEN”, ALS
WAT HET BEHELST: ETNISCHE ZUIVERINGEN!
AAN
Redactie van de Telegraaf
Onderwerp: Uw berichtgeving ”Live”: Trump stelt voor om Gazanen ”tijdelijk” naar
Egypte en Jordanie te sturen”
Geachte Redactie,
Het gebeurt niet vaak, dat ik u bestook met kritiek op
uw berichtgeving, niet zozeer, omdat ik er doorgaans zo buitengewoon tevreden mee
ben, maar een mens moet nu eenmaal keuzes maken en de mijne valt doorgaans op NOS Teletekst.
Zie noot 1
Maar vandaag bent u aan de beurt.
Het betreft dus uw bovengenoemde berichtgeving:
” Trump stelt voor om Gazanen ”tijdelijk” naar
Egypte en Jordanie te sturen” [2]
Zie geheel onderin
In uw berichtgeving vermeldt u, dat de Amerikaanse president Trump
wil, dat Jordanie en Egypte meer Palestijnse vluchtelingen uit de Gaza-strook
opnemen.
Verder heeft hij Gaza [volgens uw berichtgeving] ”letterlijk een sloopterrein”
genoemd en heeft hij gesuggereerd ”het volledig leeg te maken” [3]
Ik citeer uit uw berichtgeving:
”De oproep komt na het ingaan van het bestand in de Gazastrook, waar Israëlische aanvallen enorme verwoestingen hebben aangericht. “Bijna alles is kapot en mensen sterven daar, dus ik wil liever met een aantal Arabische landen samenwerken om op een andere locatie woningen te bouwen waar deze mensen misschien eindelijk in vrede kunnen leven.” [4]
Verder vermeldt u, dat Trump hierover heeft gesproken met de Jordaanse
koning Abdullah en zondag [dat was dus gisteren] naar alle waarschijnlijkheid
zal spreken met de Egyptische president Abdel Fatah al-Sisi.
En daarmee besluit u uw berichtgeving.
Mijn kritiek op uw berichtgeving is, dat deze zowel
onjuist als onvolledig is, waardoor het lezend publiek op
het verkeerde been wordt gezet:
A
PRESIDENT ABDEL FATTAH AL-SISI
In de eerste plaats uw aanduiding van de Egyptische leider als
”president”.zonder verdere toelichting.
Hierdoor ontstaat de indruk, dat Sisi via reguliere, democratische
verkiezingen aan de macht is gekomen.
Niets is minder waar:
In 2013 pleegde de toenmalige generaal Sisi [en minister van Defensie
onder de zittende democratisch gekozen regering van president Mohamed Morsi] een staatsgreep, die hem aan de macht bracht. [5]
En niet alleen dat:
Bij zijn machtsovername zijn er door veiligheidstroepen in juli en
augustus 2013 maar liefst 1150 ongewapende demonstranten gedood,
volgens mensenrechtenorganisatie Human Rights Watch in de buurt
komend van misdaden tegen de menselijkheid [6]
En sindsdien regeert ”president” Al-Sisi met ijzeren hand, waarbij
mensenrechtenschendingen aan de orde van de dag zijn. [7]
Het minste, dat u kunt doen, is dus hem niet met ”president”, maar
met ”dictator” aanduiden.
Of als alternatief:
Vermelden, dat al-Sisi middels een staatsgreep aan de macht gekomen is.
VOORSTEL/UITLATINGEN TRUMP
En dan komen we nu aan het belangrijkste, uw berichtgeving over
de voorstellen/uitlatingen van Trump
Ik noemde ze al hierboven, dus herhaling is niet nodig.
Over zijn ”voorstel” richting het ”leegmaken” van Gaza:
Op zich al een heel aparte redenatie, vergelijkbaar met detineren van
een verkrachte vrouw [in plaats dus van haar aanvaller], zodat ze daar veilig is
voor haar verkrachter…….
En natuurlijk is het prima en van het grootste belang, dat u en vele
andere media, in Nederland, de VS en internationaal, daarvan verslag doen.
Maar enige inhoudelijke toelichting uwerzijds is hierbij
van het grootste belang:
Voor het geval u het niet weet [maar u hoort het WEL te weten als journalistieke redactie]:
Het voorstel van Trump, het ”leegmaken” van Gaza, anders gezegd, het ”verplaatsen” van de bevolking, staat internationaalrechtelijk
bekend als ”etnische zuivering” [8]
EN:
Weer volgens dat Internationaal Recht zijn etnische zuiveringen misdaden tegen de menselijkheid.
Zie noot 9
Het is dus duidelijk waar Trump, de zelfbenoemde ”vredesstichter” [10]
toe oproept/voorstelt:
Etnische zuiveringen
Wat ik u dus verwijt, redactie, is dat u het Trump voorstel weliswaar
vermeldt, maar in zulke ”neutrale” bewoordingen, dat u in feite niet
neutraal bent, maar onder de pet houdt, dat de Trump oproep
een gevaarlijk pleidooi voor etnische zuiveringen is.
U hoorde dus in uw berichtgeving te vermelden, dat het ”leegmaken” van
een land, provincie, district, regio of een deel van een gebied en het
”verplaatsen” van de bevolking daaruit, etnische zuiveringen zijn en
als zodanig een misdaad tegen de menselijkheid.
En dat ertoe oproepen, door wie dan ook, een oproep
tot een misdaad tegen de menselijkheid is.
Daarin bent u ernstig in gebreke gebleven en ik wil u er dringend
toe oproepen, dergelijke informatie bij een volgende berichtgeving
WEL te vermelden.
Bedankt voor het lezen van deze brief en trek er lering uit
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Trump stelt voor om Gazanen ’tijdelijk’ naar Egypte en Jordanië te sturen
De Amerikaanse president Donald Trump wil dat Jordanië en Egypte meer Palestijnse vluchtelingen uit de Gazastrook opnemen. Hij noemde het Palestijnse gebied “letterlijk een sloopterrein” en suggereerde het volledig “leeg te maken”.
De oproep komt na het ingaan van het bestand in de Gazastrook, waar Israëlische aanvallen enorme verwoestingen hebben aangericht. “Bijna alles is kapot en mensen sterven daar, dus ik wil liever met een aantal Arabische landen samenwerken om op een andere locatie woningen te bouwen waar deze mensen misschien eindelijk in vrede kunnen leven.” Er moet volgens Trump iets gebeuren na jaren van “ontzettend veel conflicten”.
De president sprak zaterdag met de Jordaanse koning Abdullah. Trump complimenteerde de koning met de opvang van Palestijnse vluchtelingen en vroeg of hij nog meer mensen kon opnemen. Volgens de Verenigde Naties verblijven in Jordanië ongeveer 2,3 miljoen Palestijnse vluchtelingen. Dat is vergelijkbaar met de huidige bevolking van de Gazastrook. Het is niet duidelijk hoeveel er in Egypte verblijven.
Trump spreekt zondag naar verwachting met de Egyptische president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. De regering in Caïro is tegen gedwongen verplaatsingen van Palestijnen naar Egypte of elders. Al-Sisi is voor een tweestatenoplossing, waarbij een Palestijnse en een Israëlische staat naast elkaar bestaan. Het is volgens hem belangrijk dat Palestijnen in de Gazastrook en op de Westelijke Jordaanoever blijven.
EINDE
Reacties uitgeschakeld voor Telegraaf: Benoem plan Trump om Gaza ”leeg te maken” als wat het behelst: Etnische zuiveringen!
Onderwerp: Uw berichtgeving ”Live”: Trump stelt voor om Gazanen ”tijdelijk” naar
Egypte en Jordanie te sturen”
Geachte Redactie,
Het gebeurt niet vaak, dat ik u bestook met kritiek op
uw berichtgeving, niet zozeer, omdat ik er doorgaans zo buitengewoon tevreden mee
ben, maar een mens moet nu eenmaal keuzes maken en de mijne valt doorgaans op NOS Teletekst.
Zie noot 1
Maar vandaag bent u aan de beurt.
Het betreft dus uw bovengenoemde berichtgeving:
” Trump stelt voor om Gazanen ”tijdelijk” naar
Egypte en Jordanie te sturen” [2]
Zie geheel onderin
In uw berichtgeving vermeldt u, dat de Amerikaanse president Trump
wil, dat Jordanie en Egypte meer Palestijnse vluchtelingen uit de Gaza-strook
opnemen.
Verder heeft hij Gaza [volgens uw berichtgeving] ”letterlijk een sloopterrein”
genoemd en heeft hij gesuggereerd ”het volledig leeg te maken” [3]
Ik citeer uit uw berichtgeving:
”De oproep komt na het ingaan van het bestand in de Gazastrook, waar Israëlische aanvallen enorme verwoestingen hebben aangericht. “Bijna alles is kapot en mensen sterven daar, dus ik wil liever met een aantal Arabische landen samenwerken om op een andere locatie woningen te bouwen waar deze mensen misschien eindelijk in vrede kunnen leven.” [4]
Verder vermeldt u, dat Trump hierover heeft gesproken met de Jordaanse
koning Abdullah en zondag [dat was dus gisteren] naar alle waarschijnlijkheid
zal spreken met de Egyptische president Abdel Fatah al-Sisi.
En daarmee besluit u uw berichtgeving.
Mijn kritiek op uw berichtgeving is, dat deze zowel
onjuist als onvolledig is, waardoor het lezend publiek op
het verkeerde been wordt gezet:
A
PRESIDENT ABDEL FATTAH AL-SISI
In de eerste plaats uw aanduiding van de Egyptische leider als
”president”.zonder verdere toelichting.
Hierdoor ontstaat de indruk, dat Sisi via reguliere, democratische
verkiezingen aan de macht is gekomen.
Niets is minder waar:
In 2013 pleegde de toenmalige generaal Sisi [en minister van Defensie
onder de zittende democratisch gekozen regering van president Mohamed Morsi] een staatsgreep, die hem aan de macht bracht. [5]
En niet alleen dat:
Bij zijn machtsovername zijn er door veiligheidstroepen in juli en
augustus 2013 maar liefst 1150 ongewapende demonstranten gedood,
volgens mensenrechtenorganisatie Human Rights Watch in de buurt
komend van misdaden tegen de menselijkheid [6]
En sindsdien regeert ”president” Al-Sisi met ijzeren hand, waarbij
mensenrechtenschendingen aan de orde van de dag zijn. [7]
Het minste, dat u kunt doen, is dus hem niet met ”president”, maar
met ”dictator” aanduiden.
Of als alternatief:
Vermelden, dat al-Sisi middels een staatsgreep aan de macht gekomen is.
VOORSTEL/UITLATINGEN TRUMP
En dan komen we nu aan het belangrijkste, uw berichtgeving over
de voorstellen/uitlatingen van Trump
Ik noemde ze al hierboven, dus herhaling is niet nodig.
Over zijn ”voorstel” richting het ”leegmaken” van Gaza:
Op zich al een heel aparte redenatie, vergelijkbaar met detineren van
een verkrachte vrouw [in plaats dus van haar aanvaller], zodat ze daar veilig is
voor haar verkrachter…….
En natuurlijk is het prima en van het grootste belang, dat u en vele
andere media, in Nederland, de VS en internationaal, daarvan verslag doen.
Maar enige inhoudelijke toelichting uwerzijds is hierbij
van het grootste belang:
Voor het geval u het niet weet [maar u hoort het WEL te weten als journalistieke redactie]:
Het voorstel van Trump, het ”leegmaken” van Gaza, anders gezegd, het ”verplaatsen” van de bevolking, staat internationaalrechtelijk
bekend als ”etnische zuivering” [8]
EN:
Weer volgens dat Internationaal Recht zijn etnische zuiveringen misdaden tegen de menselijkheid.
Zie noot 9
Het is dus duidelijk waar Trump, de zelfbenoemde ”vredesstichter” [10]
toe oproept/voorstelt:
Etnische zuiveringen
Wat ik u dus verwijt, redactie, is dat u het Trump voorstel weliswaar
vermeldt, maar in zulke ”neutrale” bewoordingen, dat u in feite niet
neutraal bent, maar onder de pet houdt, dat de Trump oproep
een gevaarlijk pleidooi voor etnische zuiveringen is.
U hoorde dus in uw berichtgeving te vermelden, dat het ”leegmaken” van
een land, provincie, district, regio of een deel van een gebied en het
”verplaatsen” van de bevolking daaruit, etnische zuiveringen zijn en
als zodanig een misdaad tegen de menselijkheid.
En dat ertoe oproepen, door wie dan ook, een oproep
tot een misdaad tegen de menselijkheid is.
Daarin bent u ernstig in gebreke gebleven en ik wil u er dringend
toe oproepen, dergelijke informatie bij een volgende berichtgeving
WEL te vermelden.
Bedankt voor het lezen van deze brief en trek er lering uit
LIVE | Trump stelt voor om Gazanen ’tijdelijk’ naar Egypte en Jordanië t…Volg de ontwikkelingen van de dagen na de inauguratie in ons liveblog.
Trump stelt voor om Gazanen ’tijdelijk’ naar Egypte en Jordanië te sturen
De Amerikaanse president Donald Trump wil dat Jordanië en Egypte meer Palestijnse vluchtelingen uit de Gazastrook opnemen. Hij noemde het Palestijnse gebied “letterlijk een sloopterrein” en suggereerde het volledig “leeg te maken”.
De oproep komt na het ingaan van het bestand in de Gazastrook, waar Israëlische aanvallen enorme verwoestingen hebben aangericht. “Bijna alles is kapot en mensen sterven daar, dus ik wil liever met een aantal Arabische landen samenwerken om op een andere locatie woningen te bouwen waar deze mensen misschien eindelijk in vrede kunnen leven.” Er moet volgens Trump iets gebeuren na jaren van “ontzettend veel conflicten”.
De president sprak zaterdag met de Jordaanse koning Abdullah. Trump complimenteerde de koning met de opvang van Palestijnse vluchtelingen en vroeg of hij nog meer mensen kon opnemen. Volgens de Verenigde Naties verblijven in Jordanië ongeveer 2,3 miljoen Palestijnse vluchtelingen. Dat is vergelijkbaar met de huidige bevolking van de Gazastrook. Het is niet duidelijk hoeveel er in Egypte verblijven.
Trump spreekt zondag naar verwachting met de Egyptische president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. De regering in Caïro is tegen gedwongen verplaatsingen van Palestijnen naar Egypte of elders. Al-Sisi is voor een tweestatenoplossing, waarbij een Palestijnse en een Israëlische staat naast elkaar bestaan. Het is volgens hem belangrijk dat Palestijnen in de Gazastrook en op de Westelijke Jordaanoever blijven.
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In recent years, our nation has suffered greatly. But we are going to bring it back and make it great again. Greater than ever before. We will be a nation like no other. Full of compassion, courage and exceptionalism. Our power will stop all wars and bring a new spirit of unity to a world that has been angry, violent, and totally unpredictable.
America will be respected again and admired again, including by people of religion, faith and goodwill. We will be prosperous. We will be proud. We will be strong and we will win like never before. We will not be conquered. We will not be intimidated. We will not be broken. And we will not fail.
From this day on, the United States of America will be a free, sovereign and independent nation. We will stand bravely. We will live proudly. We will dream boldly, and nothing will stand in our way. Because we are Americans. The future is ours. And our golden age has just begun.
Thank you. God bless America. Thank you all. Thank you.
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”Ethnic cleansing is the systematic forced removal of ethnic, racial, or religious groups from a given area, with the intent of making the society ethnically homogeneous.”
WIKIPEDIA
ETHNIC CLEANSING
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_cleansing
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MISDADEN TEGEN DE MENSELIJKHEID IN HET STATUUT VAN ROME
1. For the purpose of this Statute, “crime against humanity” means any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack:
(a) Murder;
(b) Extermination;
(c) Enslavement;
(d) Deportation or forcible transfer of population;
(e) Imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty in violation of fundamental rules of international law;
(f) Torture;
(g) Rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilization, or any other form of sexual violence of comparable gravity;
(h) Persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious, gender as defined in paragraph 3, or other grounds that are universally recognized as impermissible under international law, in connection with any act referred to in this paragraph or any crime within the jurisdiction of the Court;
(i) Enforced disappearance of persons;
(j) The crime of apartheid;
(k) Other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or to mental or physical health.
Sinds 2002 onderzoekt, vervolgt en berecht het Internationaal Strafhof personen die zich schuldig hebben gemaakt aan ernstige internationale misdrijven. Het Internationaal Strafhof richt zich op vier soorten misdrijven:
het misdrijf genocide: een ander woord voor volkenmoord.
misdrijven tegen de menselijkheid: misdaden tegen bevolkingsgroepen, in of buiten oorlogstijd, zoals aanvallen op de burgerbevolking, etnische zuiveringen en seksueel geweld.
oorlogsmisdrijven: ernstige schendingen van het humanitair oorlogsrecht tegen burgers of militairen.
het misdrijf agressie: het plannen, voorbereiden, in gang zetten of zelf uitvoeren van een agressieoorlog in strijd met het Handvest van de Verenigde Naties (VN).
RIJKSOVERHEIDWAT IS HET INTERNATIONAAL STRAFHOF?/BUITENLANDSE ZAKEN IN BEGRIJPELIJKE TAAL
Wat is het Internationaal Strafhof? Buitenlandse Zaken in begrijpelijke taal
Ministeries
Weblogbericht | 30-06-2022 | Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken
Het Internationaal Strafhof (ISH), of International Criminal Court (ICC), is het belangrijkste internationale strafhof dat gaat over de ernstigste, onbestrafte internationale misdrijven, zoals genocide en oorlogsmisdrijven. Maar wat doet het Internationaal Strafhof? En waarom zit het Internationaal Strafhof in Den Haag? We leggen het uit.
Wat doet het Internationaal Strafhof?
Sinds 2002 onderzoekt, vervolgt en berecht het Internationaal Strafhof personen die zich schuldig hebben gemaakt aan ernstige internationale misdrijven. Het Internationaal Strafhof richt zich op vier soorten misdrijven:
het misdrijf genocide: een ander woord voor volkenmoord.
misdrijven tegen de menselijkheid: misdaden tegen bevolkingsgroepen, in of buiten oorlogstijd, zoals aanvallen op de burgerbevolking, etnische zuiveringen en seksueel geweld.
oorlogsmisdrijven: ernstige schendingen van het humanitair oorlogsrecht tegen burgers of militairen.
het misdrijf agressie: het plannen, voorbereiden, in gang zetten of zelf uitvoeren van een agressieoorlog in strijd met het Handvest van de Verenigde Naties (VN).
Belangrijk is dat het Internationaal Strafhof geen vervanging is van nationale gerechtshoven. Wel kan het Hof ingrijpen wanneer een land geen strafrechtelijke stappen kan of wil zetten tegen mogelijke daders van ernstige internationale misdrijven.
Het Internationaal Strafhof staat dus voor het bestraffen van personen die anders onbestraft blijven. Voor rechtvaardigheid voor de slachtoffers. En voor het internationaal afschrikken van ernstige internationale misdrijven.
Welke misdrijven vallen onder de rechtsmacht van het Internationaal Strafhof?
De rechtsmacht (jurisdictie) van het Internationaal Strafhof is niet onbeperkt. De rechtsmacht van het Hof strekt zich alleen uit over de vier misdrijven. En alleen als ze zijn gepleegd op het grondgebied van de 123 staten die partij zijn bij het Statuut van Rome, óf zijn gepleegd door de onderdanen van deze staten. Daarnaast heeft het Strafhof rechtsmacht in situaties die zijn voorgelegd door de Veiligheidsraad van de VN. Deze mogelijkheid is met name van belang als de misdrijven worden gepleegd in een staat die geen partij is bij het Statuut van Rome. Dat is bijvoorbeeld gebeurd bij de situaties in Darfur en Libië.
Waarom zit het Internationaal Strafhof in Den Haag?
Den Haag staat internationaal bekend als de juridische hoofdstad van de wereld, en de internationale stad van vrede en recht. In Den Haag werken duizenden mensen binnen meer dan 130 internationale organisaties, kenniscentra, hulporganisaties en bedrijven aan vrede en veiligheid. Denk aan het Internationaal Gerechtshof, het Permanente Hof van Arbitrage (beiden gevestigd in het Vredespaleis) en Europol. Hierdoor is in Nederland veel juridische kennis aanwezig en speelt Den Haag een belangrijke rol in de internationale rechtspraak.
Wat is het verschil tussen het Internationaal Strafhof en het Internationaal Gerechtshof?
We zetten de belangrijkste verschillen en overeenkomsten tussen het Internationaal Strafhof en het Internationaal Gerechtshof op een rij:
Internationaal Strafhof
Internationaal Gerechtshof
Onderdeel van de Verenigde Naties (VN)?
Nee. Het Internationaal Strafhof is onafhankelijk, maar werkt nauw met de VN samen.
Ja. Het Internationaal Gerechtshof is het voornaamste gerechtelijke orgaan van de VN.
Wat is het doel?
Berechten van personen die worden verdacht van het misdrijf genocide, oorlogsmisdrijven, misdrijven tegen de menselijkheid of het misdrijf agressie.
Oplossen van juridische geschillen tussen staten. En de VN adviseren over rechtsvragen.
Waar gevestigd?
Den Haag
Den Haag
Het enige permanente internationale strafhof ter wereld
Het Internationaal Strafhof is voor onbepaalde tijd opgericht en haar rechtsmacht is niet beperkt tot een bepaalde gebeurtenis of situatie. Het is daarmee het enige permanente internationale strafhof dat zich buigt over de ernstigste, onbestraft gebleven internationale misdrijven ter wereld.
Er zijn ook tijdelijke strafhoven: zogenaamde ‘ad hoc-tribunalen’. Die zijn vaak een onderdeel van de VN en richten zich op één bepaalde situatie. Om mensen te berechten die verantwoordelijk zijn voor zware schendingen van het internationaal recht. Directe voorgangers van het Internationaal Strafhof zijn bijvoorbeeld het Joegoslaviëtribunaal (1993-2017), dat werd opgericht in reactie op de oorlog in het voormalige Joegoslavië, en het Rwandatribunaal (1994-2015), dat werd opgericht naar aanleiding van de Rwandese genocide.
Zaken voor het Internationaal Strafhof
Op de website van het Internationaal Strafhof vind je een Engelstalige lijst met alle lopende en afgesloten zaken. Ook vind je daar een actueel overzicht van de meest relevante feiten en cijfers (zie Facts and Figures).
Wil je een strafzaak voor het Internationaal Strafhof bijwonen? Kijk dan naar de kalender van het Strafhof (Engels). Onderaan de kalender vind je ook een link naar de livestream van het Hof.
Veiligheid en rechtvaardigheid
Het Internationaal Strafhof werkt aan een veiligere en rechtvaardigere wereld. Door onderzoek te doen naar ernstige misdrijven en de daders ervan te berechten. En hopelijk door zulke misdrijven overal ter wereld af te schrikken. Zo begint een veiliger Nederland bij een rechtvaardigere wereld.
Niet alleen als lidstaat, maar ook als gastland ondersteunt Nederland het werk van het Internationaal Strafhof en andere internationale organisaties in ons land omdat het bijdraagt aan de versterking van de internationale rechtsorde. Daarnaast zet Nederland zich wereldwijd in voor de rechtsstaat. Daarin zijn niet alleen burgers, maar ook overheden gebonden aan wetten. Op die manier staat geen land of persoon boven het recht.
(Cairo) – The systematic and widespread killing of at least 1,150 demonstrators by Egyptian security forces in July and August 2013 probably amounts to crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said today in a report based on a year-long investigation. In the August 14 dispersal of the Rab’a al-Adawiya sit-in alone, security forces, following a plan that envisioned several thousand deaths, killed a minimum of 817 people and more likely at least 1,000.
The 188-page report, “All According to Plan: The Rab’a Massacre and Mass Killings of Protesters in Egypt,” documents the way the Egyptian police and army methodically opened fire with live ammunition on crowds of demonstrators opposed to the military’s July 3 ouster of Mohamed Morsy, Egypt’s first elected civilian president, at six demonstrations between July 5 and August 17, 2013. While there is also evidence that some protesters used firearms during several of these demonstrations, Human Rights Watch was able to confirm their use in only a few instances, which do not justify the grossly disproportionate and premeditated lethal attacks on overwhelmingly peaceful protesters.
“In Rab’a Square, Egyptian security forces carried out one of the world’s largest killings of demonstrators in a single day in recent history,” said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch. “This wasn’t merely a case of excessive force or poor training. It was a violent crackdown planned at the highest levels of the Egyptian government. Many of the same officials are still in power in Egypt, and have a lot to answer for.”
The authorities have failed to hold even a single low-level police or army officer accountable for any of the killings, much less any official responsible for ordering them, and continue to brutally suppress dissent. In light of the continued impunity, an international investigation and prosecutions of those implicated are needed, Human Rights Watch said. States should further suspend military and law enforcement aid to Egypt until it adopts measures to end its serious rights violations.
Human Rights Watch interviewed more than 200 witnesses, including protesters, doctors, local residents, and independent journalists, visited each of the protest sites during or immediately after the attacks began, and reviewed physical evidence, hours of video footage, and statements by public officials. Human Rights Watch wrote to relevant Egyptian ministries soliciting the government’s perspective on these events, but received no responses.
The report includes a detailed examination of the planning and execution of the dispersal of the protest at Rab’a al-Adawiya Square, where from July 3 to August 14, tens of thousands of largely peaceful Morsy supporters, including women and children, held an open-ended sit-in demanding Morsy’s reinstatement. Human Rights Watch used satellite photographs from one night of the sit-in, August 2, to estimate that approximately 85,000 demonstrators were in the square that night.
On August 14, security forces attacked the Rab’a protest encampment from each of its main entrances, using armed personnel carriers (APCs), bulldozers, ground troops, and snipers. Security forces gave little to no effective warning and opened fire into large crowds, leaving no safe exit for nearly 12 hours. Security forces fired on makeshift medical facilities and positioned snipers to target whoever sought to enter or exit Rab’a hospital. Towards the end of the day, the central stage, field hospital, mosque, and first floor of Rab’a hospital were set ablaze, probably by security forces.
One protester, a businessman, described the scene:
They immediately fired tear gas and live fire. It was so intense; I can’t even describe it. It was not like the other times before, one or two at a time. It was raining bullets. I smelled the gas and immediately saw people being hit and falling down around me. I have no idea how many people were hit. We didn’t hear any warnings, nothing. It was like hell.
Human Rights Watch documented 817 people killed in the Rab’a dispersal alone. Given strong evidence of additional deaths compiled by Rab’a survivors and activists, additional bodies taken directly to hospitals and morgues without accurate record or known identity, and individuals still missing, it is likely that more than 1,000 were killed in Rab’a. Police detained more than 800 protesters from the sit-in, some of whom they beat, tortured, and, in several cases, summarily executed, six witnesses told Human Rights Watch.
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s government entered its second decade in power by continuing wholesale repression, systematically detaining and punishing peaceful critics and activists and effectively criminalizing peaceful dissent. Authorities detained and prosecuted dozens of protesters and activists, including at Palestine solidarity demonstrations. Thousands of detainees remained locked up in dire conditions in lengthy pretrial detention or on sentences stemming from unjust trials.
Several leading human rights defenders were allowed to travel outside Egypt for the first time since 2016. However, civic space remained severely curtailed as independent organizations operating under draconian laws faced continued judicial and security harassment. Since January, Egypt signed bailout deals of about US$57 billion, yet the economic crisis, and the government’s response, hampered people’s economic and social rights, including to food, health, and electricity.
Conduct of Security Forces
Interior Ministry police and National Security Agency (NSA) officers continued to arbitrarily detain, forcibly disappear, and torture critics and dissidents in official and unofficial places of detention.
In July, NSA officers arbitrarily detained political satire artist Ashraf Omar and journalist Khaled Mamdouh and held them incommunicado. Omar’s family said that NSA agents tortured him and threatened to subject him to electric shocks while in secret detention.
Egyptian authorities appear to have made opaque amnesty deals in recent years with suspected members of the Islamic State (also known as ISIS) affiliate in Egypt’s North Sinai, without making the criteria public. International laws of war encourage the broadest possible amnesties at the end of non-international armed conflicts; however, this excludes anyone suspected, accused, or convicted of committing war crimes or other serious international crimes. Authorities have not clarified whether they have a plan for prosecuting those suspected of serious abuses such as mass civilian killings and extrajudicial executions.
Despite a relatively calm situation, authorities have continued to treat the North Sinai region as a de facto closed military zone and have prohibited independent reporting. The military continued to prevent tens of thousands of residents, whom it has forcibly evicted since 2013, from returning to their land.
Military Jurisdiction
In January, parliament swiftly approved new government-proposed laws which granted the military sweeping new authority to fully or partially replace functions of the police, civilian judiciary, and other civilian authorities, and to further expand the jurisdiction of military courts to prosecute civilians.
Law No. 3 of 2024 provides military personnel involved in certain operations with the same judicial powers of arrest and seizure as the police. It also stipulates that all offenses against or in relation to broadly worded “vital” public facilities and buildings are to be prosecuted in military courts. In recent years, abusive laws have been used to prosecute thousands of civilians, including children, in military courts.
Freedom of Expression and Assembly
Supreme State Security Prosecution (SSSP), an abusive branch of Egypt’s public prosecution, is responsible for keeping thousands of peaceful activists and journalists in pretrial detention for months or years without evidence of wrongdoing. It has detained many journalists on spurious charges often related to their work. For example, prosecutors held satirist Ashraf Omar and journalist Khaled Mamdouh in pretrial detention since July without evidence of wrongdoing. Lawyers said they faced charges of “spreading false information,” “belonging to a terrorist group,” and “misusing social media.”
In early July, the SSSP arbitrarily referred Abdelrahman Mahmoud Abdou, a researcher and journalist also known as Abdelrahman Ayyash, to a criminal court. The indictment charged Ayyash alongside four others with “leadership of a terrorist group,” while 41 others were charged with joining or financing the unnamed group. Ayyash, who is living in exile, said he did not receive formal notice of the charges.
On July 16, the Interior Ministry said it detained a man it claimed was responsible for displaying criticism of President Sisi on a billboard screen in Giza, which went viral on social media. Such criticism is protected free expression that should not be penalized.
In July, authorities arbitrarily detained more than 100 individuals amid online calls for protests in response to price hikes and power cuts. The protests did not materialize, and authorities preemptively detained people based on online posts. Authorities have also continued to renew the pretrial detention of protesters including those detained in Palestine solidarity protests in 2023.
Attacks on Human Rights Defenders and Freedom of Association
Authorities allowed prominent human rights defenders, such as Gamal Eid, Hossam Bahgat, and others, to travel abroad for the first time since 2016, when they were prosecuted alongside dozens of other human rights advocates and organizations in Case 173 known as the “foreign funding” case. In March, an investigative judge said that the investigations were closed and charges dropped for lack of evidence. In November, the judge also lifted eight-year-long asset freeze orders imposed on at least four prominent defenders. However, several of the former defendants still face harsh consequences including asset freezes. Nasser Amin and Hoda Abdelwahab, two prominent human rights defenders, remain arbitrarily banned from traveling abroad and continue to face SSSP investigations.
In mid-February 2024, several government and progovernment figures and entities engaged in an aggressive smear campaign on television, in newspapers, and social media against the Sinai Foundation for Human Rights, an independent group, and its director Ahmed Salem. Salem, a United Kingdom-based Egyptian human rights activist, said that he received threats through intermediaries close to Egyptian authorities that he “would be brought back to Egypt” if he did not drop his work. One of these threats, through a government-appointed Sinai local clan leader, warned that Salem “is not far from reach even abroad.”
Authorities continued to detain prominent critic and blogger Alaa Abdelfattah, who was unjustly sentenced to a five-year term that should have ended in October 2024. His lawyer said authorities refused to count the two years Abdelfattah spent in pretrial detention before the verdict, and plan to detain him until January 2027. He was previously sentenced in 2015 to a separate five-year term for participating in protests.
Authorities also continued to detain lawyer Houda Abdel Moneim, a former member of the National Council for Human Rights, despite her having served an unjust five-year sentence in October 2023. Instead of releasing her, the SSSP brought charges against her in a new case almost identical to the previous one against her, connected to the peaceful work of the Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms. This practice known as “recycling” or “rotation” is extensively used to keep critics in detention.
Government Opposition
In February, an Egyptian court sentenced prominent politician Ahmed Tantawy, along with his campaign advisor and 21 of his detained supporters, to a year in prison for alleged offenses associated with his presidential challenge to President Sisi in the December 2023 election. The court also barred Tantawy from running for national elections for five years. The court ruling was entirely based on Tantawy’s peaceful political activism and the efforts of Tantawy’s campaign to collect support statements ahead of the election.
On May 27, authorities imprisoned Tantawy after an appeals court upheld the one-year sentence against him and nearly two dozen of his supporters and confirmed the ban on running in national elections.
Justice System
Authorities continued to use abusive video conference systems to conduct remote hearings for pretrial detention renewal, without bringing detainees before a judge. This system severely undermines due process, preventing a judge from assessing the legality and conditions of detention as well as the detainees’ wellbeing. And it violates several fair trial guarantees including the right to legal counsel.
Parliament’s Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Sub-Committee approved a draft law that would replace the 1950 Criminal Procedure Code (CPC), which would undermine already weakened fair trial rights and further empower abusive officials. The legislation fails to address Egyptian authorities’ widespread use of arbitrary pre-trial detention and enforced disappearance, perpetuates impunity for law enforcement officials who violate human rights, and extends the powers of public prosecutors and law enforcement officers in a manner that could facilitate further violations of defendants’ rights. It also expands the use of video conference systems to conduct remote hearings to involve all types of pretrial and trial hearings.
Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
The government’s economic approach, which prioritizes spending on large infrastructure projects including those led by the military, continues to undermine people’s economic, social and cultural rights, particularly in light of the country’s recurring economic crises, including skyrocketing prices of basic commodities, rising poverty, and reduced access to food and electricity.
From February 2024 onwards, Egypt’s donors including the United Arab Emirates, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, the United Kingdom and the European Union provided or pledged some US$57 billion in grants and loans. But this did little to help people in a country where nearly two-thirds of the population of over 100 million live in or near poverty, and the social security system provides only small cash transfers to around 21 million people.
Reforms undertaken in the context of different IMF programs also contributed to an increase in prices and a decrease in the value of cash assistance. Following Egypt’s first IMF program in 2016, the national poverty rate reached almost 30 percent in 2019 and average consumer inflation reached 33.3 percent in 2024, undermining the right to food and an adequate standard of living. Egyptians faced rolling electricity blackouts this year amid an energy crisis. And the government has removed many food and fuel subsidies without sufficient measures to scale up the country’s social security system and mitigate the harm. Its spending levels on social protection, health, and education remain inadequate.
Refugee and Migrant Rights
As of November 2024, Egypt hosted over 841,922 registered refugees and asylum seekers from 659countries, including some 565,000 people who fled the ongoing armed conflict in Sudan since April 2023. According to the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, the Egyptian government said it had received 1.2 million Sudanese people since April 2023, which may include unregistered asylum seekers and others who left Egypt to other countries. Between late 2023 and March 2024, Egyptian authorities arbitrarily arrested and unlawfully expelled thousands of Sudanese asylum seekers despite the risks of serious harm in Sudan, violating the principle of non-refoulement, according to reports by Amnesty International and others. According to UNHCR, access to public schools for refugee children “on equal footing to Egyptians” is only available to nationals of Sudan, South Sudan, Yemen, and Syria. However, even children of those nationalities face bureaucratic and other hurdles that deny them access to education
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”De Amerikaanse president Donald Trump wil dat Jordanië en Egypte meer Palestijnse vluchtelingen uit de Gazastrook opnemen. Hij noemde het Palestijnse gebied “letterlijk een sloopterrein” en suggereerde het volledig “leeg te maken”.
TELEGRAAF/LIVE/TRUMP STELT VOOR OM GAZANEN TIJDELIJK NAAR
”De oproep komt na het ingaan van het bestand in de Gazastrook, waar Israëlische aanvallen enorme verwoestingen hebben aangericht. “Bijna alles is kapot en mensen sterven daar, dus ik wil liever met een aantal Arabische landen samenwerken om op een andere locatie woningen te bouwen waar deze mensen misschien eindelijk in vrede kunnen leven.”
TELEGRAAF/LIVE/TRUMP STELT VOOR OM GAZANEN TIJDELIJK NAAR
Trump stelt voor om Gazanen ’tijdelijk’ naar Egypte en Jordanië te sturen
De Amerikaanse president Donald Trump wil dat Jordanië en Egypte meer Palestijnse vluchtelingen uit de Gazastrook opnemen. Hij noemde het Palestijnse gebied “letterlijk een sloopterrein” en suggereerde het volledig “leeg te maken”.
De oproep komt na het ingaan van het bestand in de Gazastrook, waar Israëlische aanvallen enorme verwoestingen hebben aangericht. “Bijna alles is kapot en mensen sterven daar, dus ik wil liever met een aantal Arabische landen samenwerken om op een andere locatie woningen te bouwen waar deze mensen misschien eindelijk in vrede kunnen leven.” Er moet volgens Trump iets gebeuren na jaren van “ontzettend veel conflicten”.
De president sprak zaterdag met de Jordaanse koning Abdullah. Trump complimenteerde de koning met de opvang van Palestijnse vluchtelingen en vroeg of hij nog meer mensen kon opnemen. Volgens de Verenigde Naties verblijven in Jordanië ongeveer 2,3 miljoen Palestijnse vluchtelingen. Dat is vergelijkbaar met de huidige bevolking van de Gazastrook. Het is niet duidelijk hoeveel er in Egypte verblijven.
Trump spreekt zondag naar verwachting met de Egyptische president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. De regering in Caïro is tegen gedwongen verplaatsingen van Palestijnen naar Egypte of elders. Al-Sisi is voor een tweestatenoplossing, waarbij een Palestijnse en een Israëlische staat naast elkaar bestaan. Het is volgens hem belangrijk dat Palestijnen in de Gazastrook en op de Westelijke Jordaanoever blijven.
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Vice President Vance, Speaker Johnson, Senator Thune, Chief Justice Roberts, justices of the United States Supreme Court, President Clinton, President Bush, President Obama, President Biden, Vice President Harris and my fellow citizens:
The golden age of America begins right now. From this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world. We will be the envy of every nation. And we will not allow ourselves to be taken advantage of any longer.
During every single day of the Trump administration, I will, very simply, put America first. Our sovereignty will be reclaimed. Our safety will be restored. The scales of justice will be rebalanced. The vicious, violent and unfair weaponization of the Justice Department and our government will end. And our top priority will be to create a nation that is proud and prosperous and free.
America will soon be greater, stronger, and far more exceptional than ever before. I return to the presidency confident and optimistic that we are at the start of a thrilling new era of national success. A tide of change is sweeping the country. Sunlight is pouring over the entire world, and America has the chance to seize this opportunity like never before.
But first, we must be honest about the challenges we face. While they are plentiful, they will be annihilated by this great momentum that the world is now witnessing and the United States of America. As we gather today, our government confronts a crisis of trust. For many years, the radical and corrupt establishment has extracted power and wealth from our citizens. While the pillars of our society lay broken and seemingly in complete disrepair, we now have a government that cannot manage even a simple crisis at home while at the same time stumbling into a continuing catalog of catastrophic events abroad.
It fails to protect our magnificent, law-abiding American citizens but provides sanctuary and protection for dangerous criminals, many from prisons and mental institutions that have illegally entered our country from all over the world. We have a government that has given unlimited funding to the defense of foreign borders but refuses to defend American borders, or more importantly, its own people.
Our country can no longer deliver basic services in times of emergency, as recently shown by the wonderful people of North Carolina, who’ve been treated so badly. And other states who are still suffering from a hurricane that took place many months ago. Or more recently, Los Angeles, where we are watching fires still tragically burn from weeks ago without even a token of defense. They’re raging through the houses and communities, even affecting some of the wealthiest and most powerful individuals in our country, some of whom are sitting here right now. They don’t have a home any longer. That’s interesting.
But we can’t let this happen. Everyone is unable to do anything about it. That’s going to change. We have a public health system that does not deliver in times of disaster, yet more money is spent on it than any country anywhere in the world. And we have an education system that teaches our children to be ashamed of themselves, in many cases to hate our country despite the love that we try so desperately to provide to them. All of this will change starting today and will change very quickly.
Our recent election is a mandate to completely and totally reverse a horrible betrayal, and all of these many betrayals that have taken place, and to give the people back their faith, their wealth, their democracy and indeed their freedom. From this moment on, America’s decline is over.
Our liberties and our nation’s glorious destiny will no longer be denied and we will immediately restore the integrity, competency and loyalty of America’s government. Over the past eight years, I have been tested and challenged more than any president in our 250-year history, and I’ve learned a lot along the way. The journey to reclaim our Republic has not been an easy one, that I can tell you. Those who wish to stop our cause have tried to take my freedom and indeed to take my life. Just a few months ago, in a beautiful Pennsylvania field, an assassin’s bullet ripped through my ear. But I felt then, and believe even more so now, that my life was saved for a reason. I was saved by God to make America great again.
That is why each day under our administration of American patriots, we will be working to meet every crisis with dignity and power and strength. We will move with purpose and speed to bring back hope, prosperity, safety and peace for citizens of every race, religion, color and creed. For American citizens, Jan. 20, 2025, is Liberation Day.
It is my hope that our recent presidential election will be remembered as the greatest and most consequential election in the history of our country. As our victory showed, the entire nation is rapidly unifying behind our agenda with dramatic increases in support from virtually every element of our society. Young and old, men and women, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, urban, suburban and rural. And, very importantly, we had a powerful win in all seven swing states and the popular vote. We won by millions of people.
To the Black and Hispanic communities, I want to thank you for the tremendous outpouring of love and trust that you have shown me with your vote. We set records, and I will not forget it. I’ve heard your voices in the campaign, and I look forward to working with you in the years to come.
Today is Martin Luther King Day and his honor — this will be a great honor — but in his honor, we will strive together to make his dream a reality. We will make his dream come true.
National unity is now returning to America and confidence and pride is soaring like never before. In everything we do my administration will be inspired by a strong pursuit of excellence and unrelenting success. We will not forget our country. We will not forget our Constitution. And we will not forget our God.
Today, I will sign a series of historic executive orders. With these actions, we will begin the complete restoration of America and the revolution of common sense. It’s all about common sense. First, I will declare a national emergency at our southern border. All illegal entry will immediately be halted. And we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came. We will reinstate my remain in Mexico policy. I will end the practice of catch and release. And I will send troops to the southern border to repel the disastrous invasion of our country. Under the orders I sign today we will also be designating the cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. And by invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, I will direct our government to use the full and immense power of federal and state law enforcement to eliminate the presence of all foreign gangs and criminal networks bringing devastating crime to U.S. soil, including our cities and inner cities.
As commander in chief, I have no higher responsibility than to defend our country from threats and invasions. And that is exactly what I am going to do. We will do it at a level that nobody has ever seen before. Next, I will direct all members of my cabinet to marshal the vast powers at their disposal to defeat what was record inflation and rapidly bring down costs and prices. The inflation crisis was caused by massive overspending and escalating energy prices. And that is why today I will also declare a national energy emergency. We will drill, baby, drill.
America will be a manufacturing nation once again, and we have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have: the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth. And we are going to use it. We will bring prices down, fill our strategic reserves up again, right to the top, and export American energy all over the world. We will be a rich nation again. And it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.
With my actions today, we will end the Green New Deal and we will revoke the electric vehicle mandate, saving our auto industry and keeping my sacred pledge to our great American autoworkers. In other words, you’ll be able to buy the car of your choice. We will build automobiles in America again at a rate that nobody could have dreamt possible just a few years ago. And thank you to the auto workers of our nation for your inspiring vote of confidence. We did tremendously with their vote.
I will immediately begin the overhaul of our trade system to protect American workers and families. Instead of taxing our citizens to enrich other countries, we will tariff and tax foreign countries to enrich our citizens. For this purpose, we are establishing the External Revenue Service to collect all tariffs, duties and revenues. It will be massive amounts of money pouring into our treasury coming from foreign sources.
The American Dream will soon be back and thriving like never before. To restore confidence and effectiveness to our federal government, my administration will establish the brand new Department of Government Efficiency.
After years and years of illegal and unconstitutional federal efforts to restrict free expression, I will also sign an executive order to immediately stop all government censorship and bring back free speech to America. Never again will the immense power of the state be weaponized to persecute political opponents. Something I know something about. We will not allow that to happen. It will not happen again. Under my leadership, we will restore fair, equal and impartial justice under the Constitution and the rule of law. And we are going to bring law and order back to our cities.
This week, I will also end the government policy of trying to socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life. We will forge a society that is colorblind and merit based. As of today, it will henceforth be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female. This week I will reinstate any service members who were unjustly expelled from the military for objecting to the Covid vaccine mandate with full back pay. And I will sign an order to stop our warriors from being subjected to radical political theories and social experiments while on duty. It’s going to end immediately. Our armed forces will be free to focus on their sole mission—defeating America’s enemies. Like in 2017, we will again build the strongest military the world has ever seen.
We will measure our success not only by the battles we win but also by the wars that we end. And, perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into. My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier. That’s what I want to be. A peacemaker and a unifier. I’m pleased to say that, as of yesterday, one day before I assumed office, the hostages in the Middle East are coming back home to their families.
America will reclaim its rightful place as the greatest, most powerful, most respected nation on earth, inspiring the awe and admiration of the entire world. A short time from now, we are going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. And we will restore the name of the great President William McKinley to Mount McKinley, where it should be and where it belongs. President McKinley made our country very rich through tariffs and through talent.
He was a natural businessman and gave Teddy Roosevelt the money for many of the great things he did, including the Panama Canal, which has foolishly been given to the country of Panama after the United States — the United States, I mean, think of this, spent more money than ever spent on a project before and lost 38,000 lives in the building of the Panama Canal. We have been treated very badly from this foolish gift that should have never been made. And Panama’s promise to us has been broken. The purpose of our deal and the spirit of our treaty has been totally violated. American ships are being severely overcharged and not treated fairly in any way, shape or form, and that includes the United States Navy. And above all, China is operating the Panama Canal. And we didn’t give it to China, we gave it to Panama, and we’re taking it back.
Above all, my message to Americans today is that it is time for us to once again act with courage, vigor and the vitality of history’s greatest civilization. So as we liberate our nation, we will lead it to new heights of victory and success. We will not be deterred. Together, we will end the chronic disease epidemic and keep our children safe, healthy and disease free. The United States will once again consider itself a growing nation, one that increases our wealth, expands our territory, builds our cities, raises our expectations and carries our flag into new and beautiful horizons. And we will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars.
And it’s the lifeblood of a great nation. And, right now, our nation is more ambitious than any other. There’s no nation like our nation. Americans are explorers, builders, innovators, entrepreneurs and pioneers. The spirit of the frontier is written into our hearts. The call of the next great adventure resounds from within our souls. Our American ancestors turned a small group of colonies on the edge of a vast continent into a mighty republic of the most extraordinary citizens on Earth. No one comes close. Americans pushed thousands of miles through a rugged land of untamed wilderness. They crossed deserts, scaled mountains, braved untold dangers, won the Wild West, ended slavery, rescued millions from tyranny, lifted millions from poverty, harnessed electricity, split the atom, launched mankind into the heavens and put the universe of human knowledge into the palm of the human hand. If we work together, there is nothing we cannot do and no dream we cannot achieve.
Many people thought it was impossible for me to stage such a historic political comeback. But as you see today, here I am. The American people have spoken. I stand before you now as proof that you should never believe that something is impossible to do. In America, the impossible is what we do best. From New York to Los Angeles, from Philadelphia to Phoenix, from Chicago to Miami, from Houston to right here in Washington, D.C., our country was forged and built by the generations of patriots who gave everything they had for our rights and for our freedom. They were farmers and soldiers, cowboys and factory workers, steel workers and coal miners, police officers and pioneers who pushed onward, marched forward and let no obstacle defeat their spirit or their pride. Together they laid down the railroads, raised up the skyscrapers, built great highways, won two world wars, defeated fascism and communism, and triumphed over every single challenge that they faced.
After all we have been through together, we stand on the verge of the four greatest years in American history. With your help, we will restore an American promise and we will rebuild the nation that we love. And we love it so much. We are one people, one family and one glorious nation under God. So to every parent who dreams for their child and every child to dreams for their future: I am with you, I will fight for you and I will win for you. And we’re going to win like never before.
In recent years, our nation has suffered greatly. But we are going to bring it back and make it great again. Greater than ever before. We will be a nation like no other. Full of compassion, courage and exceptionalism. Our power will stop all wars and bring a new spirit of unity to a world that has been angry, violent, and totally unpredictable.
America will be respected again and admired again, including by people of religion, faith and goodwill. We will be prosperous. We will be proud. We will be strong and we will win like never before. We will not be conquered. We will not be intimidated. We will not be broken. And we will not fail.
From this day on, the United States of America will be a free, sovereign and independent nation. We will stand bravely. We will live proudly. We will dream boldly, and nothing will stand in our way. Because we are Americans. The future is ours. And our golden age has just begun.
Thank you. God bless America. Thank you all. Thank you.
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Shortly before Christmas former Surinamese president Desi Bouterse died
at the age of 79.
And almost immediately he was depicted as a sort of Saint by ”
birds of various feathers”
So in the Surinamese parliament, the ”Nationale Assemblee”,
Bouterse was called ”a courageous leader”, a ”great son” and ”inspiring”
Others called him a ”People’s hero’, the man, who pursued social reforms,
a man, ”who fought for the poor”.
Many people, including the prime minister of Barbados, mrs Mottley [who
gave a statement at the death of ex president Bouterse], called Desi Bouterse
”charismatic”
Memorial services were being held, as in Suriname as in the Netherlands
[Suriname’s former colonizer, where many Surinamese live nowadays]
and not a few numer of people let their tears flow freely and recalled Bouterse’s
”social engagement”
Now it is true, that in his time as president, Bouterse pursued a number of
social reforms, which meant a lot for many people in a poor country
like Suriname, but there was handled irresponsibly with the financial
resources of the country with as a consequence, that after two periods of
presidency, Bouterse plunged Suriname into near-bankruptcy.
And not to forget:
Bouterse greatly enriched himself and his political friends at the cost
of the Surinamese people.
We call that theft and corruption!
People should realize that yet apart from the misery he brought to
thousands and thousands of young peole with the opening of
the country to the drug trade.
But there is more….
Bouterse appeared on the Surinamese political scene as the leader
of the 25 february 1980 military coup, with which he overthrew the
democratic system.
After an initial false-friendly Period, soon sordid human rights violations
made their appearance:
The death, after a suspicious police intrrogation, of alleged contra coup plotter,
the Surinamese ex KNIL [former Dutch colonial Army in then Dutch East Indies,
since 1948 Indonesia] military Fred Ormskerk [1980], the arrest and detention without trial of former politicians, the execution of contra coup plotter major Hawker [march 1982], with as one of the darkest events, the arrest and extrajudicial execution [after torture] of fifteen political opponents of
the Bouterse military regime, theDecembermurders [december 1982]!
The two courageous women’s marches as a protest against the Decembermurders must be mentioned here and deserve an honourable
page in Surinamese history!
Then major Horb, former right hand man of Bouterse, died under suspicious
circumstances in a police cell, after his arrest. [ February 1983]
After the Decembermurders, Bouterse c.s. established a dictatorship,
that would last until 1987, when the first free elections took place.
During the civil war with former bodyguard Brunswijk [leader of
the Jungle Commando], one of the worst human rights violations
under Bouterse took place:
In the maroon village Moiwana, more then 39 civilians were
killed by the National Army under responsibility of commander in Chief, Desi
Bouterse/A mass slaughter and crime against humanity!
In 1987 Bouterse established his political party NDP [that led a big defeat
at the 1987 elections!] and during the years Bouterse made himself popular
with populist and nice sounding speeches, presents to his political fans and
some social reforms.
That may be so, but fact remains, that Bouterse and co are guilty of
theft, torture, executions and mass slaughter: Crimes against humanity.
Because of the ”Saint Declaration” of Bouterse, this Letter is written.
So that his crimes will not be forgotten.
Astrid Essed
Amsterdam
The Netherlands
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Kort vóór Kerstmis overleed ex-president Desi Bouterse op 79-jarige leeftijd. En vrijwel direct na zijn overlijden kreeg hij door vogels van diverse pluimage een bijna ‘heiligenstatus’ toebedeeld. Zo werd er in De Nationale Assemblee [het Surinaamse parlement] gesproken over Bouterse als “moedige leider”, “grote zoon” en “inspirerend”. Anderen weer zagen hem als “volksheld”, de man, die sociale hervormingen doorvoer en “vocht” voor de armen.
Er werden herdenkingsbijeenkomsten georganiseerd, zowel in Suriname als in Nederland en een niet onaanzienlijk aantal mensen liet hun tranen de vrije loop en memoreerde zijn sociale inzet. Nu was het inderdaad zo dat tijdens de regeerperiode van Bouterse als president een aantal sociale verbeteringen is doorgevoerd, die in een arm land als Suriname zeker verlichting boden, maar er werd onverantwoordelijk met ’s lands financiële middelen omgesprongen, waardoor Bouterse Suriname na twee regeerperioden praktisch bankroet achterliet.
“Vanwege de ‘heiligverklaring’ van Bouterse is dit stuk geschreven. Opdat zijn misdaden en de rampzalige stempel, die hij op Suriname heeft gedrukt, niet worden vergeten”
Daarbij verrijkte hij zichzelf en zijn politieke vrienden enorm, waardoor hij het Surinaamse volk schandalig heeft bestolen. Dat zouden de mensen zich moeten realiseren, nog afgezien van de ellende, die hij over duizenden jongeren heeft gebracht door de openstelling van Suriname voor de drugshandel.
Maar er is meer: Bouterse verscheen op Surinames politieke toneel als leider van de militaire coup op 25 februari 1980, waarmee hij het democratische staatsbestel omverwierp. Na een aanvankelijk vals-vriendelijk gezicht kwamen al snel kwalijke mensenrechtenschendingen:
De dood, na een verdacht politieverhoor van would be tegencouppleger, de Surinaamse ex-KNIL-militair Fred Ormskerk [1980], arrestatie en opsluiting zonder vorm van proces van voormalige politieke leiders, de executie van de gewonde op een brancard liggende tegencouper sergeant majoor Hawker [maart 1982], met als dieptepunt de standrechtelijke executie van vijftien politieke tegenstanders van het militaire regime-Bouterse, de zogenoemde Decembermoorden.
Niet uitvlakken wil ik hier het moedige verpleegstersprotest daags na de Decembermoorden. Ook overleed een voormalig medestander en rechterhand van Bouterse, majoor Horb, onder verdachte omstandigheden in een politiecel [1983].
Bouterse cs vestigden een dictatuur, die zou voortduren tot de eerste verkiezingen in 1987. In de met Brunswijk [leider Jungle Commando] uitgevochten Binnenlandse Oorlog zijn in het marrondorp Moiwana onder verantwoordelijkheid van Bouterse als legerbevelhebber meer dan 39 burgers gedood. Een massaslachting dus.
Na een aantal jaren richtte Desi Bouterse zijn partij de NDP op, maakte zich populair door mooie toespraken en enkele doorgevoerde sociale verbeteringen. Laat niet onverlet, dat Bouterse en co zich schuldig hebben gemaakt aan foltering, diefstal, executies en massamoord; misdaden tegen de menselijkheid.
Vanwege de ‘heiligverklaring’ van Bouterse is dit stuk geschreven. Opdat zijn misdaden en de rampzalige stempel, die hij op Suriname heeft gedrukt, niet worden vergeten.
Astrid Essed
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