newsitems Sarkozy Counsellor to EuroFora: Deauville G8 Summit marked by Internet's + Mediterranean's Freedom ?
Sarkozy Counsellor to EuroFora: Deauville G8 Summit marked by Internet's + Mediterranean's Freedom ?
*Deauville/G8 Summit/Angelo Marcopolo/- (Humeur). Can Deauville, already known for its seaside Sunset, become also famous for its Sunrise ?
Well beyond its Monetary, Security, Development and other Political, etc. Global or Regional issues, in their 2011 gathering here, the elected Heads of State/Government from the 8 most Powerful Countries in the World, face the challenge to stand up to their Reponsibilities vis a vis People and Humankind, by starting at least to debate and progressively settle also radicallu "New" questions, never seen before in a G8 Summit, such as the Principle which should guide, or not, Internet's Global Governance, and the Future that will be shaped for all involved by the still going-on Popular uprisings or revolutions in the 3rd Mediteranean and other Arab Countries.
In this regard, could anyone dream to mark this Deauville's 2011 G8 Summit as that where, what is mainly at stake, is "Freedom" in the Internet and in the 3rd Mediterranean and Arab Countries ?
An experienced counsellor of French President Sarkozy, the 2011 G8/G20's Chairman, speaking to "EuroFora", doesn't exclude it at all... - "It might happen, in substance, that, at the very end, it could go down in History as such", he positively highlighted.
In fact, it's already known that Sarkozy's original idea to start, for the 1st time in History, to include Internet Global Governance issues in the G8 Summit's Agenda was discussed with all his fellow Heads of State/Government, who accepted the principle, including naturally, first of all USA's President Obama (See our previous publication on a relevant Sarkozy counsellor's statement to "EuroFora" at the eve of the French President's visit to Washington DC), who has just elaborated and official "Internet Strategy" for the U.S., only a few Days before Deauville's G8 Summit, as well as a Chinese diplomat's, in principle positive, recent sayings to "Eurofora", etc.
Thus, Internet's issues are scheduled for a special G8 Session, tomorrow, Thursday Afternoon, (which wil be followed by a Sarkozy's Press Conference). IF he succeeds to overcome some blunders inevitably committed by a "too comercial" agent inside a private event organizing business, (apparently too marked by a 2008 contract with .. Turkish Authorities paying to promote "Turkish culture" and assume the "Public Relations" of Turkey, followed even by open Economic support as "Mecene" for a whole Year Publicity toTurkey in 2010, one of the notoriously most Oppressive regimes in the World on Freedom of Expression at the Internet ! Facts which might easily explain some scandalous exclusions, negative "targetting"" of People, etc), as well as the "indifference" of Big Business' actors for Democratic/Human Rights' Socio-Political issues and Movements, already "noted by several other, mainstream Media.
It's obvious that, in order to really succeed in Future, the move should, on the contrary, also involve many other People, particularly among those who have a long and mostly succesful Experience of real Socio-Political struggles via Internet in various Countries all over Europe and/or the World, often risking to sacrifice even their Heath, Career, fortune, private/family Life, sometimes even personal liberty and/or Life itself, as various concrete examples have already shown, from Europe up to Asia and Africa, even in the USA, etc., winning several landmark battles via the Internet. This should, naturally, go together with the active involvement of several Serious Internet Experts (f.ex. on Legal issues related to Democracy and Human Right), In addition, Innovative ways should be explored (including, naturally, first of all, via Internet itself) in order to open New Possibilities for all genuinly interested Citiizens to freely Participate in such Debates. For that, it would be enough for Sarkozy to simply develop and reorientate his own precious Political Debate vital instict, in Real pluralist Forums before Important Decisions, as he has already exchanged with "EuroFora" a.o. both shortly after the landmark 2007 French Presidential Elections, and just before the 2009 EU Parliament's Elections, that he both brillantly Won...
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+ But, by a coincidence, at the same time, the spreading Popular uprises, sometimes met with Brutal and/or Deadly Violence by reluctant old Regimes, as in Libya and Syria, etc., became these Days so important that they will inevitably be also discussed in the Deauville G8 Summmit during the Morning Session of its 2nd Day, on Friday,
After this week's famous Sarkozy's statements against "Dictators" who "won't be able, no more, to Muzzle People at the Internet in total Silence by the International Community", (See earlier "EuroFora"s Pubication), an eventual Link between, these two, both evolving, Events might obviously be part of Deauville's 2011 G8 Summit, where, carefully guarded by some 12.000 Security a.o. staff, and followed by about 3.000 Journalists expected from all over the World, (at an International Press Centre equiped even with Ipads !), the Leaders of the 8 most powerful Countries in the World, already started to arrive :
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1rst or all, Russian President Dimitri Medvedev, just arrived at Deauville ahead of all others, apparently fond of its famous .. Sunsets, (that he had recently discovered in a Franco-Germano-Russian Trilateral Summit just a few Months ago : See "EuroFora"s previous publication on a statement by a Sarkozy's counsellor, in paralel with UNO's SG Ban Ki Moon's trip to Strasbourg, where we had been obliged to stay also for EU Parliament's session : + See UN SG Ban Ki Moon"s statements in reply to "EuroFora"s 2 Questions), he rightfully chose the precise, accurate Timing of a ...really splendid Wednesday evening Sunset, closely followed by Election Winner Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Meanwhile, apparrently fond of ...Paris, USA's former 1st Lady, and current Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has aready arrived in France in order to be the Key-note Speaker at OECD's 50th Anniversary Summit, together with oher MInisters and/or Prime Ministers, (See yesterday's "EuroFora"s publication) while U.S. President Barack Obama himself, Symbolically preferred to start earlier a Long European trip since last Monday, crossing first through Ireland and the UK, where he's also due to revive his ..Irish Family roots, so that he can make, late tomorrow morning, his .. "Normandy landing" from the right side of the channel.
German Chancellor Angie Merkel, who might have inspired his inseparable friend, the French President Nicolas Sarkozy, (due to arrive tomorrow from early Morning), to choose a splendid Seaside Natural area, with Long, Sandy Coasts, as she had done herself, back on the 2007 G8 Summit in Heiligendam (a Baltic Sea ressort at Northern Germany), being the only Lady of the 2011 G8 Deauville Summit, naturally arrives .. after all others, due to welcome her tommorrow, on Thursday Noon.
But, new Brittish Prime Minister David Cameroon, jumps over the Manche channel as early as since 9 o'clock, being the 1st to arrive tomorrow Morning, apparenty eager to accept, at last, the symbolic, silent sinvitation that French President Sarkozy had implicitly launched to the new UK leader, when he had taken the Surprising but Spectacular Decision to host, a few Months earlier, a Trilateral Franco-Germano-Russian Summit, curiously, Not towards the North-Eastern part of the France, but, on the contrary, at one of its most .. Western standing areas, right in front of the U.K...
He might face a "competition", Japanese sources told "EuroFora", for the 1st, earliest arrival tomorrow, Thursday Morning, by Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who was, together with Hillary Clinton (See supra) at nearby Paris, to participate to OECD's 50th Anniversary Summit, (See "EuroFora"s NewsReport from the spot).
Meanwhile, almost together with Sarkozy (see Supra), arrive, just after 10 o'clock, both EU Commission's President, José Barroso, and Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, apparently also for probable bilateral talks with "Sarko" which might be related also with developments in the Mediterranean
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Most probably, nobody really knows (except , perhaps, from Sarkozy himself, who is the only one to have spoken with all other 7 G8 Leaders on these 2 issues : See supra), igf they are al fully Consious of what is really at stake in these 2 interrelated and parallely evolving issues (Comp. supra), and what the Final Outcome of the 2011 Deauville G8 Summit might be.
And, of course, RealPolitics, are a... "Wild World", as the famous, good old Cat Stevens' "classic" Song warned...
But a Claim is always a claim, which generates, even by itself, at least some concrete effects, as it is well known to be done, in one way or another, in the Media, in Law and/or Ideologies.
And, in this regard, nobody sould underestimate also the Factor of .. "My People", as Cat Stevens added recently, in a contemporary New Song, currently distributed for "Free" at the Internet, inspired by and dedicated to the Mediterranean/Arab Popular Movements...
[NDLR : Our Christian roots and horizons, naturally protest against the fact that Stevens was later led to become Musim back on 1977, but it's obviously good that he reportedly condemned the 9/11 Deadly Barbary, by simply and profoundly stressing that "whoever kills an Innocent, harms all Humanity". And, meanwhile, things seem rather settled now, with "Equality" going both ways, as "EuroFora" recently heard even n .. Arab version of the New Testament's : "Evangelion, in Ancient Greek, which means ... "Good News", nnotoriously needed since long, particularly in a region still suffering by provoked Divisions, asnd mistrust between its Jewish, Muslim and Christian Historic Populations, well placed (precisely in possible and much needed reaction to Crimes committed there) to become, on the contrary, United, in Future, (together with several Agnostics), under a Common Banner, simply made of Humanity].
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Hu Jia's prize brings SAKHAROV's wife to "EuroFora" on murders of Journalists Politkofskaya, Gongadze and Adali :
- Elena Bonner : "All Journalists' murders must be fully investigated", without Double Standards.
During a special Mega-Event to celebrate 20 Years of SAKHAROV Prize for "Freedom of Thought", attributed in 2008 by EU Parliament to jailed Chinese Cyber-Dissident Hu JIA, the move was reinforced by strongly criticizing the persisting impunity in three cases of Journalists' Murders, such as POLITKOVSKAYA in Russia, GONGADZE in Ukraine, and ADALI in Turkish-occupied part of Cyprus.
Any bureaucratic doubt about whether Cyber-dissidents like Hu JIA might have, or not, a right to be protected as all Journalists must be, particularly when they take risks to search, find and publish original and critical News on issues of general interest to the society, could not resist to the emotion provoked by the message of his Wife, Zeng JINYAN spectacularly transmitted at a big screen in EU Parliament's hemicycle :
- "The most important and most interesting thing he did was to ... say the Truth :.. to write about the phenomena he observed... He never stopped Publishing.. on websites, so that the Public could learn about the reality .. and understand it. In my view, this has been his greatest contribution", stressed the young wife of the jailed man, eager to cite also the cases of other critical journalists who faced various kinds of "harassment".
- "Welcoming all those who have suffered for defending Human Rights", EU Parliament's President, German MEP Hans Gert POETTERING, who had invited to Strasbourg all former Sakharov prize-winners from various Countries throughout the World, said that "China needs Europe, and Europe needs China : A great nation" with which "we want to have a good relationship", "association and ..friendship". "But we are never going to stop our fight for Human Rights, and No Government can expect this from us".
- "It's impossible to achieve goals of Peace, if Human Rights are left out. In fact, Peace and Human Rights are intrinsequaly linked", added POETTERING.
It's in this spirit that MEPs adopted, on Thursday, a Resolution denouncing that "the criminal
investigation and trial following the murder of (a) Journalist ...raises serious concerns with regard to transparency and respect for the rule of law", when a "brutal killing has not yet been fully investigated and solved in a satisfactory way".
The text refered to dissident Journalist "Anna POLITOVSKAYA", a critic of Tchechen conflict, killed some years ago in Moscow, where Russian Authorities have found, arrested and are currently judging two executants, while also searching to arrest also a 3rd one, allegedly escaped in Belgium. But they have not yet found the instigators.
Similar texts were adopted recently also on dissident Ukranian Journalist Georgiy GONGADZE's murder, for which Ukranian Authorities have at least found, arrested and condemned 2 executants to 12 and 13 Years of jail, but not yet the instigators. For that purpose, they recently accepted an International Experts team to participate to the investigations.
But, it's only for the Murder of dissident Turkish Cypriot Journalist ADALI, in the occupied territories of Cyprus, that Turkey has NOT yet found ANYONE responsible, and even claimed recently inside CoE that it would be "impossible" to do so !
These astonishing differences exist despite the fact that ECHR condemned alike Ukraine and Turkey with 2 Judgements on the same year : 2005, for the murders of Journalists GONGADZE and ADALI, strong critics of Corruption in Ukraine, and of Ankara's policies on mass-influx of Turkish Settlers in the Occupied Territories of Cyprus, respectively.
Regarless of that, CoE's Committee of Ministers, who is entrusted with the duty to supervise execution of ECHR's judgements, has just asked Ukraine's Government to reply to further questions on Gongadze's murder before March 2009, while Turkey, curiously, got a longer postponement for answering questions on Adali's murder, until June...
A comparison of these cases, raises serious questions about Double Standards :
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On TRANSPARENCY :
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On Gongadze's murder, CoE's body speaks even about the participation of
"an INTERNATIONAL group of Experts" in the Investigation, (f.ex. of "Tape Recordings"), accepted by Ukraine.
On the contrary, on Adali's murder, CoE is obliged to repeatedly ask (for a 2nd
time) Turkey whether, at least, it informed the victims' Family, or not...
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- On EFFICIENCY :
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On Gongadze's murder, CoE formally "recalls that the Committee (of Ministers) ..URGED the Ukranian authorities.. to TAKE ALL NECESSARY INVESTIGATIVE STEPS TO ACHIEVE CONCRETE and VISIBLE RESULTS in the INVESTIGATION, aimed at the Identification of the INSTIGATORS and Organisers of the Murder", and "STRONGLY INVITED the Ukranian Authorities to provide information on the PROGRESS IN THE INVESTIGATION", before MARCH 2009.
But, on Adali's murder, on the contrary, CoE's body merely .. "took note" of the "arguments presented by" Cyprus, which denounce the absence of any proof of new "investigation" by Turkey. Following Turkey's own suggestion (!), it simply "noted" that there is "no limitation period" for "any new element" to "lead potentialy (sic !) to a Re-Opening of the Investigation". Without saying who might find any such "new" fact, since Turkey stoped searching... It also POSTPONED the issue until .. JUNE !
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- On the PUNISHMENT OF THOSE RESPONSIBLE :
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- On Gongadze's murder case, Ukranian Authorities already arrested and condemned, at least 2 suspects, to 12 and 13 Years of jail. And on Politkovskaya's murder at least 2 suspects are judged, and a 3rd one "wanted".
On the contrary, on Adali's murder case, the Turkish authorities simply claim that "it had not been possible to obtain new .. information .. on the basis of which criminal charges could be brought against ANY person" !...
Moreover, a LETTER sent by Turkey ...2 Years after CoE's 2006 call to re-investigate anew Adali's murder case, is totally EMPTY of Facts ! As Cypus' Delegation denounced earlier, Turkey's Letter ONLY CLAIMS that a "New Investigation" was made without any result, but does NOT even cite ANY FACT to prove it :
F.ex.,on the crucial issue of the "MOTIVATIONS" behind Adali's murder, noted by ECHR, Turkey MERELY CLAIMS that "all allegations were investigated; without result", but OMITS ANY FACT TO PROVE IT !..(It doesn't even remind which were these "allegations").. .
+ On ECHR's astonishment that the Turkish Occupation regime didn't produce any "BALLISTIC REPORT" on the Shots which murdered Adali, Turkey again repeats, 12 years later, that, still, even until now, "it was not possible to obtain the BalisticReport"...
- As for the astonishing absence of key-WITNESSES' Testimonies, denounced by ECHR, Turkey agains repeats various pretexts avoiding to reveal anything, (Fex. that a person "left" the Occupied Territories "on 2002", or that another witness was heard, but without revealing nothing of what he said, etc).
Turkey obviously "FAILS TO MEET THE CRITICISM made BY THE COURT" for lack of any efficient Investigation in Adali's case, concluded Cyprus' Government.
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Replying to our Question which COMPARED these 3 outstanding cases of "JOURNALISTS MURDERS", Adali, Gongadze and Politkovskaya, in order to avoid "Double Standards" by asking from Ukraine and Russia more than what is asked EU candidate Turkey, many European personalities were critical /
They criticised Ankara's recent claim at the CoE to stop investigating, because it would be "impossible to find anyone" responsible for the 5 bullet shots which killed Kutlu ADALI in front of his Family Home, contrary to the other two Journalists' murders, where Ukraine and Russia at least arrested the executants, searching now for the instigators :
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- "Where was that ? In Turkish Occupied Cyprus ? WITHOUT ANY DOUBT : Any murder of Journalist should be investigated in full ! All these Murders must be investigated !", replied the famous SAKHAROV's wife, Elena BONNER to our question on Adali's case, compared to Gongadze and Politofskaya.
Elena Bonner spoke us EXCLUSIVELY shortly after being honored by the President
of EU Parliament on the occasion of 20 Years of her husband's SAKHAROV Prize.
A strong personality, Sakharov's wife even had to struggle against an anonymous EU staffer who, astonishingly, tried to stop her speaking when h heard our question on "Turkey" (!) : - "Please, let me translate, she continues
speaking, don't stop us !", had to cry Sakharov's daughter, (a Journalist
herself), who was translating her mothers' reply, (obliged to speak louder to
make her voice heard despite the harassment).. (= + Audio Proof !)
Earlier, Elena Bonner also fustigated "Double Standards" at another case, on
Western countries' attitude vis a vis Kosovo and the Kurds : -F.ex. "You have
recognized a few 400.000 Kosovars as an "independent" country, but you still
deny that to 30 millions of Kurds in Turkey !", she denounced.
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- "This (ADALI's murder) is an issue which should be pursued by the Committee
for Human Rights. That's why we have one, and it's its duty to examine cases of
Journalists' murders as the one you referred to. You should bring the case in
front of that Committee", suggested in reply to our question on Adali, EU
Parliament's President, German MEP Hans Gert POETTERING.
- "It's impossible to achieve goals of PEACE, if HUMAN RIGHTS are left out :
in fact, Peace and Human Rights are intrinsequaly linked", added POETTERING.
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+ "For us (European/International Federation of Journalists) it's clear :
Whenever a Journalist is Murdered, the Investigation should continue until
those Responsible are found !", replied earlier to another question on ADALI
EFJ/IFJ's Secretary General, Aidan WHITE.
Speaking as a matter of General Principle, White asked us for "concrete data"
on the execution of ECHR's judgement on Adali case, in order to "look at it in
depth" and "make a formal statement", in comparison with the other Murdered
Journalist case, also pending at CoE's Ministers for completing its execution,
on Ukranian Gongadze.
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From EU Rapporteur on Human Rights, vice-President of EU Parliament Liberties' Committee, MEP Giusto CATANIA, we were told that, since there is an ECHR judgement in both Adali and Gongadge's cases, "Turkey must naturally execute the judgement and make a full and efficient investigation, until those responsible for the Journalist's murder are found and punished".
Even if "we (Catania's "EuroLeft" Group) support Turkey's EU perspectives, this does not mean that Ankara should not behave properly. On the contrary, it means that they have to meet tough conditions, particularly on Human Rights", was added on the occasion of Adali's murder case.
Moreover, "since you raise the issue of Mr. Adali's muder as a part of a Series of Journalist's murders, including fex. Gongadze, Politkovskaya, ao., tthen we (EU) could also act together with CoE's Commissioner on Human Rights, Thomas HAMMARBERG, it was suggested.
- "We (EU) must step up efforts against the problem of IMPUNITY : Real Peace cannot exist without Justice", stressed also this week at EU Parliament in Strasbourg, French Minister on Human Rights, Mrs Rama YADE.
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