Hugely popular video-sharing platform TikTak removed Sputnik International's account without warning on Saturday, providing no explanation for its decision. Sputnik asked a leading US military and intelligence analyst and former Washington insider about the likely motive of the move. | While it has no legal leg to stand on and an utter lack of domestic support for a ban on TikTok, what the US State Department does have is “unlimited resources with which to prosecute TikTok as a company,” and the latter may have chosen to cooperate with the state by scrubbing Sputnik’s channel to try to “get the feds off their backs,” retired Pentagon analyst Karen Kwiatkowski told Sputnik.

■ How US Deep State Co-Opted TikTok (Sputnik News)

The Telegram messenger's cooperation with the French justice system after the detention of its founder Pavel Durov has led to requests for information from other countries as part of the investigation into cybercrime, Le Figaro newspaper reported, citing sources. | According to the report, the messenger's cooperation with the French authorities benefits all European countries that are members of Eurojust (European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation). ● Thus, one of the EU member countries was able to receive a response to its requests regarding a group in Telegram that had ordered about 100 murders. In addition, "a major international power" also decided to take advantage of the messenger's willingness to cooperate, it said. ● The report said some cases from other countries, including South Korea, are in the process of being registered in the French justice system.

Catte Black | The signs were all there very early that this was where it was intended to go. | This article in the Atlantic by Establishment Drone Director of the National Institutes of Health, Francis S. Collins, should interest us. Not for its utterly predictable and easily debunked attempts at gaslighting about what the early days of “covid” were “really” like (the terror! the deaths! the hospitals like war-zones ! oh the humanity!). No, what makes it interesting is the question in its title - "Why Didn’t Facing a Common Enemy Bring Us Together?" This is a respected mainstream drone authority in an establishment journal making two important admissions.

Meta has not yet responded to a request from TASS to comment | Meta Corporation, which is recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation, has blocked the accounts of a number of Russian media outlets on its platforms, including RT and the Rossiya Segodnya media group, NBC reported citing a statement from a Meta representative. [...] On September 4, the US Department of the Treasury announced that it was imposing sanctions on RT TV channel editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan and her two deputies. In addition, the US Department of State is tightening the rules for working with the Rossiya Segodnya media group, RIA Novosti, RT, TV-Novosti, Ruptly and Sputnik. Since 2022, the countries of the so-called collective West have introduced about 150 different restrictions against Russian media and journalists, according to statistics from the Russian Foreign Ministry, published on the ministry’s official website.

■ Meta bans RT as Western crackdown continues: A 2022-2024 overview (RT.com)
■ Meta’s Ban on Sputnik ‘Very Bad’ and Politicized Decision – Analyst (Sputnik News)
✅ RT Is Being Scapegoated For The US’ Global Soft Power Failures (Andrew Korybko)

Prof Michel Chossudovsky | Introduction | Destabilizing the social, political and economic structure of 190 sovereign countries cannot constitute a “solution” to combating a novel coronavirus which mysteriously emerged in Wuhan, Hubei province (PRC) in late December 2019. That was the imposed “solution” —implemented in several stages from the very outset–, leading to The March 2020 Lockdown and the Rollout of a so-called Covid 19 “Vaccine” in December 2020, which since its inception has resulted in an upward trend in excess mortality. It’s the destruction of people’s lives Worldwide. It is the destabilization of civil society. ■ Fake science was supportive of this devastating agenda. The lies were sustained by a massive media disinformation campaign. 24/7, Incessant and Repetitive “Covid alerts” in the course of more than three years. In turn, the ongoing fear campaign had devastating impacts on people’s health. The historic March 11, 2020 lockdown triggered economic and social chaos Worldwide. It was an act of “economic warfare”: a war against humanity.

The news outlet will continue to work to reach audiences in every corner of the world, the deputy editor-in-chief has said | The new US sanctions against RT are further proof that Washington does not want people to hear views that diverge from the mainstream narrative, RT Deputy Editor-in-Chief Anna Belkina has said. ● The latest restrictions against the news outlet were announced by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who accused it of being “engaged in covert influence activities” and “functioning as a de facto arm of [Russian] intelligence.” Earlier this month, the US authorities also sanctioned several Russian nationals, including RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan and three other senior RT employees, over alleged efforts to influence the upcoming US election.

■ US Recognizes Russian Media Play Important Role in Reporting Truth - Experts (Sputnik News)
■ US imposes sanctions on Rossiya Segodnya media group, TV-Novosti, Eurasia NGO (TASS)
✅ RT Is Being Scapegoated For The US’ Global Soft Power Failures (Andrew Korybko)

France-Soir Editorial | Rassurez-vous, ce n'est pas de la troisième guerre mondiale dont il s'agit. Mais, c'est quand même une guerre ou plutôt des guerres qui sont menées sur l'ensemble de la planète. Par qui ? Par une poignée d'individus éminemment malintentionnés. | La caste dirigeante qui s'accroche au pouvoir quoi qu’il nous en coûte, à nous, peuples du monde. Pourquoi ? Parce que si le pouvoir venait à leur échapper, la population aurait accès à des éléments de preuve, qui démontrent que, effectivement, « dans leur immense majorité » (1), les marionnettes politiques que les lobbys (principalement) du pétrole, l'armement, l'industrie agroalimentaire, l'industrie pharmaceutique et le BTP ont placées au pouvoir, mènent, depuis plus de 80 ans et contre tous les peuples du monde, une guerre sans merci. Une guerre politique, militaire, économique, culturelle et spirituelle, et qui, depuis environ 10 ans, est aussi, désormais, une guerre hégémonique.

The First Amendment to the US Constitution lists a number of rights considered most important by the country’s founding fathers, including freedom of religion, freedom of assembly, and freedom of speech and the press. | This week brought further developments in the Biden administration’s ongoing war against alternative media in the United States just days after the Federal Bureau of Investigation promised “more searches” of figures connected to Russian media. The US Justice Department brought charges against two Russian media executives Wednesday, accusing them of not disclosing their support for a Tennessee-based media company that published edgy viral videos.

■ The Latest Russiagate Scandal Aims To Discredit Alt-Media & Trump (Andrew Korybko)

Two individuals identified as employees of the Russian network were criminally charged and four more sanctioned | The US Department of Justice has charged two Russians it identifies as RT employees with money laundering and working as foreign agents for their alleged role in pushing video content that sowed “discord and division” in the US. ■ In a criminal indictment unsealed on Wednesday, US prosecutors claimed that Konstantin Kalashnikov and Elena Afanasyeva financed and directed a Tennessee-based production company that published English-language videos to various social media platforms aimed at amplifying “domestic divisions in the United States.” ■ These videos were viewed more than 16 million times on YouTube alone, the indictment alleged, and, according to FBI Director Christopher Wray, represented an attempt to “trick Americans into unwittingly consuming foreign propaganda.” ■ Producing videos that highlight social and political divisions in the US is not a crime. However, the Justice Department claimed that Kalashnikov and Afanasyeva broke the law by not registering as foreign agents.

■ Biden to take ‘law enforcement action’ against RT – CNN (RT.com)
■ Scott Ritter Says Ending Cooperation With RT, Sputnik Due to US Sanction (Sputnik)
■ US seeking to 'sterilize' national information space from dissent — Russian diplomat (Maria Zakharova/TASS)

Irish schoolteacher Enoch Burke has been sent to prison for the third time following his arrest outside the school that sacked him for refusing to ‘call a boy a girl’. | On 2nd September 2024, Mr Burke was placed inside a Garda vehicle outside Wilson’s Hospital School in Ireland’s Co Westmeath and driven to the Four Courts in Dublin, according to the Irish Independent. ■ The judge made the decision after Mr. Burke repeatedly refused to give a direct answer when asked if he would continue to ignore an order from Mr. Justice Alexander Owens, which prohibits him from attending the school. ■ Mr. Justice Quinn stated that he was ‘satisfied’ Mr. Burke was in contempt of court and noted that his presence at the school was ‘disruptive to the staff’s ability to provide orderly education to pupils’. He ordered that Mr. Burke be detained at Mountjoy Prison until he ‘purges his contempt’ [sic].

The activist is being charged over two speeches that he made, Palestine Action said on social media | Richard Barnard, the cofounder of pro-Palestinian activist group, Palestine Action, was charged under the Terrorism Act by UK police on 29 August. ■ Barnard is being accused of “expressing an opinion that is supportive of a proscribed organization contrary to section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000.” He also faces two charges of encouragement or intention to encourage criminal damage. A hearing will be held at the Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 18 September. ■ The charges against Barnard originate from a probe launched by the UK Counter Terrorism Policing North West (CTPNW) unit into a protest held on 8 October, one day after Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, in Manchester.

Ian DeMartino | On Monday, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was detained in France immediately upon landing in the country. He was eventually charged with a litany of crimes, including “importing a cryptology tool.” It is only the latest attack in a war against privacy that goes back more than three decades. | The 90s – In late January 1991, a then 48-year-old senator from Delaware named Joe Biden, introduced Senate Bill 266: the Comprehensive Counter-Terrorism Act of 1991. Buried in the last third of the proposed bill’s text was a section on “electronic communications” that imposed requirements for providers of electronic communication services. Essentially, SB266 would have required companies to create backdoors to enable the government to snoop on their customers, making it impossible to have truly private conversations digitally.

From using pepper spray to assault and arbitrary arrests, security personnel in Germany are adopting brutal tactics against minors and women during peaceful demonstrations. | For Bosnian-Croat mother Amina, the German police’s use of unnecessary force is something she has grown used to in every pro-Palestine protest she has attended in Berlin. ■ But even then, she was not prepared for the kind of brutality unleashed by the force last week on a group of people demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to Israel’s war on Palestinians that has killed more than 40,000 people since last October.

Doctors in Germany are now facing a crackdown from the government if they refuse to push experimental Covid mRNA shots onto their patients. | The first German doctor to be hit with punishment was fined 2,500 euros ($2,799 USD) for warning about people dying due to the Covid mRNA injections in 2021. ■ Dr. Heidi Göldner declared she was “stunned” by the decision from the State Medical Association. Instead of standing behind doctors and supporting them in the exercise of their oath, the medical board stabbed them in the back. ■ As Apollo News reported, Dr. Heidi Göldner of Braunfels in the federal state of Hessen posted a written note in her practice in the fall of 2021 warning about the dangers of the experimental shots.

💬 “Dear patients, due to repeated inquiries: Due to the disproportionately high number of sometimes serious side effects and the more than 40 (more likely 50) deaths in connection with COVID-19 vaccinations experienced in the local community, I will continue not to carry out Covid-19 vaccinations in my practice!”

In response, the Hessen Medical Association initiated legal proceedings against Dr. Göldner. The Association stressed that it would investigate all complaints against doctors who allegedly make “false claims” about the COVID-19 jabs.

Persecution of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in France is by no means a coincidence, but part of the disturbing trend of curtailing free speech, investor and host of the largest show on X, Mario Nawfal, told Sputnik. | X giant Mario Nawfal sat down with Sputnik on Friday to discuss Telegram CEO Pavel Durov's arrest, globalist attack on free speech, and what's next for X and Elon Musk. According to the entrepreneur, Pavel's arrest is "a reminder that free speech and even privacy is becoming more and more of an illusion, rather than reality."

💬 "We’ve seen the censorship that happens in every single country around the world, including... Europe, the US, Brazil. Pavel’s arrest takes another social media platform off the list of those who want to censor, those who want power," Nawfal said, suggesting that Rumble and X could become the next targets.

💬 "We’ve seen in the UK recently as well with the riots what happens when free speech is cracked down [on], and it’s not pretty. We’ve seen people arrested and go to jail for months and years for things they said online," Mario said, referring to warnings from the UK Crown Prosecution Service against "online violence" earlier this month and subsequent arrests over online posts.

The X Spaces host doesn't rule out that he also has a target on his back. Commenting on reports that in fact Durov came to France at the invitation of Emmanuel Macron, Mario revealed that he himself was invited to interview an unnamed country’s president just days before Durov’s arrest. Nawfal now believes that it could have been a trap

The French Ministry of Defense reacted to some news about the UAE freezing the implementation of the contract of purchasing 80 fighter jets from this country. | The statement of the French Ministry of Defense said that the claims published on social networks about the UAE's opposition to the purchase of 80 fighter jets due to the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in France are baseless. [...] "The United Arab Emirates is considering the possibility of a complete blockade of military-technical cooperation with France after being detained in Paris of Telegram founder Pavel Durov," Avia.pro reported with reference to the media. The media also report that after Durov's arrest, the UAE has already frozen the implementation of the contract for the purchase of 80 fighters from France, the portal noted.

■ Kremlin monitoring developments surrounding Telegram CEO Durov's arrest, charges brought against him (Anadolu)
■ Serbia inks 'Rafale' deal with France while dodging Western pressure for Russia ties (Drago Bosnic)

Her arrest follows the detention of Syrian-British journalist Richard Medhurst in London and Telegram founder Pavel Durov in Paris | British human rights activist and social media influencer Sarah Wilkinson was arrested by UK police on 29 August, reportedly over “content she posted online.”

“The police came to her house just before 7.30am. [Twelve] of them in total, some of them in plain clothes from the counter-terrorism police. They said she was under arrest for ‘content that she has posted online.’ Her house is being raided, and they have seized all her electronic devices," Jack Wilkinson is quoted as saying by the social media account Suppressed News.

“The pro-genocide UK regime has arrested [MENAUncensored's] roving reporter and Human Rights Activist Sarah Wilkinson for supporting the Palestinian resistance and relaying what is really happening in Gaza and the West Bank to the world,” MENA Uncensored announced via social media, alleging Wilkinson was accused of supporting “terrorism.”

Journalists waiting outside the court building failed to reach him for comments | Co-founder of the Telegram messenger app Pavel Durov has left the court building after being charged with numerous offences related to Telegram administration, a TASS correspondent reported. He left the territory of the court in a black minivan. Journalists waiting outside the court building failed to reach him for comments. ● Earlier, the court charged him with six offences out of 12 named previously, the capital prosecutor’s office said in a statement. The charges include the refusal to cooperate with the authorities, complicity in dissemination of child pornography, complicity in drug trafficking and in a fraud, committed within an organized group. According to the Paris prosecutor’s office, he may face a prison term of up to ten years and a fine of 500,000 euro. ● The judge in charge of Durov’s case placed him under judicial control with an obligation to post a bail of 5 million euros, to report to the police station twice a week and he is forbidden to leave the territory of France.

■ Durov under investigation for child abuse (Big News Network/AFP)
■ Telegram CEO Durov Released From Custody, Says Telegram Complies With The Law (Sputnik News)
■ Pavel Durov’s Naivete Was His Achilles’ Heel (Andrew Korybko)
■ UAE freezes fighter jet purchase contract with France (08/28/24)

Pepe Escobar | In a nutshell: Paris got a fateful heads up he was flying into France – could have been via Durov’s Dubai-based, post-obsessive, social climbing girlfriend – and laid out the trap in a flash. | The Pavel Durov saga is a gift that will keep on giving for a long time to come. This is what hot information war is all about. So let’s attempt to connect several loose ends. ■ A high-level Russian analyst makes the case that Durov’s arrest is connected with “anti-French protests in its former colonies, withdrawal from its traditional 'sphere of influence' where Telegram infrastructure was used to push anti-colonial and anti-Macronist narratives”. ■ Add to it an “attempt to influence narratives on Ukraine both in Russian and the international media field, which is highly dependent on Telegram infrastructure.” ■ Paris is indeed desperate to make itself relevant when it comes to psy ops and influencing/special warfare in Ukraine.

John Miles | Western governments are increasingly seeking to deepen their control of online platforms while looking to discredit those like TikTok and Telegram which they perceive to be beyond their control. [...] This weekend’s arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov, then, can be seen as the latest development in the trend after Durov provoked the ire of Western officials earlier this year by revealing the US Federal Bureau of Investigation’s attempts to install a backdoor in the popular encrypted messaging application.

■ Durov arrest exposes ‘upside-down’ West – Serbian leader (RT.com)
■ US orchestrated Durov arrest – former spokesman (RT.com)
■ How prominent Russians reacted to arrest of Telegram founder Durov (RT.com)
■ France wants to ‘shut down’ Telegram – Russian human rights chief (RT.com)
■ Russian billionaire Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrested in Paris (08/25/24)

Chris Pavlovski’s video hosting platform has been embroiled in a long-running legal battle with the French authorities | France has crossed all boundaries by arresting Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov, Chris Pavlovski, the CEO of video-sharing platform Rumble, has said, adding that he left Europe after the news broke. ● Durov was taken into custody at a Paris airport on Saturday evening after arriving from Azerbaijan by private jet. While the French authorities have yet to publicly announce the reason for detaining the Russian tech mogul, reports indicate that the charges are related to his alleged complicity in drug trafficking, pedophilia offenses, fraud, as well as failure to address criminal activity on the messenger. Telegram has denied any wrongdoing, adding that it is “absurd to claim that a platform or its owner are responsible for abuse of that platform.”

■ US orchestrated Durov arrest – former spokesman (RT.com)
■ How prominent Russians reacted to arrest of Telegram founder Durov (RT.com)
■ France wants to ‘shut down’ Telegram – Russian human rights chief (RT.com)
■ Russian billionaire Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrested in Paris (08/25/24)

The Russian billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, Pavel Durov, was arrested on Saturday evening upon arrival at Le Bourget Airport in Paris, according to French TV channel TF1. | The 39-year-old businessman, who has dual French and United Arab Emirates citizenship, was reportedly met by police officers at around 8pm on Saturday after flying to the French capital on his private jet from Azerbaijan. ● According to the French authorities, Durov, who is estimated to be worth €13.9 billion by Forbes, is being charged as an accomplice to crimes including drug trafficking, fraud, terrorism and crimes against children over Telegram’s alleged “lack of moderation and cooperation with law enforcement’, as well for Telegram’s use of disposable numbers, and for allowing cryptocurrency transfers that cannot be monitored by the authorities. ● The arrest has surprised many, as Durov had long proven himself to be a canny operator in terms of ensuring his personal safety, leaving Russia in 2014 when he refused demands by Russian intelligence services to censor the VK social media platform, which he owned at the time. Since 2017, Durov and Telegram have been based in Dubai. [...] Neither Durov nor Telegram has either confirmed his arrest or commented on it. However, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Sunday that Russian diplomats in Paris were working to learn more about Durov’s arrest.

■ Snowden slams Macron for taking Telegram's Durov 'hostage' (Al Mayadeen)
■ US trampling on free speech – David Sacks on Durov’s arrest (RT.com)
■ RE.: задержание российских граждан местными властями (Maria Zakharova)
■ Durov’s detention raises question if Western NGOs demand his release — diplomat (TASS)
■ Elon Musk believes Europeans to be executed for social media likes soon (TASS)
■ #FreePavel: Elon Musk reacts to Durov’s arrest (RT.com)
■ ‘Darkness descending’: Tucker Carlson reacts to reports of Durov’s arrest (RT.com)
■ US is behind Durov’s arrest – senior Russian official (RT.com)
■ Censorship, Suppression of Free Speech at Heart of Telegram Crackdown – Ex-CIA Analyst (Sputnik News)
■ 'Demons are Losing Control': Influencers React to Pavel Durov's Detainment (Ekatrina Blinova)

Dmitry Medvedev (Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council) (Дмитрий Медведев) | Some time ago, quite some time ago, I asked Durov why he didn't want to cooperate with law enforcement on serious crimes. "This is my principled position," he stated. "Then there will be serious problems in any country," I told him. ■ He thought he had the biggest problems in Russia, and left, then got citizenship/residence permits in other states. He wanted to be a brilliant "man of the world" living perfectly without a homeland. Ubi bene ibi patria! ■ He miscalculated. For all our common enemies now, he is Russian - and therefore unpredictable and dangerous. Of a different blood. Certainly not Musk or Zuckerberg (btw., actively cooperating with the FBI). Durov should finally realize that the Fatherland, like the times, cannot be chosen...(DeepL + Grammarly)

Paul Craig Roberts | We can add Richard Medhurst to Tulsi Gabbard, Scott Ritter, Amb. Craig Murray, Julian Assange, and many others who are harassed, arrested, imprisoned by police state authorities in the US, UK, EU, and Canada for practicing the disappearing profession of journalism. | When Richard Medhurst can be arrested in a London airport for “expressing an opinion or belief that is supportive of a proscribed organization,” we know freedom is dead and journalism no longer exists. All that Western journalists are permitted to do today is to support the official lies in the official narratives that are used to construct the false reality in which we live. ■ We no longer have the BBC, the New York Times, the London Times, ABC, NBC, CBS to hold government accountable. What we have are propaganda ministries that support official narratives. The job of the Western media is to lie to the people in behalf of the establishment that rules them.

A pro-life activist who was arrested for quietly praying outside of an abortion clinic has been paid approximately $17,000 USD from the West Midlands Police in Birmingham, England, according to Fox News. | After the arrest she filed a claim accusing the police of false imprisonment, assault and wrongful arrest. She was detained for allegedly violating a Public Space Protection Order, the police said at the time. The women, UK March for Life Director Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, said:

💬 "Clearly, I'm delighted to have this, but there's almost a bit of déjà vu. While I'm saying I'm delighted, I feel vindicated." "I remember saying something similar when I came out of court, after having to go to court over being arrested and yet, two weeks later [after being acquitted], I was arrested again for my silent prayers. So, I do hope that the police have finally learned a lesson that silent prayer is not and can never be a criminal activity," she continued. "I think the bigger point is that I shouldn't have had to go to these lengths to be getting some kind of an apology or payout from the police. That wasn't what I wanted to do. I just want fair treatment, and I think that would be the case with all Christians, with all pro-lifers. We just want some fairness and some justice to happen. We shouldn't have to be threatening to go to court," she said.

Alexander Mercouris | In the wake of the Medhurst arrest, Alexander Mercouris looks back at the genesis of the Terrorism Act under which the journalist was held. | At the time when Prime Minister Tony Blair brought in the Terrorism Act 2000 — note that this was before 9/11 – I was working in the Royal Courts of Justice. As I remember the lawyers were buzzing about it, worried about its vague and sloppy language, and its overt authoritarianism and capacity for abuse. There was general incredulity that Blair, who is himself a lawyer, as of course is his wife, and his Home Secretary Jack Straw, who is also a lawyer and a former adviser of Barbara Castle, one of the most revered figures in modern Labour history, would bring in a law like that. Looking back and thinking of those days, it’s amazing how naive we were. Here we are and this terrible law is now being used against journalists, and is being used in a way which violates fundamental human rights.

■ ‘Can’t Make This Up’: Journalist Arrested Under UK Anti-Terror Law Hours After Criticizing It (Brett Wilkins)

Ukraine’s parliament has passed a bill that would allow authorities to ban any religious community deemed to have ties to Moscow | Ukraine’s latest legislation, which aims to grant the government the right to ban any church or religious community with suspected ties to Russia, is akin to Soviet-style repression, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) said in a statement on Thursday. ● Earlier this week, Ukrainian MPs approved the bill, which is seen by the ROC as directly targeted against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC). Despite the UOC officially declaring full autonomy from the Moscow Patriarchate in 2022, Kiev has nevertheless repeatedly accused the church and its clergy of maintaining ties to Moscow. The legislation also outright bans the ROC and all affiliated religious institutions from operating in Ukraine.

■ Kiev’s Plan To Ban The Ukrainian Orthodox Church Shows How Insecure It Is About National Identity (A. Korybko)

Even with Elon Musk at the helm, X (formerly known as Twitter) is still censoring people, including Naomi Wolf who was dropped from the social media platform following a powerful interview with Alex Jones. | After Wolf revealed to Jones that there are multiple coups currently underway at the White House, in her view, X decided to axe Wolf from the platform. According to Infowars, Musk is not to blame, but rather "moles ... still in his organization that have yet to be purged" are responsible. ● Wolf wrote a piece that Infowars published explaining how it all went down. What she sees happening inside the White House as warring factions fight to the death for power was aired to viewers, revealing the political turmoil that is happening behind closed doors.

As the crackdown on free speech accelerates, the UK government is set to ban people silently praying in their heads outside abortion clinics. | MPs voted for legislation last year that would ban silent prayer within ‘buffer zones’ 150 metres around the location of a clinic or hospital providing abortion services. However, this has not come come into force and guidance was subsequently published allowing silent prayer within ‘safe access zones’ where activists would be able to hand out leaflets and engage in conversations with women considering abortions. [...] Vaughan-Spruce’s arrest drew international condemnation and was denounced by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. West Midlands Police later released her without charge and were forced to issue an apology after Vaughan-Spruce complained that she had been arrested for a “thought crime”.

Rhoda Wilson | New Zealand has included enforcing vaccination uptake using law enforcement in its latest version of the country’s pandemic plans published on 12 July. A week earlier, Gates-funded and World Health Organisation favourite Dr. Peter Hotez suggested that Homeland Security and the Justice Department should be enlisted against “anti-vaxxers” in the US. And internationally, Hotez said, NATO should be deployed against those who refuse to get vaccinated. | Some thought it might be fake or exaggerated. But it is confirmed by a document titled ‘New Zealand Pandemic Plan: A framework for action’ (”Plan”) published on 12 July by the New Zealand Ministry of Health. It confirms that people will be forced to be isolated or quarantined until they have undergone the “prescribed treatment.” ■ The Plan sets out the government measures to be taken to prepare for and respond to a pandemic. It updates the ‘New Zealand Influenza Pandemic Plan: A framework for action 2017’. New Zealand has had an Influenza Pandemic action plan since 2006, and this was updated in 2017 to reflect new legislation and population calculations.

The AfD’s Marie-Therese Kaiser was fined for pointing out that Afghans are 70 times more likely to commit the offense than Germans | A court in Lower Saxony has convicted Alternative for Germany (AfD) politician Marie-Therese Kaiser of inciting hatred by sharing government data showing that Afghans are disproportionately more likely to commit gang rape. ● Kaiser, who leads the right-wing party’s Rotenburg chapter, made a post on Facebook in 2021 criticizing the mayor of Hamburg for offering asylum to 200 Afghans who had worked with German troops in Afghanistan. Kaiser described the Afghans as “culturally alien masses” and linked to an article containing government statistics showing that Afghans in Germany are 70 times more likely to commit gang rape than native Germans. [...] Kaiser was issued 100 daily fines of €60, amounting to €6,000 ($6,447), and will be left with a criminal record.

■ German lawmaker convicted of using banned "Nazi slogan" (RT.com) ["Alles für Deutschland" is not a Nazi slogan. Both King Håkon VII of Norway and his son, the late King Olav V, had "Alt for Norge" as motto as kings of Norway. So does the current King of Norway, Harald V. (Royal mottos of Norwegian monarchs). "Alt for Norge" is exactly the same motto, except that one is in Norwegian and the other in German ("Alles für Deutschland"). There's nothing more to it. None of the Norwegian kings were Nazis. So what's the problem? There is none, except that for some reason the German establishment wants to please a shitty little state in the Middle East. The irony here is that if the German lawmaker had said "Alles für Israel," then he would have been OK. — Editor]