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Report: Irans Rohani halted secret nuclear program in 2003

July 27, 2013

http://www.monsey.com/report-rohani-halted-secret-nuclear-program-in-2003/

WASHINGTON – Iranian President-elect Hassan Rohani personally stopped the development of a clandestine nuclear weapon in 2003, a former French ambassador to the country said Saturday.

 

Writing in the International Herald Tribune newspaper, Francois Nicoullaud, France’s ambassador to Iran from 2001 to 2005, said he believed Rohani was the “main actor” in persuading Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to halt the secret program.

 

Since his victory in the June election, Western diplomats who previously worked with Rohani have expressed optimism as to his ability to make Khameni show more flexibility in talks with the West.

 

On Thursday, the New York Times quoted Western officials as saying that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told the Obama administration this month that Iran was interested in direct talks with the United States on Iran’s nuclear program, and said that Iraq was prepared to facilitate the negotiations.

 

Rohani and Ahmadinejad (Photo: AFP)

 

According to the New York Times, US State Department officials declined to comment on Maliki’s move or what steps the US might have taken in response. American officials have said since the beginning of the Obama administration that they would be open to direct talks with Iran.

 

“Rohani showed that he is a central player in Iran’s political establishment,” said Stanislas de Laboulaye, a retired director general of the French Foreign Ministry, who was a member of the European delegation during the talks between 2003 and 2005. “He was the only one able to sell something deeply unpopular to the other leaders.”

 

European diplomats talking to the NYT estimated that Rohani was willing to enter into serious negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program and that he’s determined to improve relations with the West.

 

They praised him for his diplomatic skills and flexibility. “He is perfectly placed in Iran’s system of power,” said Paul von Maltzahn, a former German ambassador to Iran who met Rohani several times. “He is not easily manipulated and assertive.”

 

Rohani was one of three Iranian officials to meet with the former national security adviser Robert McFarlane when he secretly visited Tehran in 1986 to arrange the arms-for-hostages deal that would later erupt into the Iran-contra scandal.

 

But despite growing optimism, Western diplomats warned that Rohani is still a Shiite cleric who has dedicated his life to the Islamic revolution and will never betray it.

 

 

“Our opponents are wrong to expect compromises from Rohani; the sanctions and other pressures will not make us change our stances,” said one of his former closest associates during an interview in Tehran.

 

And so, despite and maybe because of past experience, the West is none the wiser about what to expect from Rohani. Scheduled to be sworn in on August 3, the president-elect will likely change Iran’s rhetoric but it’s unclear whether he is willing and able to affect real change in Tehran’s nuclear program.

Source: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4410333,00.html

 

July 28, 2013 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

UK George Osborne on EDF nuclear charm offensive

27 July 2013

Screenshot from 2013-07-28 01:01:49

FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST FOR THE NEARLY BROKE EDF

HIGH CHANCELLOR GEORGE OSBORNE TO THE RESCUE!!

 

UP UP AND AWAY…….!

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/osborne-edf-nuclear-charm-offensive-223045603.html

The Chancellor George Osborne has personally written to the board of French energy giant EDF (Paris:) to express his commitment to the UK’s nuclear programme.

The letter was in part intended to further negotiations with EDF over the proposed £14bn nuclear plant at Hinkley Point in Somerset.

The Sunday Telegraph understands that the purpose of the letter was to tell the company, led by chairman Henri Proglio, that the proposed Hinkley Point C reactor would be eligible for £10bn of financing guarantees.

The Chancellor’s intervention is said to have been well received by EDF, which had previously been frustrated by what it felt was an unreasonably tough negotiating stance adopted by the Treasury.

The guarantees scheme is key to the future of the project, and will see the Government act as guarantor if EDF were unable to repay its loans, thereby helping reduce risk for creditors, making them more willing to lend money to the project.

EDF remains locked in talks about the so-called “strike price” for electricity that the plant will generate, which will be guaranteed for more than 30 years.

Whitehall is thought to be awaiting the next move from EDF. Both sides have described talks as “positive” but an agreement is understood to still be several weeks away. However confirmation of the strike price will not be enough to complete the deal. EDF will also need to attract partners to take up to a 49pc stake in the project.

Energy minister Michael Fallon held talks last month with China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group, which has long been seen as a likely partner for EDF.

Ministers hope that China Guangdong will not only come in as a minority partner for the project but may also in future lead the construction of further UK reactors itself.

July 28, 2013 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Japanese government forcing society to act as if nothing has happened Greenpeace Japan

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Published on 25 Jul 2013

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July 27, 2013 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Radiation Still Poses Danger Around the Ruins of Fukushima

PBS newshour with ITN reporter

Published on 26 Jul 2013

Luck has not turned around for now-deserted Fukushima, Japan. Two years after enduring an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, the area is still radioactive and leaking contaminated water into the sea. Independent Television News’ Alex Thompson shares a rare glimpse of the radioactive ghost town.

They find a 68 mSv/h hot spot!

July 27, 2013 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

The Resident – An American Fukushima in the works?

Published on 26 Jul 2013

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July 27, 2013 Posted by | Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Fukushima News 7/26/13: Nuclear Watch: Promoting Kurokawa Report: Expert To Tepco-You Are Clueless

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Published on 26 Jul 2013

Tepco Advisor Blasts Tepco: “You do not know what you’re doing” — Japan Times: Time for gov’t to take over at Fukushima Daiichi? (VIDEO)
http://enenews.com/tepco-advisor-tepc…

Officials: Gas is likely leaking from containment vessel of Fukushima Reactor No. 3 — “It was observed as the steam”
http://enenews.com/officials-gas-is-l…

Strange Bedfellows: TEPCO & Lady Barbara Judge
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaxgNr…

NAIIC Report on Fukushima: Lessons Learned & Next Steps Forward
The National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission (NAIIC) was established to investigate the causes of the Fukushima nuclear disaster on behalf of the Japanese people and to make proposals on how to prevent nuclear accidents in the future. Former NAIIC Chairman Dr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa discusses findings from the Commission’s six-month investigation, including proposals on how to avoid future nuclear catastrophes.
http://www.japansociety.org/webcast/y…

TEPCO admits lax risk management over tainted water
The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has admitted to insufficient risk management over contaminated groundwater.
Tokyo Electric Power Company made the admission in its first report to a panel of outside experts on Friday.

Japan’s Environment Ministry says 3 prefectures hit hardest by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami have cleared 75 percent of their debris.
The ministry estimates that the disaster generated almost 16 million tons of debris in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures. Around 12 million tons had been disposed of by the end of June.

Post offices across Japan to sell Aflac products
The Japan Post group says it will sell products of US life insurer Aflac at post offices throughout Japan.
The announcement came after the US government called the group’s insurance businesses unfair at bilateral talks.
Japan Post Holdings President Taizo Nishimuro told reporters on Friday that the state-owned firm will raise the number of post offices selling Aflac *CANCER* policies from 1,000 to 20,000.

Citizen’s radiation station “530 Bq/Kg from shoji screen in Saitama”
http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/07/ex…

Aizuwakamatsu city Fukushima, “There is not radioactive material in the air”
http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/07/ai…

Fukushima rezoning set to finish in August
Japan’s government is set to finish reorganizing all evacuation zones in Fukushima Prefecture as early as August. Reconstruction efforts may now enter a new phase.
The prospect emerged as the town assembly of Kawamata approved its mayor’s rezoning plan on Friday. The town is within 50 kilometers of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
It’s the last of 11 municipalities that were evacuated after the March 2011 nuclear accident to be realigned.

Hanford, PNNL isotope production expert dies
Published: July 25, 2013
Read more here: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/07…

Nuclear regulator hints at possible active fault off Aomori peninsula
Kunihiko Shimazaki, acting chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority. (Mainichi)
Kunihiko Shimazaki, acting chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), has hinted that a seabed fault off the Shimokita Peninsula in Aomori Prefecture, which is dotted with nuclear fuel cycle facilities, may be active.
http://mainichi.jp/english/english/ne…

July 26, 2013 Posted by | Uncategorized | 3 Comments

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July 26, 2013 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Depleted Uranium Found at Opa-Locka Airport

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“…but not everyone disposes of the depleted uranium waste peoperly…”

“…because they didn’t want to pay the expense of getting rid of it …”

Qoutes from the video

A HazMat crew is at Opa-locka Airport at 14201 NW 42nd Avenue monitoring depleted uranium.

By Sharon Lawson, Alexandra Leon and Lisa Orkin Emmanuel
|  Thursday, Jul 25, 2013  |  Updated 6:40 PM EDT

[Video on link)

http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/Depleted-Uranium-Found-at-Opa-Locka-Airport-216946071.html

Authorities were investigating after a part of the Opa-locka Executive Airport was evacuated on Thursday when depleted uranium was detected inside a 55-gallon drum and a wooden pallet.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and the Department of Environmental Protection were on scene at the airport,  located at 14201 NW 42nd Avenue,   trying to find a contractor to correctly dispose of the Uranium 238, said Mara Burger, a DEP spokeswoman.

Someone had dismantled an old airplane and used the containers to dispose of the parts, said Burger. The plane dates to the when uranium was used on the outside of aircraft for navigational purposes, she said.

The plane had been chopped up and the aluminum parts with uranium on them were put into the containers, Burger said. One container is half full and the other is three-quarters full.

“Depleted uranium is used in the fabrication of counterbalance weights. It’s a common practice. However, this material must be disposed of properly. It cannot be discarded as it was in this case,” said Lt. Arnold Piedrahita, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.

Authorities cordoned off a 150-foot radius for the hazardous materials crews to test the material. They found the radiation being released was minimal.

Meanwhile, Burger said there will be an investigation. Authorities were tipped off to the situation from anonymous caller to the state watch office run by the Department of Emergency Management.

The airport offers aircraft maintenance and repair services.

Authorities said there were no injuries.

Stay with NBC6.com and NBC 6 South Florida for updates.

July 26, 2013 Posted by | Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Radiating Americans: Fukushima rain, Clinton’s secret food pact

“I’m estimating over the next five years, you’re going to see a 20% increase in lung cancer. You’re not going to be able to say a person’s individual cancer came from Fukushima, but when you look at northern Japan, whatever the rate would have been, there will be a 20% more.”

http://www.examiner.com/article/radiating-americans-fukushima-rain-clinton-s-secret-food-pact

Fukushima is far from stabilized according to energy advisor veteran with 39 years of nuclear power engineering experience, Arnie Gundersen who told Solar IMG Saturday that Americans, not just in the northwest, are unaware of being rained on with Fukushima nuclear hot particles and eating Fukushima contaminated food because the US government has deliberately minimized the catastrophe, partially due to a pact Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed with Japan. Gundersen, with a team of other scientists, intends to prove government statements about Fukushima are false.

“The United States came up with a decision to downplay Fukushima,” said Gundersen who is awakening the public with information such as hot particles in rain will continue falling in the U.S., not just in the Pacific Northwest, for another year, and mentioning high-level fallout in Oklahoma a few days ago.

Gundersen told SolarIMG that high-level people he knows in the State Department said Hillary Clinton signed a pact with her counterpart in Japan agreeing for the United States to continue buying food from Japan, despite that food not being properly tested for radioactive materials.

“So we are not sampling the food coming into the United States,” he said, repeating, “The US government has come up with a decision at the highest levels of the State Department, as well as other departments who made a decision to downplay Fukushima.”

In April, the month after the powerful tsunami and earthquake crippled Japan including its nuclear power plant, “Hillary Clinton signed a pact with Japan that she agreed there is no problem with Japanese food supply and we will continue to buy them so we are not sampling food coming in from Japan” according to Gundersen.

Due to this high degree of secrecy enshrouding the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe, that Gundersen said is ongoing, he has called on Americans with Geiger counters to send samples to him for an independent research team’s study.

Gundersen says the new study will prove that what the U.S. government is telling Americans is false.

To help Americans come to terms with the present and ongoing Fukushima catastrophe, the former nuclear industry senior vice president who earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in nuclear engineering, who holds a nuclear safety patent, and was a licensed reactor operator, Arnie Gundersen recently featured on his Fairwinds website a new documentary short titled, “Dial ‘M’ For Meltdown.”

Brian Rich created the video to ensure the history of commercial nuclear power was documented and presented to a younger generation.

“I found most of the public was turned off by the complex nature of Nuclear Physics, even if what they didn’t know was going to kill them and their loved ones,” reported Rich.

One reason millions will die from Fukushima is what some experts in July called scandalous collusion to cover-up the horrendous facts about the nuclear holocaust occurring.

Fukushima stabilized? Many children to suffer thyroid cancer in three to five years

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July 26, 2013 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | 4 Comments

Japan Secretly Revises Radiation Dose Charts! Insurance liability tweak?

www.niburunews.com

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Published on 25 Jul 2013

Institute revises radiation exposure chart without explanation
Thanks you JRae50021 http://youtu.be/kAMT6zTbEvk
Link to article here: http://tinyurl.com/lsccaaj
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_n…
in The Asahi Shimbun.

The National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) association, whose directors include senior officials with electric power companies, said it quoted figures in the new report, which are from literature available both in Japan and abroad, after verifying the data.
A key institute that studies the effects of radiation has revised its chart of doses and related health risks without offering an explanation, triggering confusion and criticism as a result of the disparity among government figures circulating among the public.
The National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) in Chiba posted the chart as a reference that listed exposure from natural radiation and that from radiation leaked by the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant and possible health risks on its website after the nuclear accident unfolded in March 2011.
In April 2012, the NIRS deleted a description saying that there were no increased cancer incidences with a radiation dose of 100 millisieverts or less.
Instead, the new chart said it has been found that the risk of dying from cancer gradually rises in accordance with an increase in radiation doses exceeding 100 millisieverts.
An NIRS official said that the revision was meant to avoid misleading the public.
“We changed the expression because some people misunderstood that, ‘It has been scientifically established that incidences of cancer will not increase’ (if the radiation dose is 100 millisieverts or less),” the official told The Asahi Shimbun.
When the NIRS revised the chart, however, it gave no explanation for the change and the history of the revision.

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July 26, 2013 Posted by | Uncategorized | 1 Comment

John McCains continued relocation of Navajo on superfund Nuclear site GENOCIDE

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Published on 24 Jul 2013

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Native Americans: Navajo Indians targeted for brutal genocide,
in Arizona, USA …by Sen. John McCain, the BIA & a few greedy Politicians
http://www.cain2000.org/
United Nuclear Corporation Mill Site, New Mexico scroll down to see where forced relocated Navajos are
http://www.epa.gov/region6/6sf/newmex
More mud right at McCain: A Tragedy- GENOCIDE ! Right here in America !!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/
“This is what I see, A protest over a black youth by a hispanic who was found innocent
Yet thousands of Navajo and Hopi are being Killed for Profit and it does not even make the news
what is worse the forced relocation was to a Superfund Nuclear dumping ground
Where is the sanity or even Al Sharpton Human rights dude so he says and where is the empathy, because this breaks my heart
As far as John McCain he should be tried for crimes against humanity and serve the rest of his days with his extended family and the corporation on this superfund nuclear waste dump, drink the water and they can eat whatever contaminated food they can find
Peace, Love and Truth Love Linda.”
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July 26, 2013 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Fukushima – Science Media Centres and their part in corrupting truth. 福島-科学Mediaセンターとその腐敗してしまった真実について

Fukushima – Science Media Centres and their part in corrupting truth. 福島-科学Mediaセンターとその腐敗してしまった真実について

Posted by nuclear-news.net
11 July 2013
I would like to bring to your attention the mechanism by which science journalism is being undermined.. It may explain George Monbiot`s conversion to the nuclear industry among other things. This mechanism is the Science Media Centers of the world and the nuclear industry driven PR machine
Before SMC
Extra George Monbiot event
After SMC
monbiot41
科学ジャーナリストの地位が弱体化しているメカニズムについて、目を向けてほしいと思います。 多分このことから、原発関連についてのGeorge Monbiotの会話の内容が、理解できるであろうと私は、思っています。このメカニズムは、世界の科学メディアセンターや広告マシーンと化してしまった原発産業のことを、物語っている。 
There is growing evidence that the existence of SMCs is also encouraging news organizations to downgrade science reporters. Recently the newspaper The Australian sacked its science reporter, Leigh Dayton. The reason she was given by the editors was..
SMCの存在によって、ニュース機関等が、科学報告を軽視する傾向が強まってきている。最近、オーストラリアの新聞は、科学レポーターであるLeigh Dayton氏を、解雇した。 その理由は、その新聞社の編集者から、得た理由によると、

they could rely on the supply of press releases from the Australian SMC so that their general reporters could write the science news”.
“一般のレポーターたちが科学ニュース記事をかけるぐらい十分な情報がオーストラリアSMCからの広報から得られるため、だという。”

A large empirical study carried out recently by Andy Williams of Cardiff University, UK also confirmed that..
Cardiff大学のAndy Williams氏が、手がけた大量の実証的研究によると、英国も、以下のことについて、正式に、認めた。

“Science PR was increasing and independent science journalism was decreasing.”

“科学の報道発表は増えてきているが、独立した科学ジャーナリストが減っている。”

More here>>

https://nuclear-news.net/2013/07/11/fukushima-science-media-centres-and-their-part-in-corrupting-truth/


(Editor’s note)
Science Media Centre of Japan has been inactive since 12/3/13.  Last article on Fukushima disaster was June 2012.

http://smc-japan.org/eng/  

July 26, 2013 Posted by | Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Manchester United players meet Fukushima children

The Guardian

  • Source: SNTV
  • Length: 59 sec
  • SNTV
  • Tuesday 23 July 2013

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Jonny Evans, Jesse Lingard and Ben Amos visit a Unicef project for families displaced by the 2011 Fukushima earthquake in Yokohama, Japan.

The Manchester United players, and former United goalkeeper Gary Bailey, enjoy traditional Japanese tea and cake with children at the Fukushima Cafe, a project set up by Unifcef to help displaced families

  • Source: SNTV
  • Length: 59 sec
  • SNTV
  • Tuesday 23 July 2013

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Fukushima steps up children’s thyroid recheck -Too little too late?

Prefectural officials took the step because only one-third of the children requiring re-examination have been able to undergo the procedure.

Almost half of Fukushima kids have thyroid abnormalities

https://nuclear-news.net/2013/07/26/fukushima-steps-up-childrens-thyroid-recheck-too-little-too-late/

Fukushima Unit 3 Steaming Again! Aid worker whistleblows on bad Thyroid health check

This video and researched articles below are worth checking out. There is an interview in this video that refers to the plight of the children of Fukushima and their families.. And some admissions of how the Japanese authorities are managing to cover up the true statistical impacts on this unfortunate group of people.

So please listen to the interview and you will see a repetition of the situation after Chernobyl, where support/health workers understood the problems but would never be given a platform on the main stream news outlets.

I will also leave a link at the bottom where a belarus UK worker says she was told not to talk about the health effects she was seeing to anyone in the UK after the Chernobyl disaster (foe anyone who may have missed the article).[Arclight2011part2]

https://nuclear-news.net/2013/07/25/fukushima-unit-3-steaming-again-aid-worker-whistleblows-on-bad-health-check-practises72413/

July 26, 2013 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

[210] Nation Under Surveillance, Egypt’s Rising Tensions, US Dictatorship Over Okinawa

 

Published on 25 Jul 2013

Abby Martin Breaks the Set on lawmakers who support surveillance, heightening tensions in Egypt, the US’ role in destroying Okinawa, and A Few Deceitful Corporations.

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EPISODE BREAKDOWN: On this episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin remarks on recent vote over an amendment that could have blocked unwarranted surveillance by the NSA, adding the need to pressure congress to act promptly on this issue. Abby then talks to Egyptian activist Amin Mahmoud, and Associate Law Professor at Texas’ Wesleyan University, Sahar Aziz, about the growing tensions in Egypt between supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi and those against his government. Abby then goes over the effect of prolonged US military presence in bases all over the world, highlighting the case of Okinawa, Japan, which has hosted over 60 years of US occupation, and thousands of young troops who are almost immune from prosecution against crimes committed on the island. BTS wraps up the show talking to BTS producer Manuel Rapalo about the lawsuit against Pepsi’s ‘Naked’ brand over false labeling, and going over some of the most deceitful corporations in the world right now.

July 26, 2013 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

United Nations Further steps to enhance resolution 1738 needed more than ever

Reporters Without Borders welcomes the United Nations Security Council interest in considering to take further steps to enhance the implementation of resolution 1738 and improve the protection of journalists on the ground.

The Security Council is scheduled to hold an open debate on the protection of journalists on July 17, 2013. Reporters Without Borders worked very closely with France on the draft and adoption of resolution 1738 in 2006.

“Since resolution 1738 was unanimously adopted by the Security Council condemning intentional attacks against journalists in conflict situations, the level of violence against journalists and citizen-journalists is increasing. With 89 journalists killed in connection with their work, 2012 has been the deadliest year for journalists since Reporters Without Borders began producing an annual roundup in 1995”, explains Christophe Deloire, Reporters Without Borders Executive Director. “Further steps to enhance the implementation of resolution 1738 are needed more than ever”.

In repressive countries or countries at war, professional and citizen journalists are often the only sources of firsthand information about human rights violations by governments, warlords, religious extremists. By covering the plight of their fellow citizens and reporting abuses by leading officials, they expose themselves to the possibility of very violent reprisals. On the basis of its experience, Reporters Without Borders recommends that certain steps should be made in order to protect journalists.

1. Establish effective monitoring for states’ respect of their obligations 2. Extend member states’ obligations to non-professional “news providers” 3. Extend member states’ obligations beyond armed conflict situations 4. Reaffirm member states’ obligations to protect foreign exiled news providers

Please find attached the note addressed to Member States.

Resolution 1738 already requires states to protect journalists and combat impunity for those responsible for physical attacks against journalists. “So the problem is not a legal void but the lack of any verification of respect by member states for their obligations, highlights Christophe Deloire, that’s why we are especially asking the UN Security Council to seek the creation of a group of independent experts tasked with monitoring respect for UN Security Council Resolution 1738 by member states and presenting its findings during UNESCO general conferences. This group would also be tasked with informing, helping and advising the UN secretary general on the drafting of the section on the safety of journalists in his next reports on the protection of civilians during armed conflicts.”

In most of the cases when journalists have been killed, the murderers stay unpunished. Reporters Without Borders urges again member states to investigate systematically all acts of violence or fatal incidents in which journalists, media workers and related personnel are the victims, both those that take place on their territory and those that take place abroad. An example of this is the investigation launched in France by the French prosecutor on the attack that killed the French photographer Remi Ochlik and seriously wounded the French journalist Edith Bouvier in Homs in February 2012. The American veteran journalist Marie Colvin died as well in this attack.

Published on Wednesday 17 July 2013

Reporters Without Borders has been dedicated to the protection of journalists, media assistants and citizen journalists in conflict situations for more than 25 years, by providing insurances, bullet proof jackets and digital safety advises.

Reporters Without Borders co-signed a letter addressed to all UN Security Council members states with FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights, Canadian Association of Journalists, Committee to Protect Journalists, Free Press Unlimited, Global Forum for Media Development, International Center for Journalists, International Media Support, International Press Institute, Internews and Rory Peck Trust.

http://en.rsf.org/united-nations-further-steps-to-17-07-2013,44942.html

Bloggers and Journalists, time to fight back against oppression

 

UNESCO extends its call for proposals: Research on the Safety of Online Media Actors Doing Journalism

12.07.2013 – Communication & Information Sector

UNESCO launches a call for research proposals in order to produce a qualitative picture of cases around the world linked to guaranteeing the safety of journalists using digital media. The research will analyse the role of governments, intergovernmental organizations, civil society and the media in the protection of online media actors. It will also provide guidelines, good practices and policy recommendations on how to respect the right to freedom of expression in the digital environment.

https://nuclear-news.net/2013/07/13/53997/

July 26, 2013 Posted by | Uncategorized | 1 Comment