Geert Wilders’ international actions are made of European-Union bashing, advocating the most right-wing Israeli views and collecting money from rich, but scared, American Jewish elder people in Florida. Not counting the -officially- unsolicited mo…

How will it be overcome, the Wilders agitation and its sisters in many European countries?My friends say: By understanding the fears of men and women who live in marginalized urban neighborhoods. Elder people, who lost their references, when their chil…

Schuman’s report on the Holocaust may not have been the only one to be brought to the attention of the Allies in August 1942. At least one other independent testimony of the systematic extermination of Jews arrived at that time. Professor Howard M Sachar wrote:
‘The first reliable information of the ‘”Final Solution” evidently [...]

Who are exploiting the Dutch crisis? And How? Follow the Money! 1. A loophole in Dutch legislation.While most developed (”judeo-christian”) democracies have laws and rules that block organizations with foreign funding and/or no democratic structure, fr…

The UN General Assembly chose January 27 as the official day for the commemoration, as it was on this day in 1945 that Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz extermination camp, the last such camp still functioning. Throughout Europe, tributes will be paid to the 53 million people who died during World War II, of whom [...]

After Robert Schuman’s warning of the Nazi destruction of the Jews,
Why did those who were warned not act?
August 1942
“The Jews are being systematically destroyed. There are no more Jews in the Ukraine. Men, women and children have been separated and taken. Men and women have been transported to concentration camps. Often they are sent [...]

Many countries in Europe have dark and bright moments in history. Dark periods are marked by either tyranny, totalitarism or wars, while bright periods usually refer to revolutions, ideas of progress and prosperity, anti-war movements and prominent people who organized it. In recent European history, almost all Eastern countries experienced shifts of political systems and ruling regimes. In many [...]

As fewer legal professionals nowadays still take an interest in defending human rights, the city of Toulouse stands out as a shining example to the contrary. The well-known organisations such as Avocats sans frontieres, Cimade, the Institut d’Etudes Politiques and others organise regular events bringing human rights to the top of the political and civic agendas. [...]

Wilders is NOT about Islam. Any foreign intrusion would have done. He is about xenophobia and hate-mongering.In the first part of this series, we talked about the transnational effects of the Dutch Wilders hysteria against Muslims. And how it is exploi…

Ritual slaughter, normal in Jewish and Muslim traditions, is attacked at right-wing pro-Wilders manifestation in Amsterdam, Jan. 20, 2010. In the USA, loonies like Mr. Geert Wilders, just appear in the shape of hysteric bloggers, or television pri…

The paper written by Prof Li Junru for EU-China Observer Issue 6, 2009 is worth closer examination, bearing in mind the importance of the author.  Prof. Li Junru is former Vice President of the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. He is now Vice Director of the China Reform [...]

Yesterday the Bulgarian Parliament adopted at 1^st  reading the latest amendment in the Law on Electronic Communications, which once again introduces elements from the Data Retention Directive in the Bulgarian legislation.
Like in all the former proposals, the human rights are extremely violated.
Here are some points of the proposal:
1. The Ministry of Interior will have [...]

Présenter la multiplicité des approches à envisager (technique, juridique, pédagogique, sociologique, économique) et souligner l’articulation nécessaire avec la liberté d’expression et le devoir de mémoire, tel était l’objectif de cet atelier. Mais le point essentiel aura été l’accent mis sur l’épineuse question de loi applicable et la nécessité de porter la réflexion et les solutions [...]

Le Secrétaire Général du Conseil de l’Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland, a fait la déclaration suivante à l’occasion de la Journée internationale des droits de l’homme : « La liberté d’expression est un droit de l’homme essentiel, consacré par la Convention européenne des droits de l’homme, et l’un des piliers de l’Europe actuelle.
À l’ère de l’innovation [...]

Interview about process of European integration, visa-free travel, building democratic society, human rights, future of the Balkans…

Mrs Lunacek, you recently visited Montenegro. What are your first impressions and did you like the country?

My first impression was the beautiful and impressive nature of Montenegro, with mountains, as well as a coast line and historical treasures!

Majority of [...]