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South Asia Media Solidarity Bulletin: JUNE
Welcome to the monthly e-bulletin of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN). The next bulletin will be sent on July 15, 2016, and your inputs are most welcome.
We encourage contributions to let others know your activities; to seek solidarity and support from SAMSN members on your campaigns and activities. To contribute, email Ujjwal Acharya at: ifjsouthasia@gmail.com
Please feel free to distribute this bulletin widely among colleagues in the media. This e-bulletin and South Asia related contents are available at the SAMSN Digital Hub: https://samsn.ifj.org
In this bulletin:
1. Philippe Leruth is the new IFJ President
2. Safer, Smarter Journalism: Digital Security Need for South Asia's Journalists
3. Two journalists killed on assignment in Taliban attack
4. Nepal introduces repressive directives for online media
5. What happened to Zeenat Shahzadi?
6. Sri Lankan editor attacked following a series of threats
7. Sri Lankan police officer threatens journalists
8. Radio and TV offices attacked in Nangarhar, Afghanistan
9. Journalist detained for three days in Afghanistan
10. Three journalists arrested in three weeks in Nepal
11. Nepali journalist attacked and threatened over reports
12. Journalists physically attacked by political cadres in southern India
13. Security agency demands email metadata from Manipur editors
14. SAMSN Blogs
a. Online Media Directives ill-intended, needs immediate scrapping, by Taranath Dahal
b. Why Digital Security matters for journalists in South Asia, by Yameen Rasheed
15. Blogger Avijit murder prime suspect killed in 'gunfight' with cops [The Daily Star]
16. Microsoft, Google and Facebook to work with Bangladesh government to remove 'inappropriate content' [Beta News]
17. Afghan Journalists Approve National Code of Ethics [Afghanistan Journalists Center]
18. Journalists Set Minimum Benchmark For Own Safety [Freedom Network, Pakistan]
19. Disowned by their own: The disturbing pattern about the murders of independent journalists [The Scroll, India]
Delegates of the IFJ meeting at the 29th World Congress in Angers elected Philippe Leruth, member of the Belgian Association générale des Journalistes Professionnels de Belgique (AGJPB) as the president on June 9. Journalist at the daily newspaper L'Avenir, Leruth was vice-president of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), the European group of the IFJ, from 2004 to 2013, and AGJPB president from 1995 to 2005.
"The first challenge I will have to restore is IFJ unity," said the newly elected president. He is taking over from departing British President, Jim Boumelha, who headed the IFJ from 2007 to 2016 and was elected the honorary treasurer. Other elected members include Morocco's Younes M'Jahed (Senior Vice-President), Sabina Inderjit (India) and Joachim Krebich (Germany) as vice-presidents. Read the full list of the new IFJ executive committee here.
From May 23-31st, the IFJ and SAMSN conducted Safer, Smarter Journalism, a week-long digital security campaign to build digital security awareness and skills for South Asia's journalists. The campaign ran in all 8 South Asian nations and was supported by the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) through the South Asia Media for Democracy project. The campaign involved a series of online activities and the launching of three important reports:
The Digital Campaigning for Media Action: A Campaign Guide for Journalists [download] was launched on May 23. It outlines the essentials of the digital campaigning utilizing social media platforms. On May 25, the report on the Survey on Digital Security in South Asia's Media [download], conducted with 176 journalists in all eight countries of South Asia, was launched. And on May 31, Breaking the Walls: The Fight for Freedom of Expression in the Digital Space in South Asia [download] was launched. It is an assessment of the state? freedom of expression in South Asia on digital platforms.
All SAMSN members shared messages of basic digital security and social media postcards? through their social media platforms and email mailing lists to raise awareness among journalists. Read more about the campaign here and here. For reports and other resources, click here.
Zabibullah Tamanna, a local fixer/interpreter, and David Gilkey, an American photojournalist with the National Public Radio (NPR), both embedded with the Afghan Special Forces, were killed on June 5 when the armored vehicle in a convoy they were travelling in was struck by an 82mm rocket in a Taliban ambush near Marjah in Helmand. The vehicle carrying Gilkey and Tamanna was destroyed and their bodies were only recovered following heavy firefight[?].
Gilkey, 50, was an award-winning journalist who had extensive experience covering conflicts in Gaza, South Africa, Iraq, the Balkans and Afghanistan. Tamanna was a freelance journalist who worked for NPR as well as the NBC News and Turkey's Anadolu News Agency. He had also worked with Chinese news agency Xinhua as a photojournalist. More here.
On June 14, the Government of Nepal approved the 'Online Media Operations Directives 2015', which includes provisions to disrupt the services of online news sites by enabling arbitrary decisions by the Department of Information (DOI). The conditions under which the DOI can order the blocking of a website include: failure to register and renew the website; publication of materials deemed illegal or immoral, or 'without [an] authoritative source' or those that are seen to be 'creating misconceptions among [the] public.'
After protests from IFJ affiliates NPU and FNJ along with other media outlets demanding immediate withdrawal, the Minister for Information and Communication, in a meeting with FNJ delegates, agreed to review the Directives on June 21. More here.
Zeenat Shahzadi, a journalist for the Daily Nai Khabar and Metro News in Lahore, disappeared on her way to work in an auto-rickshaw in August, 2015. Police are understood to have registered a case against 'unknown men', but to date no developments have been made public. Zeenat's family alleges that she was targeted by Pakistan's Special Forces for her reporting.
The IFJ and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) have been aware of the case since October 2015 but at the request of the family did not make the case public. According to reports, Zeenat's older brother Latif said that prior to her disappearance, Zeenat had been investigating another disappearance – that of Indian engineer Hamid Ansari. Ansari went missing in November 2012, after he entered Pakistan illegally. More here.
Freddy Gamage, the editor of Meepura, a regional web portal, was attacked by two unidentified assailants while walking to his car after covering the monthly meeting of the Negambo Municipal Council on June 2 in eastern Sri Lanka. He was hospitalized after the attack, during which he received a head injury.
Gamage, who is also the Convener of the Web Journalists' Association, said he had received threats from Dayan Lanza, the Deputy Mayor of Negombo, who had warned him not to write negatively about him and his brother, Nimal Lanza, a Sri Lanka Member of Parliament. More here.
On June 17, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ranjith Perera, the head of the Police Department's commando arm, publicly threatened to punish journalists for not giving enough media coverage to his efforts to crack down on narcotics being smuggled. His outburst was captured on reporters' audio tapes in a news conference organized by the police in Colombo. Perera continued by warning journalists that he knew how to control the media and would do so by punishing journalists the same way his outfit had "controlled and suppressed the underworld." He identified several journalists by name and accused them of not giving him enough publicity and suggested that they could face dire consequences.
Later, Police Senior Superintendent Ajith Rohana apologized to the media on behalf of the Inspector General of Police and said that an inquiry against DIG Perera would be held. More heremore.
An unknown group planted improvised explosive devices (IED) on the roof of the radio station and cable TV network offices in Nangarhar province on June 8. The explosion damaged the transmission equipment, causing transmission to be halted. No one was injured in the incident. Zaman Suhil, the program manager of Enekas Radio, said that three bombs were placed on top of station building.
After the attack, a fourth bomb was defused by the security forces. Engineer Zulmay, who established the radio station in 2001, said that he had received threats from local Taliban and ISIS groups over the past few months. Police are investigating the incident. More here.
Naimatullah Karyab, a local correspondent for BBC and provincial head for Kunar province at AIJA was arrested by the US force in Jalalabad province on May 28 and handed over to the National Security Agency. During the detention, he was searched, and his communication equipment was seized. He was released after three days with security forces claiming that he was confused for another person with same surname. More here.
10. Journalists arrested in Nepal
Shesh Narayan Jha, the chief editor of news portal Sahayatra and the managing editor of the Samayabodh magazine was arrested for photographing a protester in Kathmandu on May 23. The protestor was smearing paint on the wall of Singha Durbar, a main government complex. Jha was charged under the Public Offence Act along with the protester.
In a separate incident on May 23, Chandra Man Shrestha of newspaper Nepal Sandesh was arrested following an article he authored, which allegedly included 'false news' about parliamentarian Gagan Thapa. Nepal Sandesh issued an apology to Thapa regarding the article. Shrestha was arrested under the Electronic Transaction Act (ETA) and remains in police custody. More here.
Bhanubhakta Niraula, the managing director of Himal FM, was attacked by Buddhi Kumar Rajbhandari, the co-ordinator of the Local Peace Committee, on June 9 on the premises of the District Administration Office Solukhumbu in eastern Nepal. Rajbhandari reportedly started threatening Niraula and tried to assault him when he saw him, asking why he had published news about the Committee. The attacker threatened Niraula not to broadcast any news about the Committee and its work. More here.
Asianet News senior reporter, Shyam Kumar, Reporter and TV scribe, Sreejith, and City channel's cameraperson, Anoop, were attacked on June 14, reportedly by the cadres of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), as they tried to record footage of three BJP workers who were brought to the judicial first class magistrate court. The BJP workers were being presented in the court in connection with their involvement in political clashes.
The journalists were manhandled, while the attackers also damaged their cameras. Police were present when the journalists were attacked and walked away without intervening. Asianet News said that the attackers also threatened the journalists. More here.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) asked some local newspapers in Imphal, Manipur to produce the photo copy of the press statement with its e-mails header, that had been sent by the CorCom, an underground outfit ?. In an order signed by an Inspector, NIA said the production of the press statement photo copy with e-mail header was necessary or desirable for the purpose its investigation. More here.
These provisions have obviously empowered the State agency's arbitrary power of censorship. The Department of Information is the State agency where the online media should be registered and renewed, says the Directives. And if any media fails to get renewed within stipulated time, it shall be blocked as the Directive states. Read more [hyperlink?].
The free flow of information in the internet has empowered journalists and threatened entrenched powers. Perhaps in response, journalists and whistleblowers now face renewed threats from both state and non-state actors.
In the face of these threats, it is important for journalists to protect the safe digital space that is so vital to carry out their jobs – pursuing leads, engaging in investigative journalism, and protecting the confidentiality of their sources. Read more.
15. Blogger Avijit murder prime suspect killed in 'gunfight' with cops
The prime suspect in the murder of bloggers Avijit Roy and Niladri Chattopadhyay Niloy was killed in a "gunfight" with detectives in Khilgaon of Dhaka on June 19. Deceased Shariful alias Sakib alias Sharif alias Saleh alias Arif alias Hadi-1 was a top organiser of banned militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), a banned outfit which was behind the killing of bloggers. More here.
16. Microsoft, Google & Facebook to work with Bangladesh to remove 'inappropriate content'
Following prolonged talks with the Bangladesh government, Facebook, Google and Microsoft have all agreed to do more to remove 'inappropriate content' from the internet. State Minister for Telecoms, Tarana Halim, said: "After intense discussion with Facebook, Google and Microsoft, it has been agreed that they will respond to requests within 48 hours". More here.
17. Afghan journalists approve National Code of Ethics
After months of nationwide consultations, Afghan journalists approved the National Code of Ethics on May 25, which is intended to promote the highest quality of work and to ensure the independence and accountability of journalists and media organizations. More here.
18. Pakistani journalists set minimum benchmark for own safety
Five of Pakistan's biggest press clubs and other platforms including four regional and a central union of journalists in partnership with Pakistan Press Club Safety Hubs Network has set minimum benchmarks for the safety of news-providers across the country, demanding special legislation from federal and provincial governments to protect journalists facing increasing threats to their lives, families and media houses. More here.
19. Disowned by their own: The disturbing pattern about the murders of independent journalists
When stringers are attacked or killed, the struggle for justice begins with determining whether they are journalists at all. More here.
SAMSN is a group of journalists' trade unions, press freedom organizations and journalists in South Asia that work together to support freedom of expression and association in the region.
For further information on SAMSN, visit: https://samsn.ifj.org/us/
If you have information on a press freedom violation or matters relating to media freedom and journalists' rights in South Asia, contact staff at IFJ Asia-Pacific so that action can be taken. To contribute to this bulletin, emailifjsouthasia@gmail.com
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Burkina Faso: Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment
Unbound Visual Arts Harvard Exhibit Inspires "Epic Heroines of Burkina Faso"
UNESCO/UNITWIN Affiliate Unbound Visual Arts (UVA) recently opened an exhibit at the Harvard Allston Education Portal in Massachusetts. The exhibition is based on the "ancient Greek epic poems, Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, which served as source material for some of the earliest themes in artwork." The exhibit will run through 23 December, and features the work of seven UVA artists. More information can be found on the UVA website.
Inspired by this theme, the team at the UNESCO/UNITWIN Network anchored at Boston University's Women's and Gender Studies (WGS) Program took the opportunity to look at the roles of two heroines in the history of Burkina Faso through this 'epic' lens. The following storyboard shares their historic roles defending their territories, and all the while breaking down gender barriers.
The two heroines highlighted in this storyboard are Warrior Princess Yennega and Princess Guimbi Ouattara. Yennaga is known as the "Mother of the West African Nation of Burkina Faso" and for her brave leadership of troops in the 14th and 15th centuries. She figures in the Women of Vision Burkina series earlier on this website, and currently in an exhibition at the Harvard Education Portal.
Princess Guimbi Ouattara defended her city in the West of Burkina in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She is revered in the region and is also designated as a Woman of Vision, Burkina Faso.
Both of these women exemplify the UNESCO priority theme of promoting gender equality, and notably disseminating positive images of women's roles and leadership. We hope that you too are inspired by their story, as well as those conveyed by the artists of the Harvard EPIC exhibit!
Posted by Brenda Gael McSweeney at 11:34 AM
About the Gender Equality - Burkina Faso Blog
A Forum for the sharing of ideas, research, and action, with a view to boosting gender equality and women's empowerment in Burkina Faso, and beyond. (At the end of the English versions you will find the French translations, or vice versa).
A propos du Blog Genre et Egalité-Burkina Faso: Un forum pour des échanges d'idées, des recherches actions en vue de renforcer l'égalité des genres et les capacités des femmes au Burkina Faso. (Cliquez en bas des articles en anglais pour les versions en français, ou l'inverse.)
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Initiators and Editors: Brenda Gael McSweeney & Scholastique Kompaoré
Burkina Partners: Peter Kazoni, Journalist (to June 2010); Aimé Damiba, Education Specialist; Benoît Ouédraogo, Rural Development Specialist; Aminata Kiello, Social Scientist; Mahamadi "Madhy" Ouédraogo, Information Communications Technology Specialist
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Blogspot Publisher: Brenda Gael McSweeney of Boston and Brandeis Universities; all photos by and copyright, Brenda Gael McSweeney, unless otherwise stated.
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It's Not Easy Being a BookTuber
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Daniel Greene makes a full-time living off his YouTube channel, discussing fantasy authors such as Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson, and Jim Butcher. Talking about...
Daniel Greene makes a full-time living off his YouTube channel, discussing fantasy authors such as Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson, and Jim Butcher. Talking about your favorite books all day might sound like a dream come true, but Greene says that building a successful channel is harder than people think.
"For a few years I was doing a video every day of the week, seven days a week, which was insane, while also being a software engineer," Greene says in Episode 431 of the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast. "I'm a workaholic."
In addition to dealing with sponsors and reading hundreds of pages a day, Greene also spends hours editing his videos to look as polished as possible. He notes that when late night talk show hosts were forced to broadcast from home due to Covid-19, their initial efforts were lackluster. "Those are professionals, those are people who have been doing this for so long, and they couldn't figure it out really quick," he says. "It just shows that YouTubers do put time and effort in to make their content quality."
The biggest challenge with YouTube is adapting to the site's mysterious and ever-shifting algorithm. Greene is careful to balance less popular content with familiar standbys that he knows will bring in traffic.
"I get 20-30 self-published authors reaching out to me a week, trying to get me to read their books," he says. "I would love to read their books, I would love to promote them to my audience, but if I did even a fraction of those, it would take up a huge percentage of my videos, and YouTube would see 'OK, he had five videos this week, three of them were about these self-published books that barely got 10K views, we're going to demote him.' And eventually I wouldn't be able to do this job anymore."
Greene recently launched a new podcast, A Fictional Conversation, with his friend Bobby O'Donald. He's looking forward to creating content without the constant pressure of YouTube's analytics. "I needed a project that was less stressful, and that I wouldn't get constant feedback on all the time—you really don't with podcasts," he says. "I purposely have been ignoring the numbers, because numbers run my life."
Listen to the complete interview with Daniel Greene in Episode 431 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy (above). And check out some highlights from the discussion below.
Daniel Greene on The Wheel of Time:
"It's not a series I recommend to everyone, even though I love it, because I know recommending a 14-book series to someone isn't what I would call polite. It's almost rude. But I do think anyone who's a hardcore fantasy fan, who read A Song of Ice and Fire and wasn't satiated, could absolutely get through Wheel of Time, and anybody who gets to Book 4 is in love with it. The percentage of people who hit Book 4 and are not absolutely obsessed with it is very, very low. And then there are a certain number who won't finish because the slog just hits them too hard. But everyone who pushes past that, I personally haven't met anyone who doesn't at least like-to-love the ending of the series and think it's worth it."
Daniel Greene on BookTubers:
"The one I maybe admire most, just in terms of his technical ability to speak about books and his editing and everything, is Captured in Words. He talks exclusively about adult fantasy. He puts out a video a month, but it's like an event for me when he does. It's an outstanding channel where he just does these videos about [Brandon] Sanderson or whatever series captures him. He's a big Kingkiller fan, which I'm not huge about, so whenever I get comments saying, 'Talk about Kingkiller,' I just direct them over to Jay. But yeah, he's spectacular. And then there's another one, a woman who operates a sister channel to my channel, Merphy Napier. She and her husband are really good friends of mine, and they talk a lot about adult fantasy."
Daniel Greene on modern fantasy:
"Modern fantasy is more interesting than classic fantasy to talk about, because there's so much new happening right now—I mean, books published in the last two or three years. What's happening right now is really exciting, because we're seeing all these other cultures and authors from places that wouldn't have been published by the traditional publishing houses come out and have amazing success. If you go back to 1980, America would not have a successful fantasy book that's inspired by African cultures. That just wouldn't happen, because they wouldn't market it, they wouldn't trust it. But now the self-publishing boom happened, and from there we've seen the boom of smaller publishers coming out and taking risks on series like people haven't seen before."
Daniel Greene on evergreen content:
"I purposely weight my videos into about 50 percent that will age well, and be watchable a year from now and you'll be fine, and another 50 percent that are just about what's hot right now. 'Fantasy News' gets more clicks in the first day of being up than pretty much any other video I put out, but then it will just drop off and die, because no one cares anymore—the news is out there, everybody's heard about it, it's done. I've counteracted that a little bit by putting little skits and jokes and a lot of personality in Fantasy News, so a lot of people just come back to watch it for that, which I appreciate so much. But then the other half of my content is stuff that can age well and will continue to get views."


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Ball State Opera Theatre: Don Giovanni
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From the opening sounds of the opera's famous overture, the audience knows they are in for a special theatrical experience. An incredible mash-up of the supernatural, comedy, and drama, Mozart's "Don Giovanni" is a true operatic masterpiece that must be seen in person to be truly experienced. The opera will be presented in Italian with projected English titles. Tickets available through the Emens Auditorium Box Office.
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The ultimate tale of an ambitious stage mother fighting for her daughters' success while secretly yearning for her own, Gypsy is one of the quintessential musicals of the 20th century. Set in 1920s America when vaudeville was dying and burlesque was born, this landmark show features Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre Johnna Tavianini in the iconic role of Mama Rose. Gypsy is a fitting finale to the illustrious career of George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor of Theatre Beth Turcotte who will retire in May of 2019.


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ALEXANDER MONSON'S CASE: He Was Tortured And Denied Treatment-High Court
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Justice Erick Ogolla delivers the judgement at the High Court, Mombasa on November 15, 2021
The High Court yesterday jailed four police officers after establishing that Mr. Alexander Monson who died after being arrested by police was "tortured" while in custody at Diani police station, Kwale County.
Sitting in Mombasa, November 15, 2021, Justice Erick Ogolla imprisoned the officers noting that they further failed to take immediate action and have him treated in order to save his life.
"What happened to Alexander is not a surprise to many Kenyans. Police cells have become death traps for inmates suspected by the police to have committed a crime. It is an indictment without the shadow of doubt of a Kenyan police cell," he said.
Justice Ogolla went on: "The deceased was tortured for reasons unknown to the court. This torture took place outside the cell and the deceased tried to defend himself and that explains the bruises he sustained in his left arm."
Mr. Monson also sustained injuries in his private parts.
Mr. Monson's mother, Hillary, makes her submission to the High Court in Mombasa, November, 15, 2021
In their defence, the officers had argued that Mr. Monson's death, who they had arrested on suspicion of smoking cannabis sativa (bhang) was caused by drug overdose.
But Justice Ogolla punched holes in this argument.
He said: "This theory of drug overdose must be rejected. Those who tortured and caused the death of the deceased put the drugs into the pockets of the deceased after he had died."
The case is a first; it is the earliest matter admitted for investigation by the Independent Policing Oversight Authority after it was formed through an Act of Parliament in 2012.
This inaugural investigation began on June 11, 2013, after the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) sent to IPOA, a duplicate inquiry file into the death which was compiled by then Criminal Investigations Department (CID).
CID is the predecessor of the current Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
In the dock: The convicted officers await delivery of the judgement.
Mr. Monson was pronounced dead on May 19, 2012 at Palm Beach Hospital, hours after he was transferred there from Diani police station, where he had been detained overnight.
After conducting an independent investigation, IPOA in 2014 established criminal culpability in the demise of Mr Monson and recommended to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, that a public inquest be conducted to ascertain the persons responsible for the death.
Consequently, the Magistrate's Court in Mombasa ruled on June 23, 2018 that four police officers be prosecuted and therefore, the ODPP instituted a murder trial at the High Court.
In yesterday's judgement, Sergeant Naftali Chege was jailed for fifteen (15) years with five years suspended, Chief Inspector Charles Wangómbe Munyiri for twelve (12) years with six years suspended, Constable Ishmael Baraka Bulima for nine (9) years with five years suspended and Constable John Pamba for twelve (12) years with six years suspended
In the dock: the officers await delivery of the judgement
In meting out the sentences, Justice Ogolla cited international statutes, the Constitution and local laws on the right to life of all persons, including suspects held in police custody.
He further observed that officers were negligent in their duties.
"It was their duty to make sure he (Mr. Monson) got medical attention but they failed to take immediate action and it led to deterioration of his condition and ultimate death," according to Justice Ogolla.
He added: "He (Mr. Monson) was brought to the station in good health…..The kind of injuries he suffered were not sustained while inside the cells, otherwise the cellmates would have noticed it. The only rational explanation is that at one point between 3 am and 5 am the deceased was removed from his cell by the police officers either for interrogation on issues of bail or other issues. This movement was not reported in the OB (Occurrence Book)."
He therefore concluded: "Circumstantial evidence shows the deceased was tortured outside the cells inside the enclosure of the police station and his torturers are people unknown to this court but well known to all the accused persons because they had legal custody of the deceased."
"Regardless of who caused the injuries, the accused took no action including first aid…. The issue of drug overdose was brought out by the police either to cover for the murder or their negligence."
Following the judgement IPOA Chairperson Anne Makori said: "IPOA was formed with the objective of holding police accountable to the public and ensure that police strive for professionalism and discipline. In executing this mandate, the Authority is entrusted with various functions, including investigations. An investigation that establishes criminal culpability proceeds to prosecution, like this case. This should send a message that no matter how long it takes, all criminal actions must be brought to book."
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Felton, Dover home invasions likely related
State police believe home invasions in Felton and Dover Tuesday morning were committed by the same masked, armed men.
Felton, Dover home invasions likely related State police believe home invasions in Felton and Dover Tuesday morning were committed by the same masked, armed men. Check out this story on delawareonline.com: https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/crime/2018/02/13/felton-dover-home-invasions-likely-related/332750002/
Adam Duvernay, The News Journal Published 10:41 a.m. ET Feb. 13, 2018 | Updated 10:55 a.m. ET Feb. 13, 2018
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The first occurred just before 12:30 a.m. in the 100 block of Sandalwood Drive in Felton and the second around 1:40 a.m. the unit block of Kentwood Drive in Dover. State police reported four men entered the first home and three entered the second.
In Felton, the four men woke up a 22-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman by forcing their way through the front door, police said. A child was present, but no one was hurt.
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They displayed their weapons and demanded drugs and money, police said. They took a video game system, a small safe and a wallet before fleeing, police said.
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Fans are on your side. You pitch here more so youre more comfortable here for the most part. You dont know how to explain those things.Davis has 27 homers this season -- already matching his career high set last year with Milwaukee -- and eight since the All-Star break.It seems like hes more and more confident up there as the season goes on, Melvin said. Anytime you switch leagues, theres a little bit of an adjustment period. He struggled a bit early, but sinnce then hes been as good as any power-hitter in the league. Cheap Custom Marlins Jersey. Davis was hitting just .214 with eight home runs after the seasons first 35 games, but has hit .275 with 19 home runs since.The As were able to pull within a run in the eighth when Yonder Alonso hit a two-run home run off JC Ramirez, but in the ninth the Angels turned to Bedrosian. He struck out Max Muncy, Crisp and Jed Lowrie to earn the save.Bedrosian has been on an impressive roll prior to Tuesday. He has struck out eight consecutive batters overall and has not allowed a run in his last 25 appearances.Cams been awesome, Street said. Ive been impressed with him all year long. He has a great head on his shoulders and his stuff is obviously there. He has the right mindset and makeup. It was really cool to see him get his first one tonight.The Angels have now won nine of their last 11 games at home. They are 11-6 since the All-Star break.The win pushed the Angels one game ahead of the As in the AL West cellar.TRAINERS ROOMAthletics: Melvin said catcher Josh Phegley, on the disabled list since July 2 with a strained right knee, is participating in all baseball drills but still not comfortable going in and out of a crouch. Its the second time this season hes been on the DL with strained right knee.Angels: RHP Mike Morin was recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake. Manager Mike Scioscia said he will go with a committee at closer with Street out. 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Q: String substitution for key value pairs in array I'm trying to message some data of key values in arrays but stumped.
Here's what's in my array:
data = [ "name=abc", "title=analyst", "group=IT", "id=123"]

The mapping that I'm looking to translate:
mapping = { "name" => "EmployeeName", "title" => "JobTitle", "group" => "BusinessGroup", "id" => "EmployeeID"}

The expected result that I'm after:
data = [ "EmployeeName=abc", "JobTitle=analyst", "BusinessGroup=IT", "EmployeeID=123"]

A: data.map {|s| s.sub /\w+/, mapping }
# => ["EmployeeName=abc", "JobTitle=analyst", "BusinessGroup=IT", "EmployeeID=123"]

A: data.map { |str| str.split(/\s*=\s*/).tap { |k,_| k.replace(mapping[k]) }.join('=') }
  #=> ["EmployeeName=abc", "JobTitle=analyst", "BusinessGroup=IT",  "EmployeeID=123"]

I've split on /\s*=\s*/, rather than "=", in case there are any spaces before or after =.

A: Given your data array and mapping hash, you can do the following using Array#map:
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# => ["EmployeeName=abc", "JobTitle=analyst", "BusinessGroup=IT", # "EmployeeID=123"]

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Patrick et Sophie en fusée est un roman de science-fiction pour la jeunesse écrit par Monique Corriveau et publié en 1975.

Résumé
Les jumeaux Sophie et Vincent sont en vacances en Gaspésie où ils retrouvent Jonas, leur ami micmac. Dans la grange de leur voisine, Madame Bibliothèque, des intrus ont installé un laboratoire que les jumeaux se mettent à espionner : Patrick, un archéologue colérique, Barthélémy, ingénieur, et Monsieur Toc. Les trois enfants pénètrent dans la grange, y explorent un grand cylindre mystérieux, qui se referme alors sur eux, et les voilà partis dans un voyage dans le temps vers l'année 1380. Ils devront résoudre le mystère d'une fresque rupestre affichant un chat domestique curieusement anachronique.

Éditions
 Patrick et Sophie en fusée, Saint-Lambert, éditions Héritage, coll. « Galaxie », 1975 ,  ; réédition en 1979.

Bibliographie
 Liette Issalys, « La représentation des héros dans les romans de Monique Corriveau », thèse présentée à l'école des gradués de l'université Laval pour l'obtention de grade de Maître ès Arts (M.A.), , 134 p.

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Award for Mitchell, 15, who saves dad
A schoolboy on his first day of work experience saved his dad's life when he collapsed with a heart attack.
Mitchell Holmes, 15, leaped into action when Jeffrey fell ill at lunchtime - giving him mouth to mouth and chest compression he learned on first aid courses.
He carried on as warehouse manager Jeffrey, 48, went in and out of consciousness.
Finally paramedics took him to hospital - where he had a triple bypass operation.
Despite his traumatic experience Mitchell was back at work next day at Future Metals in Fareham, Hants, which makes plane tubing.
And next week he will be presented with a Red Cross Humanitarian Citizen Award.
Mitchell, of Totton, said yesterday: "Instinct took over. I'd taken two Red Cross first aid courses at school and when I was an Army Cadet and it was all quite fresh in my mind.
"The paramedics said it was a difficult thing to do to such a close relative but I didn't feel scared - I just knew what I had to do.
"It wasn't until afterwards that it all started to sink in. But it was a team effort - everyone there pulled together and that allowed me to do what I had to do."
Jeffrey, back at work after a full recovery, said: "Mitchell didn't panic and just got on with what he thought had to be done.
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Mum Karen Driscoll said: "I couldn't be any prouder. He is a very mature boy who stayed calm in very difficult circumstances and did something amazing."
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Lee Haskins (* 29. November 1983 in Bristol, England) ist ein britischer Boxer im Bantamgewicht und ehemaliger Weltmeister des Verbandes IBF.

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Im Jahre 2003 begann er erfolgreich seine Profikarriere und wurde Englischer Meister und Commonwealth-Meister im Fliegengewicht. Nach seinem Wechsel ins Bantamgewicht erlitt er zwei Niederlagen in drei Kämpfen und wechselte danach ins Superfliegengewicht. In dieser Gewichtsklasse wurde er anschließend Britischer- und Commonwealth-Meister.

Wieder im Bantamgewicht kämpfend, wurde er im Juli 2011 Interkonti-Champion der WBA und im Juli 2012 Europameister der EBU. Er schlug dabei den späteren IBF-Weltmeister Stuart Hall. In seiner ersten Titelverteidigung verlor er zwar gegen den Belgier Stephane Jamoye, wurde jedoch anschließend wieder Britischer Meister und im Februar 2015 Europameister.

Am 13. Juni 2015 boxte er gegen Ryosuke Iwasa um den Interims-Weltmeistertitel des Verbandes IBF und siegte durch technischen K. o. in Runde 6. Am 21. November desselben Jahres wurde Haskins der volle Weltmeister-Status der IBF zugesprochen, nachdem Randy Caballero der Titel aufgrund Überschreitung des Gewichtslimits entzogen worden war.

Haskins verteidigte den Titel daraufhin im Mai 2016 einstimmig gegen Ivan Morales, Bruder des mehrfachen Boxweltmeisters Erik Morales. Im September 2016 schlug er bei einem Rückkampf auch Stuart Hall.

Den Titel verlor er schließlich am 10. Juni 2017 durch Punktniederlage an Ryan Burnett.

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The news release notes that while 18-to-20-year-olds are considered adults in most ways, it is illegal for them to drink alcohol.
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The Jessamine County social host ordinance basically prohibits adults from holding parties on their premises if they know that juveniles might obtain, possess or consume alcohol during the party and don't take reasonable steps to prevent it.
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These guidelines will help you to have a successful, rewarding experience learning an instrument. These are practical tips that we have discovered from years of teaching and our experiences with teaching hundreds of students each year.
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For this age we recommend one of our Kindermusik classes. We offer classes for different age groups from birth – age 5. Children meet in a group setting once a week where they sing, dance, play rhythm instruments and musical games. Studies show that early exposure to music helps children later in life in the areas of concentration, memory, motor skills, and provides a foundation for music that can not be duplicated later in life.
At our school 5 years old is the youngest age that we start children in individual piano lessons. At this age they have begun to develop longer attention spans and can retain material with ease.
5 years old is the earliest we recommend for guitar lessons. Guitar playing requires a fair amount of pressure on the fingertips from pressing on the strings. Children under 5 generally have small hands and may find playing uncomfortable. Bass guitar students generally are 10 years old and older.
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Learning music is not just a matter of having a qualified teacher, but also having an environment that is focused on music education. Our music lessons take place in a professional school environment where students cannot be distracted by television, pets, ringing phones, siblings or anything else. With only a half hour or even one hour of lesson time per week, a professional school environment can produce better results since the only focus at that time is learning music. Also in our school all of our individual piano studios have real pianos, not keyboards. Students in a school environment are also motivated by hearing peers who are at different levels and by hearing and seeing a variety of musical instruments. In a music school, the lessons are not just a hobby or sideline for the teacher but a responsibility which is taken very seriously.
Set the same time every day to practice so it becomes part of a routine or habit. This works particularly well for children. Generally the earlier in the day the practicing can occur, the less reminding is required by parents to get the child to practice.
We use this method quite often when setting practice schedules for beginners. For a young child 20 or 30 minutes seems like an eternity. Instead of setting a time frame, we use repetition. For example, practice this piece 4 times every day, and this scale 5 times a day. The child then does not pay attention to the amount of time they are practicing their instrument, but knows if they are on repetition number 3 they are almost finished.
This works very well for both children and adult students. Some adults reward themselves with a cappuccino after a successful week of practicing. Parents can encourage children to practice by granting them occasional rewards for successful practicing. In our school we reward children upon completion of a piece with stickers. Praise tends to be the most coveted award - there just is no substitute for a pat on the back for a job well done. Sometimes we all have a week with little practicing, in that case there is always next week. In our school we have an awards system in which students earn points for practicing which helps them earn awards such as trophies, medals, plaques etc.
There are some excellent materials developed by professional music educators that are made for students in a variety of situations. For example in piano, there are books for very young beginners, and books for adult students that have never played before. There are books that can start you at a level you are comfortable with. These materials have been researched and are continually upgraded and improved to make learning easier. These materials ensure that no important part of learning the instrument can inadvertently be left out. If you ever have to move to a different part of the country, qualified teachers and institutions will recognize the materials and be able to smoothly continue from where the previous teacher left off.
Most Importantly . . . HAVE FUN!!
Music should be something that you enjoy for a lifetime. So, try not to put unrealistic expectations on yourself or your children to learn too quickly. Everyone learns at a different pace and the key is to be able to enjoy the journey.


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America's Cup: Moon rovers of sailing
Chris Caswell dislikes the current iteration of America's Cup racing, and he pounds that drum in his Sailing magazine column:
Disclosure: I love sports cars. I've loved them since I didn't have a driver's license and, since then, I've owned them, restored them, raced them and often sworn at them. It's exactly like my relationship with boats.
Although I'm fascinated by cars of all ilk, I have absolutely no interest whatsoever in the lunar moon rover. Yes, it's a vehicle and it has four wheels, but it holds no thrall at all. I'll probably never see one, let alone drive it or dream about it.
It's the same way I feel about the America's Cup these days. The waterbug-like craft that skitter around on foils with no spinnakers, no tacking duels, just sheer speed are the moon rovers of sailing.
I see no "trickle-down" from the America's Cup. Sailors used to benefit from advances in everything from sail materials to better turning blocks, but I don't see our marinas suddenly filling with foiled yachts. I'm long past wearing a skin-tight wetsuit, and I'd have to be dipped into liquid neoprene to get into one, though kids sailing Optimists have embraced it.
This musing was triggered because of the photo of the Alinghi Red Bull Racing. (How's that for a yacht name? No more Intrepids or Columbias or Heritages, it has all the appeal of calling it Joe's Plumbing Supply.) The Swiss America's Cup challenger was practicing in Barcelona and on its first—first—day of sailing, when it had a major problem.
The boat fell over.
We might have said that it capsized if it was a real boat, but it was more like the SS Alinghi Red Bull Racing had just fainted. As they were towing in after testing, a sudden squall blew though. One of the crewmembers said the boat was difficult to control and it just tipped over. Chase boats quickly picked up the sailors that had been dumped in the water, but the image of this America's Cup yacht lying helplessly on its side with its foils in the air like a dying cockroach made me realize how far astray the Cup has gone. – Full report
Following the publication of the AC37 Protocol and AC75 Class Rule on November 17, 2021, the AC75 Class Rule and AC Technical Regulations were finalized on March 17, 2022. The entry period opened December 1, 2021 and runs until July 31, 2022, but late entries for the 37th America's Cup may be accepted until May 31, 2023. The Defender was to announce the Match Venue on September 17, 2021 but postponed the venue reveal, confirming it would be Barcelona on March 30, 2022. The 37th America's Cup will be held in September/October 2024.
Teams revealed to challenge defender Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL):
• INEOS Britannia (GBR)
• Alinghi Red Bull Racing (SUI)
• Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team (ITA)
• NYYC American Magic (USA)
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Additional details: www.americascup.com/en/home
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Review: THOMAS GILES – 'Don't Touch The Outside' [Music Video Stream]
By Kirkland | November 8, 2018 - 1:15 pm | November 8, 2018 Album Reviews
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Thomas Giles Rogers Jr. has made a name for himself musically, there's no doubt about that. His tenure with the mighty Between The Buried And Me may have already cemented his legacy as one of the pioneers of new-age progressive rock, however, outside of BTBAM's extensive discography, there's still much to be heard in the frontman's arsenal. With the upcoming release of his fourth SOLO studio album, "Don't Touch The Outside," (via Sumerian Records) we have one of your first looks at the next chapter of his solo career, and, what an ambitious effort it is!
Between The Buried And Me are probably a step ahead of many bands in terms of songwriting, and Tommy doesn't hit the brakes when it comes to his solo work either. Don't Touch The Outside dives deeper into the frontman's musical endeavors with music that will send chills down your spine from the into to the last song. His grand scheme of songwriting is a persistent wave of emotion that crosses all musical boundaries with no intent on slowing down. Songs like "Incomplet," with spiraling guitar riffs from the start into melodies that will put you under a trance, underneath Tommy's distant vocals that draw you to the edge of your seat while you're listening. Heading into songs such as, "I Win," featuring experimental vocalist, Carley Coma (Candria) with heavy synth-driven beats with Carley's aggressive voice and rhyme schemes as the cherry on top. "Sway," a song that stuck out with its drum-heavy backbeat, light-hearted vocals to make this an immersive listening experience.
For all of our readers that are fans of the elite musicality of Raleigh, North Carolina's Between The Buried And Me, be sure to check out vocalist Tommy Giles' impressive, mesmerizing fourth solo effort entitled, Don't Touch The Outside, releasing this Friday (November 9th) via Sumerian Records.
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BMW i8 production will end in April
We knew that BMW will end the i8 production in 2020. But today we have the official announcement. Starting this April, the German car manufacturer has decided to put a stop on its only supercar.
The BMW i8 was launched six years ago and it also received an update a couple of years ago. In December 2019, the BMW announced us that the i8 reached the 20,000 milestone at the Leipzig factory and this was an important news.
Currently, BMW is producing two versions of the i8. We have the Coupe variant and the Roadster version, both of cars using a hybrid powertrain which can deliver up to 369 horsepower.
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More than that, the i8 currently one of the most expensive model in the line-up. The Coupe starts at 147,500 USD, while the Roadster kicks off at 163,300 USD. The latter one is currently the most expensive car of the German portfolio, with the M760i xDrive slotting between the two i8 with a starting price of 157,700 USD.
Even thought the car is pretty expensive and doesn't have the same performances of a real supercar, we will miss the i8.
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Rasmus Sandin named top defenceman at World Juniors
January 5, 2020, 6:38 PM | Zach Laing
It's been a good couple of days to be Rasmus Sandin.
The Toronto Maple Leafs prospect was just named to the AHL all-star game Friday, and today he won a bronze medal in the World Juniors with Sweden.
But even better, the young defenceman was named the tournament's top defenceman and was also named to World Junior all-star team. — and boy, was it well deserved.
The 19-year-old led all rearguards in the championship notching three goals and 10 points good enough for fifth overall in scoring. Sandin, a 2018 first-round pick of the Maple Leafs, is in the midst of a great season with the Toronto Marlies scoring 12 points in 19 games.
He's appeared in six games with the big club this year totaling two assists in those appearances. He's certainly making a strong case to be deserving of a recall as the season progresses.
Canada's Alexis Lafreniere was named the tournament MVP. Here's a full look at the all-star team:
Goaltender: Joel Hofer, Canada
Defenceman: Rasmus Sandin, Sweden
Defenceman: Alexander Romanov, Russia
Forward: Samuel Fagemo, Sweden
Forward: Barrett Hayton, Canada
Forward: Alexis Lafreniere, Canada
Most Valuable Player: Alexis Lafreniere, Canada
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The sudden flareup also threatened Israel-Egypt relations, after three Egyptian police were killed as the cross-border clash developed Thursday. Egypt complained strongly as thousands demonstrated in Cairo, and Israel apologized.
A spokesman for Israel's government would not comment, and it was not clear if the cease-fire would take effect or hold.
Earlier Sunday, a salvo of rockets from Gaza struck an empty school and sent thousands of Israelis into bomb shelters. Israel responded with airstrikes and diplomats scrambled to limit the violence.
Some of the diplomatic efforts were aimed at limiting the damage from the deaths of the three Egyptian police. On Sunday morning, an Israeli envoy arrived at Cairo's international airport and was whisked off in a convoy of four waiting cars, airport officials said. Israel's government would not comment on the envoy's identity or the details of his mission. A second unidentified envoy arrived later Sunday, the Egyptian officials said.
Diplomats in Cairo and Jerusalem said the U.S., France and Germany were working with the Israelis and Egyptians to end the diplomatic spat. They spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss ongoing diplomatic efforts.
Alongside the diplomacy, Israel threatened to intensify its attacks if the rocket barrages continue.
Speaking to Israel Radio, military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yoav Mordechai said Israel "will not hesitate" to widen its military operation if necessary. Diplomats scrambled to try to prevent the violence -- the deadliest since Israel went to war against Gaza militants 2 1/2 years ago -- from spiraling out of control.
Large-scale Israeli military operations in Gaza would create new friction with the Muslim world at a time when Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is preparing to ask the United Nations to recognize an independent Palestinian state. Pictures of a major Israeli offensive in Gaza could hurt the Jewish state's efforts to minimize world support for the Palestinian statehood bid.
A spokesman said Abbas' Palestinian Authority planned to use the renewed violence to bolster its case for statehood at the United Nations next month.
"An independent Palestinian state is the remedy for violence," Husam Zomlot said. "It would control its borders and prevent such deterioration from happening."
Abbas, who wields limited power in the West Bank under Israel's overall security control, asserts no such control at this time. Hamas routed his loyalists from Gaza in a violent 2007 takeover, and a reconciliation pact the two sides signed in May has stalled.
Hamas, backed by Iran, opposes both peacemaking with Israel and Abbas' statehood bid.
Under Hamas rule, Gaza's militants have increased the quality and range of their rocket arsenals and now target the largest city in Israel's south -- Beersheba, 25 miles away from Gaza. Most of the rockets launched since Thursday have been military-grade Katyushas smuggled in through tunnels from Egypt.
Israel pulled out of Gaza in 2005.
Since Thursday's ambush, militants have fired some 100 rockets and mortars into Israel. On Saturday, rockets killed an Israeli man in Beersheba and seriously wounded two others.


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J'Accuse! Our Dreyfus and Theirs
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Two months after its shellacking in the United Kingdom's general elections, the Labour Party continues to remind British voters of why they chose the "anyone-but-Jeremy-Corbyn" option.
Last week, it was the turn of John McDonnell—Corbyn's main lieutenant and a stalwart of the party's far-left—to plumb the depths of illogical, offensive and plain ignorant political rhetoric. Speaking immediately after a visit to Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, in the grim surroundings of south London's Belmarsh prison, McDonnell produced an unforgettable soundbite. Just not in the way he intended.
"I think this is one of the most important and significant political trials of this generation, in fact longer," said McDonnell, referring to the possibility that Assange will be extradited to the United States to face 18 charges related to national security violations, of which 17 are covered by the Espionage Act. Warming to his subject, McDonnell then ventured, "I think it's the Dreyfus case of our age."
Perhaps McDonnell believed that this comparison would send journalists scurrying onto Google for a quick refresher course on "Dreyfus," and that he would consequently be congratulated for having offered such a thoughtful, historically resonant observation. No such luck.
Diligently performing their duties as representatives of the Jewish community, organizations including the Community Security Trust and the Holocaust Educational Trust swiftly countered McDonnell's claim. Whatever Assange might be, they said, he is no Dreyfus.
This, by the way, is not a slight towards Assange. Even if you temporarily forget McDonnell's breathtaking gall in appropriating one of the seminal episodes of modern anti-Semitism to make his point that Assange is facing a show trial, on a purely empirical level, the comparison with Dreyfus is hopeless.
Firstly, no one would dispute—least of all Assange himself—that WikiLeaks' disclosures were done for the purpose of exposing and embarrassing the Western alliance. Always eager for as much publicity as he could get, the key point is that Assange did these things of his own volition in the aggressive pursuit of a political mission. By contrast, one of the more heartbreaking aspects of the ordeal of Capt. Alfred Dreyfus was that he didn't leak secrets to the enemy, nor compromise the lives of allies, nor conspire to weaken France in any way before he was drummed out of the French Army in a grotesque ceremony of humiliation. Other than faithfully discharging his responsibilities as an officer in the French artillery, Dreyfus didn't actually do anything to warrant the charges of treason that were deliberately and falsely laid at his door in 1894.
But then—and this may be what John McDonnell simply didn't grasp—the Dreyfus case was never about Dreyfus as an individual. Dreyfus was not, as is Assange, one of a handful of famous whistleblowers in an ongoing conflict with the security establishment. One did not become a Dreyfusard (a supporter of Dreyfus) to portray this falsely convicted man as a speaker of truth to power, shining a beacon of light upon the murky secrets of the state. One became a Dreyfusard because Dreyfus was punished for what he was, not for what he did or didn't do.
This basic fact was well understood by the great French writer Emile Zola, among the most eloquent defenders of Dreyfus. "I accuse General [Jean-Baptiste] Billot of having held in his hands the unquestionable evidence of Dreyfus's innocence and of suppressing it, guilty of this crime that injures humanity and justice, with a political aim and to save the compromised Chief of High Command," Zola wrote in his famous text J'Accuse! And if it was easy to frame the only Jewish officer on the army General Staff, it was because—as the rabidly anti-Semitic newspaper La Civilta Cattolica put it at the time—what was really on trial in the Dreyfus case was the "treacherous character" of the "deicidal people" to whom he belonged.
Unquestionably, Dreyfus suffered terribly as a man prior to his being officially exonerated in 1906, but his fate came to him because he was a Jew in the wrong place at the wrong time. In that ugly environment, stoked by anti-Semites determined to roll back the clock on a century of Jewish emancipation, any Jew would have done.
These truths have already been pointed out to McDonnell by commentators in Britain. Writing in the left-wing New Statesman weekly, Karen Pollock of the Holocaust Educational Trust argued that McDonnell's comparison "downplays the institutionalized anti-Semitism, hatred and degradation that embodies what happened to Dreyfus and is particularly ludicrous when Assange himself has perpetuated anti-Semitic conspiracy theories."
However, unsurprisingly for a man who decided against immediate resignation after helping his party to sink to a historic electoral low, McDonnell is sticking to his guns. "It was quite clear what I meant," he countered the following day, clearly bruised from the criticism. "Just like the Dreyfus case, the legal action against Julian Assange is a major political trial in which the establishment is out to victimize an innocent."
Why, though, choose Dreyfus specifically as an analogous case, if the only purpose is to make a generic point about someone's alleged innocence? Why not pick another example closer to home? As a longtime supporter of Irish republicanism, McDonnell is doubtless aware of the high-profile terrorism trials of the 1970s, when British courts locked up entirely innocent Irish people after framing them for atrocities that were committed by the IRA. Why not invoke these?
Here's why. For much of the left, the history of Jewish suffering is something that can be universalized and "de-Judaized" for political purposes in ways that would be condemned as grossly insensitive if, for example, the subject was African-American slavery instead. The version of Alfred Dreyfus that John McDonnell gives us is a Dreyfus whose Jewish identity is so incidental, it doesn't even need to be mentioned.
If our history is to be openly and shamelessly manipulated in this way, you can be forgiven for wondering whether it's worth talking about at all.
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