2011年11月29日火曜日


2011年11月20日20時44分
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震災で犠牲のアンダーソンさんらを記念 日米で交流事業
 国際交流基金は、東日本大震災で犠牲になった米国人の英語指導助手、テイラー・アンダーソンさん(当時24歳)とモンゴメリー・ディクソンさん(同26歳)を記念し、両氏の出身校と同基金が中心になって日米理解の促進に関する事業を行う、と発表した。

 アンダーソンさんはランドルフ・メーコン・カレッジ(米バージニア州)、ディクソンさんはアラスカ大学アンカレジ校(米アラスカ州)の出身。日米の学生・教員の交流、出身校への日本関連の図書寄贈や講座の充実、日本文化に関する講演会の開催などが計画されている。(ワシントン=伊藤宏)


Internet spreading anti-Semitism
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In his annual report on an anti-Semitism in Australia, Jeremy Jones has reported 517 incidents of “anti-Jewish violence, vandalism, harassment and intimidation in the last year…38% higher than the 21 year average of the database’s history and 31% higher than the previous 12 months.

Jeremy Jones
On the subject of targeting the Internet as a tool to disseminate hatred against Jews, Jones writes: “As more of the communication media moves to on-line platforms, there is more space available for individuals without qualifications to promote views and opinions. Particularly when the site hosting comments is moderated, there is a prospect that antisocial, prejudice-promoting comments are accorded a modicum of respectability as constituting part of public discourse. There is little indication that the number of anti-Semites is increasing, but no question that the reach of their voices is now magnified.”

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'Only Way Is Essex' James Argent apologises for 'racist' gaffe
Published Monday, Nov 28 2011, 10:08 GMT | By Daniel Sperling | 5 comments


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The Only Way Is Essex star James 'Arg' Argent has apologised for describing a mixed-race comedian as having a "spray tan" look on a BBC radio show.

Argent made the gaffe during an interview with actor Al Pillay on The Late Show with Joanne Good last week.

Cabaret performer Pillay, 52, has an Irish-Jamaican mother and his father is of South African, Indian and Spanish descent.

"Have you ever been to Essex before?" Argent asked while co-hosting the BBC London programme. "I think you'd fit right in. You've got this whole spray tan thing going on. You're browner than me."

Even after Pillay informed Argent that he was "born brown", the reality star continued: "The girls would love you with that tan."

Pillay later urged his Twitter followers to listen again to the show and help him clear up Argent's motive for the remarks.

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PART II: 142 Dead, and Rising
Critics demand action, not talk, about disproportionate number of blacks shot by police
BY ALAN MAIMON
© 2011, LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Posted: Nov. 28, 2011 | 12:00 a.m.


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How a far-right party came to dominate Swiss politics
Published: 07 Oct 2011 17:45 GMT+1
Updated: 10 Oct 2011 14:45 GMT+1

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It has become the biggest party in Swiss politics and one of the most talked-about far-right parties in Europe. Meritxell Mir looks at how the SVP became so successful.

With a strident anti-immigration stance and provocative campaigns, the far-right Swiss People’s Party (SVP) has become one of the most successful right-wing populist parties in Europe. It now looks set to repeat its success in October’s federal elections.

For decades, the SVP seemed to be little more than a curiosity in Swiss politics, winning about one in every ten votes in elections. However, since the early 1990s its popularity has rocketed, its share of the vote doubling in 12 years. In the 1995 federal elections, the far-right party got 14.9 percent of the votes. By 2007, its support had risen to 28.9 percent.

“It has become the strongest and most stable extreme-right party in Europe,” says Georg Lutz, director of Swiss Electoral Studies at the Swiss Foundation for Research in Social Sciences in Lausanne.

Today, it’s as strong as ever. The latest poll, published on September 9th and conducted by pollster gsf.berne, showed the SVP way ahead of its opponents, with the support of 28 percent of respondents. The Socialist Party ranked second with 20.5 percent of the vote share, followed by the Free Democratic Party (15.6 percent), the Christian Democratic Party (14.5) and the Greens (9.5).

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Armed neo-Nazi scene embraces violence
Published: 28 Nov 11 10:57 CET

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The rise of the National Socialist Underground (NSU) has focused attention on Germany's neo-Nazi scene, which experts say includes violent militant cells with professional weapons training. Ben Knight reports.



The worst ever terrorist attack on German soil was carried out by a neo-Nazi at the 1980 Oktoberfest in Munich. That was when 21-year-old Gundolf Köhler detonated a pipe bomb in toilets near the main entrance to Germany’s biggest festival, killing 13 people, including himself, and injuring over 200 others.

In light of this, it seems hard to believe that authorities could have underestimated the threat of far-right terrorism in Germany. But instead of rooting out extremist right-wing networks, intelligence agencies stepped up their efforts against Islamist terrorists over the past decade.

However, for the people whose work brings them close to far-right circles – in many cases helping reformed neo-Nazis to escape the scene, the latest revelations about the terrorist cell known as the National Socialist Underground (NSU) did not come as a shock.

“We weren’t surprised at all,” explained Reinhard Koch, director of ARUG, an initiative based in the western city of Wolfsburg that provides counselling for young people exposed to right-wing extremism. “There have long been signs that at some point such groups would form, and not only for us - it should have been clear to the authorities too.”

On top of that, “It can’t be ruled that there are other such groups,” Koch told The Local. “Weapons caches were constantly being found in this scene or that scene – it happened so often that people stopped even wondering what these weapons were for.”

Training camps

As far as Koch is concerned, the distance between the ‘ordinary’ neo-Nazi scene and the ‘hardcore’ element prepared to commit murder is very small. “You shouldn’t imagine that there are these nationalist gangs like the Kameradschaften, and then there’s a huge gap and then there’s a terrorist scene,” he said. “It all blends seamlessly together.”

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NOVEMBER 28, 2011 · 8:09 AM
Oregon Memorial To Honor Butchered Chinese Miners


It may be too late to seek justice for the 19th century massacre of nearly three dozen Chinese gold miners by white frontiersmen, but one group of friends says it’s never too late to honor their memory.

The friends, who call themselves the Chinese Massacre Memorial Committee, plan to bring a monument to the Snake River cove where the gold miners were robbed and killed on May 25, 1887.

The killers were believed to be a gang of Oregon horse thieves, ranch hands and a 15-year-old schoolboy. They could have robbed the unarmed miners without killing them, said R. Gregory Nokes of West Linn, author of a book about the massacre .

“It was really a savage act of racial hatred,” Nokes told The Oregonian.

The memorial committee plans to have a helicopter deliver the 4-foot-by-5-foot granite monument to the cove for a ceremony commemorating the killings .

The monument will be engraved in English, Chinese and Nez Perce with the words: “Chinese Massacre Cove. Site of the 1887 massacre of as many as 34 Chinese gold miners. No one was held accountable.”


[Source 1: Register Guard]

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NOVEMBER 28, 2011 · 8:10 AM
‘U.S. Will Never Be Race Blind’, Says Condoleezza Rice


“It is a birth defect with which this country was born out of slavery; we’re never really going to be race blind,” she said.


[Source: CBS]

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NOVEMBER 28, 2011 · 9:29 AM
White Communities In UK Are ‘Forgotten’, New Study Says

People from white working class areas feel they are a “forgotten” community according to a new report.

The report found white people living in those communities felt unfairly treated and “last in line”.

Community cohesion: the views of white working-class communities was published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
[Source: BBC]

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'World fears US as a war-hungry drunk' - ex-Senator

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The US is like a drunkard who charges to war with anyone who might pose a threat, ex-Senator and former US presidential candidate Mike Gravel say



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Court finds Bush and Blair guilty of war crimes
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Published: 23 November, 2011,


Those who lobbied to have George W. Bush and Tony Blair tried for their role in the Iraq War have finally got their wish. Though the verdict of the court carries no legal weight, its supporters believe its symbolic value is beyond doubt.
The court in Malaysia where the trial took place may not have the power to convict, but the verdict against the former British and American leaders was unanimous.

“War criminals have to be dealt with – convict Bush and Blair as charged. A guilty verdict will serve as a notice to the world that war criminals may run but can never ultimately hide from truth and justice,” the statement from the Perdana Global Peace Foundation read.
The foundation was set up by former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed, who was always a staunch opponent of the war against the regime of Saddam Hussain in 2003. He previously branded Blair and Bush “child-killers”.

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Hungry Americans Occupy Turkey Giveaway
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Published: 26 November, 2011


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Canadian shopper says he was accused of smuggling drugs, “abused” by U.S. customs for being black
DETAINED FOR HOURS: Canadian was heading to Watertown to shop
By JAEGUN LEE
TIMES STAFF WRITER
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2011


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11/25/2011

Racism in Germany
A Story of Death Threats and Casual Insults

By Anna Reimann

Racism in Germany: "I feel the presence of an unpredictable threat."

Germany was shocked to learn the extent of the crimes committed by a recently uncovered right-wing extremist group. But racism is hardly an anomaly in Germany. One family's experience shows just how widespread prejudice and hate really is.

Four weeks. Even the timing itself seemed calculated for maximum intimidation.

Four weeks are long enough to begin forgetting, to regain a certain amount of calm. To begin thinking that maybe it was just a bad joke. But four weeks is too short to completely overcome the fear.
Four weeks was the amount of time that passed between the two death threats the Krause family (eds. note: not their real name) found in their mailbox. The first letter came in August 2011. The sender had cut letters out of a newspaper to form a message warning that Mr. Krause and his family would be killed if they didn't leave Germany.

Why? Because Mrs. Krause and the couple's two children have dark skin. Because Mrs. Krause comes from East Africa.

The second letter came in September, and the sender spent far less time on it. He simply drew four crosses on a sheet of white paper -- one for each member of the family. For the son, for the daughter, for Mr. Krause and for Mrs. Krause.

Mr. Krause, a middle-aged professor, had long promised himself not to take occasional incidents of hostility too seriously. He wanted to avoid overreacting, to prevent those who would sow fear from feeling the satisfaction of success.

The second threat letter, however, made stoicism impossible. And since news broke of the neo-Nazi group that apparently killed nine immigrants over the course of several years, his composure has completely evaporated. The perpetrators of the killing spree purposefully chose victims who did not originally come from Germany.

"I am afraid," says Krause. "I feel the presence of an unpredictable threat."

Concerned about Consequences

Krause is not the kind of person who would normally shy away from openly speaking out. He embraces his civic responsibility. "I won't accept insults," he says. But now, Krause is extremely wary of seeing his name in print -- and doesn't even want it known where he is from. He is afraid for the lives of his wife and children, and for his own.

German authorities asked him to keep his story as quiet as possible and to only share it with his closest friends. They were concerned, they said, about the consequences should news of the threats become widespread. The letters are now in the hands of law-enforcement officials.

They have, however, refused to actively pursue the case, says Krause. No guards or police have been posted in front of his house. Krause claims the authorities made it clear to him that he simply wasn't prominent enough for such measures. Instead, he is to follow a few simple rules: Only go to places that are well-lighted and where there is plenty of human activity. And to always monitor his rear-view mirror when driving. They also assured him that threats such as the ones he received aren't particularly rare and that it was probably just some crank.

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Arab students demand apology after being hauled from flight on Thanksgiving following 'security alert'
Passengers travelling from Charlotte to Washington delayed four hours
U.S. Airlines said it was 'out of an abundance of caution'
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Last updated at 3:44 PM on 26th November 2011



November 25, 2011

Elimination of Violence Against Minority Women


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NOVEMBER 26, 2011 · 10:13 AM
Immigrants In Ireland Are ‘Under Siege’, Say Black Community Leaders


Leaders of the black community in Ireland have said that immigrants here are “under seige” – and that there is evidence of “widespread” attacks against them.

Community leaders described a “regime” of “verbal, physical and psychological attacks on immigrants and Black Africans in particular”.



A recent Gallup survey found that 73 per cent of black Africans in Ireland believed that discrimination based on ethnicity or immigration was widespread in Ireland.

[Source: The Journal Ireland]

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Too-white TV must tune in to the real Team Australia
November 26, 2011


MORE than 2 million Australians were born in Asia and our Indian-born population has more than trebled in a decade, but mainstream television, other than SBS, rarely reflects this fact.
Newsreaders and current affairs show hosts are almost exclusively white. And while The Slap was hailed for mirroring contemporary life, the average family drama is still palely Eurocentric. Is this an innocent case of the blonde leading the bland or a subtle form of racism?


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NOVEMBER 26, 2011 · 10:13 AM
White Man Sues Houston Police Alleging Racial Profiling In Black Neighborhood


A northeast Houston man has filed a federal lawsuit, claiming he is the victim of racial profiling because he is white.

Kelly D. Allen was handcuffed and searched after being stopped near his home off Jensen in 2009, and he claims in a lawsuit filed this week that he was only stopped because he was driving through a black neighborhood.

In his lawsuit, which he filed without an attorney, he claims HPD officers stopped him because a drug informant had claimed a white man had purchased marijuana.

[Source: Examiner]

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NOVEMBER 26, 2011 · 10:14 AM
Australian Police Face Racial Abuse Claims


Two African teenagers claim they were racially abused by eight police who unlawfully detained and assaulted them in a raid in search of two allegedly stolen packets of corn chips, according to court documents.


The boys claim police used capsicum spray while yelling that they were “black c—s”.



Lawyer Tamar Hopkins, the principal of the Flemington and Kensington Community Legal Centre, said she had seen similar cases.

“The pattern of excessive force and racial targeting claims made by members of the African community to community legal centres against members of Victoria Police is extremely concerning,” she said.

The family allege that the chip raid took place on April 28, 2009, when Zacharia, then 17, and Kot Gatlwak, then 16, were in a bungalow with several other minors and police raided it demanding “where did these chips come from?”.

They claim that Zacharia was sprayed in the face at close range without warning, then the whole bungalow was sprayed.

When his mother wanted to leave the main house to investigate an officer allegedly threatened to spray her, and then sprayed Zacharia’s brother Abraham.

A three-month-old baby inside the house vomited all night.

The court documents claim that Zacharia was hit with a baton, dragged, punched and handcuffed before being released.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2011 · 10:16 AM
‘Black Peter’ Gets The Boot From Canadian ‘Sinterklaas Parade’


Organizers of New Westminster’s Dutch Sinterklaas celebrations will pull “Black Peter” from their traditional parade next weekend after com-plaints that the black-faced helper carries racist undertones.

Members of the African-Canadian community had complained that Zwarte Piet, or Black Peter, a young person in blackface makeup, is offensive and outdated and should not be included in the Dec. 3 event.

This will be the first time since 1985 that Black Peter will not accompany Sinterklaas as he heads to New Westminster Quay aboard a paddle wheeler boat.

“We will not have Black Peter,” organizer Tako Slump said Friday.”We did all our research and came up with the understanding that they do have a point. We can assure the African-Canadian community that there will not be any offensive black faces.”



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Bernard Piprah, an organizer of the annual Black History Month symposium at Douglas College, had argued the Black Peter character comes loaded with offensive, racist stereotypes.

According to the Dutch tradition, Black Peter is responsible for carrying a book full of the names of naughty children, along with a rod and a sack to take the bad children away. He also scatters candy for children.

“[The character] is degrading, and it’s racist, and it’s incredibly outdated,” Piprah said. “You can’t erase that. You can go to your local library and read that this Black Peter was a slave. He beat children. He was dumb, and he spoke buffoonish Dutch. There are just so many insulting aspects to that character, and I can’t believe they’re celebrating it in New Westminster.”

[Source: Times Colonist]

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Race variation in jail sentences, study suggests
• Minorities more likely to be jailed for certain crimes
• Differences remain the subject of contention


James Ball, Owen Bowcott and Simon Rogers
The Guardian, Saturday 26 November 2011

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The study of jail sentences was based on an analysis of more than one million court records. Photograph: Alamy
Offenders from ethnic minorities are more likely than their white counterparts to be sentenced to prison for certain categories of crimes, according to an analysis of more than one million court records.

The study, carried out by the Guardian, found black offenders were 44% more likely than white offenders to be sentenced to prison for driving offences, 38% more likely to be imprisoned for public disorder or possession of a weapon and 27% more likely for drugs possession.

Asian offenders were 41% more likely to be sent to prison for drugs offences than their white counterparts and 19% more likely to go to jail for shoplifting.

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中国人投資家の土地買収拒否 アイスランド当局
中国人投資家の土地買収拒否 アイスランド当局
 アイスランド内務省は25日、中国人投資家による約300平方キロメートルの土地の買収提案を認めないと発表した。買収計画をめぐっては、北極圏の権益を狙う中国当局の意向が背景にあるとの見方が出ていた。

 ロイター通信などによると、アイスランド内務省は土地取得にあたって同国内に拠点を置くよう求めた法令に抵触すると判断した。経済危機からの回復途上にある同国のグリムソン大統領は「投資を歓迎する」としていたが、内務省は「法令に例外は設けられない」と退けた。

 中国人投資家はリゾート開発として、国土の0.3%に当たる北東部の広大な農地を880万ドル(約6億8千万円)で買収する計画だった。(ロンドン)



Iceland rejects Chinese tycoon’s land proposal
By Anna Andersen | ASSOCIATED PRESS NOVEMBER 26, 2011


REYKJAVIK, Iceland - A Chinese entrepreneur’s bid to create a vast nature retreat in Iceland was turned down by the north Atlantic island nation’s government yesterday, amid concern the deal would have handed a major chunk of territory to a foreign investor.

Iceland’s interior ministry said it had rejected an application by the Zyongkun Group, a company controlled by Huang Nubo, a 55-year-old former Chinese government official, in part because no foreign buyer had ever bought so much land in the country.

Iceland says no to Chinese tycoon's land purchase: ministry


(AFP) – 1 day ago

REYKJAVIK — Iceland on Friday denied a request by a Chinese property tycoon to purchase a large swathe of land in the northern part of the island for a tourist resort, Interior Minister Oegmundur Jonasson said

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Huang's representative in Iceland, Halldor Johansson, expressed "disappointment" and said he was "astonished" by the decision, according to news website visir.is.
He said Icelandic legislation did not specify any restrictions on the size of land that could be bought.
Icelandic Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir also said she regretted the decision.
"The decision is a disappointment," she told visir.is, adding that the ruling had been based on "a very narrow interpretation of the law."
She stressed however that it was in Jonasson's power to make the decision, and that he had not sought out the government's opinion.
Friday's decision is final and cannot be appealed, Jonasson said.
Jonasson added that in his personal opinion, "I think we should put a halt to foreign ownership of Icelandic land", a reference to the uproar brought on last year when Canadian company Magma bought an Icelandic electricity producer, HS Orka.
Icelandic observers had suggested that Huang's purchase could help Beijing get a foothold in the Arctic region, as the melting ice cap means lucrative oil and gas deposits under the seabed could soon become accessible and shorter shipping routes open up.

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日米地位協定 検察審が運用改善を促した(11月26日付・読売社説)


 日米地位協定は、米国軍人・軍属の公務中の犯罪について第1次裁判権は米国にあると規定している。だが、軍属は過去5年間、62件の交通事故を起こしたが、裁判にかけられた例はなく、「法の空白」と指摘されていた。


日米地位協定の第1次裁判権の規定は国際社会では一般的だ。自衛隊が海外に駐留、活動する際も、同様の協定を相手国との間で締結している。

 民主党は政権公約で、日米地位協定の改定を掲げているが、今回のように、運用見直しで実質的な改善を図る方が現実的だろう。



米軍属の犯罪―地位協定を直すべきだ

米軍属とは、米軍で働く米国籍の民間人のことだ。事故は今年1月に沖縄市でおきた。19歳の地元の青年が死亡した。

 米軍は軍属が「公務中」だとの立場をとったため、那覇地検はいったん不起訴にした。軍属への米国側の処分は5年間の運転禁止だけだった。


日米地位協定は、軍属が事件や事故を起こしても、米軍側が「公務中」と認定した場合は裁判権はまず米軍にあると定めている。

 日米両政府は今後、同じような状況で軍属が事件などにかかわったときは、米側が同意すれば、日本が裁判できるよう合意した。

 これまでと比べて、大きな前進といえるだろう。

 だが、米軍基地の外であっても、「公務中」の軍属の裁判権がまず米国にあることは変わらない。日本が起訴できるかどうかは米国の裁量による。

 2006年以降、「公務中」とされる米軍属が事件や事故を起こしても、日米どちらでも裁判にかけられない司法の空白状態が続いていた。

 米連邦最高裁に「平時に軍属を軍法会議にかけるのは憲法違反」との判例がある。このため米軍は、軍属を軍法裁判にもかけていないからだ。

 米軍の法務官は米最高裁判例をもとに、平時に軍属が罪を犯せば基地受け入れ国が裁判権をもつという見解を示して出版している。つまり、もともと日本側が起訴できるという考え方が米軍内にもある。


 米軍基地がある多くの自治体が長年求めてきたのは、同じような状況で日本が裁判権をもつ本来の姿だ。

 そのためには、地位協定の条文そのものを直す必要がある。

Nurse fired for treating Muslims
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Published: 25 November, 2011



former medic in Dearborn, Michigan is going after his old employers with a sex discrimination suit. According to John Benitez Jr, he lost his job with the city’s Department of Health because he provided medical care to Muslim patients.
Benitez, 63, has spent half his life as a registered nurse. In September 2010, he joined the ranks of Dearborn’s Health Department to assist patients in one of the largest Muslim communities in America. Even with a booming population of immigrants practicing Islam, the nurse says that his supervisor told him that they were off limits.
Benitez says that his former employer lectured him against providing care to female Muslim patients that sought help, and instead asked him to send them to her, a Muslim, for treatment. According to the suit recently filed, the Muslim supervisor told Benitez that “conservative” Muslims, specifically women garbed in hijab head scarves, would not want to be touched by a male nurse. Benitez followed the instruction until November 17, when according to the legal filing, a doctor questioned him "about the cumbersome and unusual practice of taking women wearing a head scarf to the nursing supervisor for care.” As a trained, licensed medical professional — and employee of the city — Benitez should have been providing care to anyone in need. After the doctor confronted him about it in November and said the supervisor’s instructions were “improper,” Benitez went back to treating everyone that came in.
Only two weeks later, Benitez was fired.

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Hungry Americans Occupy Turkey Giveaway
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Published: 26 November,





On Police Brutality, Living While Of Color, & Why Brutality At OWS isn’t Shocking
Posted by: karnythia
November 23rd, 2011


I’ve seen a lot of posts talking about OWS, police brutality, race, gender, & intersectionality. Many of those posts include links to the famous stories of police brutality. And those stories are important & should be told. But, by only talking about those stories I worry that we’re giving the impression that police brutality is relatively rare in communities of color. I’ve posted in the past about the cop who called me a nigger when I was 12 & the time my (then) 13 year old husband was beaten up by a cop. But, those weren’t our only run ins with abusive police officers. Experience has taught me to worry about the cops. I think of them as a risk to navigate more than I think of them as people who are here to protect me or my family. My husband & I have already had the talks with our oldest son about how to act when he’s stopped by the cops. Notice I said when he’s stopped.

That’s because I have been stopped while doing everything from taking a walk to grocery shopping to helping someone move. My father in law runs a Medicar service that primarily caters to the elderly who need help getting from their homes to doctor’s appointments. My husband used to ride along to help him out, since it’s a family business. One day they were stopped by the police because some cop decided a white van leaving a hospital on the West Side of Chicago fit the description of a tan truck that had been involved in a robbery in the Loop. They forced them out of the vehicle at gunpoint while a bunch of elderly people watched & worried. When it became clear that they didn’t fit the description? The cops told them they were free to go and left. That’s it. No apology, no consideration for all the people in the vehicle, but then everyone involved was a POC.


Train passenger Tasered 'NINE times for carrying 99p toy gun' by police - and SURVIVED
By JAMES WHITE


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Met police Tasered man carrying toy gun on train
Scotland Yard says stun gun used on Justice Livingstone following reports of a man waving a weapon


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Sandra Laville, crime correspondent
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 24



"So then they jumped at me and used the Taser four times at my chest. That did not have any effect, I felt no current. They then held me down, grabbed on to my head and pinned me down and shot me in the back of the head with the Taser three times and I felt the current.

"They tied my legs and took me off the train to the platform."

Scotland Yard denied any other firearm had been used.

Livingstone said he was taken to a police station in Victoria where he claims officers made fun of what he was wearing – a long trench coat and black hat. He was stripped naked, he said, and refused access to a lawyer.

He was eventually sent to Bethlem Royal hospital in Beckenham where he was sectioned under the Mental Health Act. But on Wednesday, after he made an appeal to the mental health tribunal, he was released and is now at his home in south London.


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NOVEMBER 24, 2011 · 7:57 AM
Klan Symbols Target Mayor, Aldermen In South Arkansas Town


Hate Crimes Targeting Blacks in Huttig, AR


"The town of Huttig has been racially divided ever since January when their black mayor Tony Cole fired their white Police Chief, Byron Sartor. Since then, the police chief has been re-hired, but as of last month was fired again sparking hate crimes throughout the town."

"As mayor, it doesn't look good to see my citizens act this way." "Some folks don't know how to grow up."

He's referring to people who are posting signs like this that read "welcome the KKK." And the mayor has even received letters like this one that starts with to Tony the ape. Above all, Cole says he's mostly worried for his family.

"That's a big concern of mine is that our families are well and well protected."

"I'm standing in front of a sign that as you can see behind me has been spray painted. That's because the sign used to say the KKK is here-one of many hateful acts taking place in the town of Huttig."

Other signs include one like this that targets Cole and another black city council member. The sign was posted in a nearby alligator pond hinting where Cole should be.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2011 · 7:57 AM
British Deputy Prime Minister Targets Racial ‘Ceiling’ In Banks And Sport

Nick Clegg says banks and football clubs must do more to end the “racial ceiling” and offer equal opportunities to the UK’s ethnic minorities.

[Source: BBC]



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「既存原発は利用」57%…BBC読売調査





British women are the fattest in Europe as a QUARTER are classed as obese
Obesity levels far worse than Germany, Italy and France
More than one in five British men classed as obese
By CLAIRE BATES
Last updated at 3:01 PM on 25th November 2011



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2066060/British-women-fattest-Europe-quarter-classed-obese.html#ixzz1ekZDYWpi


買収資金、群がる金融ブローカー 反社会勢力に流出か
2011.11.21

地続きの人脈

 「指定暴力団山口組を含む犯罪組織に流れた」

 オリンパスをめぐる一連の買収資金については、海外メディアでこう報じられるなど、暴力団の関与が取り沙汰されている。報酬を得たとみられるブローカーらは暴力団組員そのものではないが、反社会的勢力とともに経済活動を行う「共生者」とも接点があるとされる。このため、ブローカーの人脈をたどると暴力団組織と“地続き”といえる。オリンパスはこうしたブローカーらが実質支配するファンドの背後関係を知らぬまま、結果として資金提供をしていた可能性もある。
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何ともデタラメすぎる。第三者委員会、捜査当局による真相解明が待たれる。

「フライデー」2011年12月2日号より

2011年11月25日金曜日

クリップ


〈ニュース圏外〉放射能恐れ沖縄へ
2011年11月22日03時00分

・・・・・
弟の丹さん(33)も会社を辞めて一緒に沖縄に来た。「僕は東京で被曝(ひばく)したので、10年もすれば病気になる」と真剣に話す。

・・・・・
事故直後、もうすぐ2歳になる息子と避難。2人とも頻繁に発熱するなど、体調を崩したという。

・・・・・

同じ会の共同代表、谷中真美子さん(44)は「体がだるい」と、座っているのもつらい様子。体調に異変を感じ、仕事を辞めて沖縄に来たのは7月だ。
 元々、甲状腺に疾患がある。原発事故後、放射能を恐れて家から出ないようにしていたが、鼻血や下痢などの症状が出たという。ネットで検索して自分は「低線量被曝者」だと確信したが、「8軒の医者を回っても鼻で笑われた」
・・・・・

・・・・自縄自縛。

原発に関連して、



韓国の原子力政策「一流の模範国家に」 推進姿勢鮮明に


その韓国


韓国が米韓FTA批准…国会衝突、催涙ガス噴霧





S. Korea MPs pass US trade pact despite tear gas
By Park Chan-Kyong (AFP) – 4 hours ago

SEOUL — South Korea's parliament approved a free trade agreement with the United States in a chaotic session Tuesday, minutes after an opposition legislator set off a tear gas canister in protest at the pact.






South Korea ratifies landmark U.S. trade deal
Jack Kim
Reuters
3:37 a.m. CST, November 22, 2011


SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's ruling conservatives rammed a bitterly contested free trade deal with the United States through parliament on Tuesday as legislators scuffled and one opposition MP let off a tear gas device, briefly clearing the chamber.


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日本人女性、娘を父親に戻すことに同意


「わが子を手放す」という決断をせざるを得ませんでした。離婚調停中の夫に無断で、子どもを日本に連れ帰ったとしてアメリカで罪に問われた日本人女性が、罪を軽くする代わりに子どもを父親の元に戻すことに同意しました。

 拘置所で支給される紺色の服に身を包み、手錠をかけられたまま法廷に入るのは43歳の日本人女性。彼女は、およそ4年前、離婚調停中の夫に無断で娘を日本に連れ帰ったとして指名手配されていました。今年4月、娘を日本に残し、アメリカに入国しようとしたところを逮捕されました。

 「(罪状については)納得できませんが、理解しています」(公判中の日本人女性)

 傍聴席では、娘を返すよう求めてきた元夫が公判の様子を見守ります。女性はこれまで無罪を主張。子どもは返すつもりはないとしてきました。有罪なら最高で禁錮25年。ところが・・・
 「30日以内に子どもを返還することに同意しました」(日本人女性の代理人)

 罪を認め、子どもを30日以内にアメリカに戻す代わりに刑を軽くするという司法取引に応じたのです。
 「これが最善の解決策だと思います」(公判中の日本人女性)

 GPSの監視機器を身につけるなど条件つきではあるものの、保釈され、長女との面会も許される見通しです。「女性にはこれしか選択肢がなかった」と代理人は言います。

 「もし長い禁錮刑になったら娘は母親だけでなく父親もいない状態になります。子どもが両親といられるようにするには、これが唯一の解決策だったのです」(日本人女性の代理人)

 「長く厳しい戦いでした。4年間くらい会えない(会えなかった)けど、パパの気持ちはまだあるよ。パパは悪くない、ホント悪くない
」(父親のガルシアさん)

 今は日本にいる9歳の娘。一緒に暮らす祖父は、「覚悟はしていましたが、孫は日本を離れたくないと言っているので納得できない、孫にどう説明するべきか頭を悩ませている」と話しています。

 日本人の配偶者や元配偶者に子どもを連れ去られたという訴えはアメリカだけで120件以上に上ります。しかし、中にはDVや虐待があったからだと訴えるケースもあり、対応は容易ではありません。(22日17:47)

FNN

離婚訴訟中の日本人女性、長女連れ帰る 米裁判所、30日以内にアメリカに戻すよう命じる

アメリカ人の夫と離婚訴訟中の日本人女性が、長女を日本に連れ帰ったとして逮捕・起訴された事件で、ウィスコンシン州の裁判所は21日、子どもを30日以内にアメリカに戻すよう命じた。
日本人女性は「これが最良の解決法だと思います」と話した。
この事件は、兵庫県出身の女性が、離婚訴訟中の2008年に、長女を連れて日本に帰国し、父親の親権を妨害した罪に問われているもの。
21日の審理で、女性は「親権妨害の罪には同意できない」としながらも、これ以上争わない方針を明らかにし、裁判所は、30日以内に子どもをアメリカに戻すよう命じた。
父親のモーゼス・ガルシアさんは「娘を抱きしめるまでは信じられない。長い、つらい戦いだった」と話した。
一方、女性の両親は「孫は、『アメリカに行きたくない』と言っている。孫の意思を尊重したい」と話している。
大阪高裁では、双方が親権を争う審理が今も続いていて、日本で暮らす娘が30日以内にアメリカに戻るかどうかは不透明となっている。
(11/22 13:14)



NOVEMBER 23, 2011 · 7:00 AM
Survey ReA new survey shows racial discrimination continues to occur even among highly-educated university staff.


The National Tertiary Education Union found 71.5 percent of its surveyed indigenous members had experienced direct discrimination and racist attitudes at work.

Only about one in five said their employer had taken action to address the issue.

The survey, released today, found discrimination varied from ignorant comments, to suggestions indigenous staff were only employed to fill quotas, and personal racial slurs.

It also found racism was widespread in the Australian community, with 93 per cent saying they experienced it in their daily lives.veals Indigenous University Staff In Australia Face Racism


[Source: NewsAU]






NOVEMBER 23, 2011 · 6:58 AM
Haitian Immigrants Sue Medford Housing Authority Over Alleged Civil Rights Violations


A family of Haitian immigrants has sued the Medford Housing Authority, claiming it didn’t listen to warnings about a racist neighbor who eventually burned down their unit and gave white tenants preferential treatment.

Ketteline and Kettelene Polynice, sisters from Haiti, say the housing authority ignored their repeated complaints about Jerard DeMattia, their next-door neighbor who allegedly lit their apartment on fire in July 2009, according to the lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Boston.

DeMattia would regularly direct racial and ethnic slurs at the Polynice’s and bang loudly on the adjoining wall of the units, the lawsuit said.

The Polynice’s complained to the housing authority about 20 times between when they moved into their unit at 142 Exchange Ave. in March 2006 until July 2009 about alleged harassment, the lawsuit said.

“The Polynices repeatedly complained to MHA’s property manager about DeMattia’s behavior. MHA did nothing. The manager’s response: the Polynices were ‘lucky to have any housing at all,’” the lawsuit said.



RACIST ABUSE MADE LIFE HELL ON THE PITCH FOR EX-CARLISLE UTD ACE DEAN WALLING
Last updated at 16:13, Tuesday, 22 November 2011

The rhythmic monkey chants reverberated around the ground. Every header won, every defensive clearance and every tackle was met with a torrent of sickening racist abuse spat at him by rival fans.


Racist, Anti-Immigrant Art from the Turn of the 20th Century
NOV 21 2011, 8:00 AM ET 6

There was a time in America when the Irish were characterized as apes, Italians as street filth, and Chinese as parasitic locusts. Today, these groups are key tiles in the American mosaic, but their arrival was initially met with fear and opposition. Newspapers and magazine cartoons from the turn of the 20th century illustrate these sentiments.



NOVEMBER 23, 2011 · 6:08 AM
Civil Rights Groups Claim ‘Rampant Discrimination’ At UNM


Two civil rights groups said African-American faculty, employees and students are not treated fairly at the University of New Mexico and UNM Hospital.

The groups filed a civil rights complaint with federal agencies saying there is “rampant discrimination.”

The complaint said that UNM has “created a culture of racial discrimination and a racially hostile environment.”

“Staff, administrators, faculty are still suffering over at UNM because of it. Our community is suffering because of it and really nobody

wants to take responsibility,” said chapter President Darnell Smith of The National Association of the Advancement of Colored People, NAACP.

Smith also claimed African-American employees make less than their counterparts of other races.

“Of this troubles me. That troubles me! Because now we’re finally bringing it out. Now we’re finally bringing it to light. It’s been going on for years,” Smith said.

A university spokesperson released a statement saying they do not discriminate against African-Americans.
[Source: KOB]



NOVEMBER 22, 2011 · 1:40 PM
Indian Actress Accuses Film Industry Of Racism

Indian actress Payal Rohtagi has accused the Indian film industry of racism and favouring white skin.


The actress made the accusation in a series of tweets where she pointed out that actresses like Katrina Kaif, Zarine Khan and Sunny Leone are getting work because of their skin colour whereas Freida Pinto is largely ignored in India.

“Doesn’t Zarine Khan, Katrina Kaif and Sunny Leone look alike ? I guess I should go away. India loves white skin,” Rohtagi tweeted.

[Source 1: Rediff]

NOVEMBER 22, 2011 · 5:55 AM
Neo-Nazi Group Adopts Delaware Highway Under ‘Freedom Party’



「江戸っ子は、五月の鯉の吹き流し、口先ばかりではらわたはなし


KFC Commercial Uses Faux Foreigner
CreativityAlliance
That yellow ape pretending to be a White girl makes me want to puke!

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女子大生の4割超、性被害経験…岡山4大学調査

 犯罪被害者支援団体「被害者サポートセンターおかやま(VSCO)」(岡山市)が、岡山県内4大学の女子学生約1300人を対象にした性的被害に関する調査で、4割を超える学生が、体を触られたり、つきまとわれたりなど何らかの性的被害を経験していることが分かった。


 深刻な被害を受けた人でも8割が警察に届けておらず、被害を訴え出にくい現状も浮き彫りとなった。

 調査は、内閣府の助成を受け、9月下旬~10月中旬に実施。4大学の1311人にアンケート用紙を配り、594人から回答を得た(回収率45・3%)。

 被害を経験した人は266人(44・8%)。内訳(複数回答)は、「性的な言葉での嫌がらせ」(128人)、「胸、尻などを触られた」(113人)、「つきまとわれた」(105人)などが多く、「性器などを触られた」(45人)、「服を脱がされそうになったりした」(38人)、「無理やり性交された」(20人)などもあった。

 性被害で深く傷ついた経験があるとした113人のうち、82・3%は、警察に届けていなかった。理由として「被害を他人に知られるのが嫌」「自分にも責任があると思った」「届け出によって、さらに傷つく」などを挙げた。

(2011年11月24日14時15分 読売新聞)

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11月23日(水)の放送内容 オンエア 16:53~
「新・東京見聞録」



~国際結婚カップル(2)~


日本を愛する国際結婚カップルに会いに行きました。

≪北欧の最強外国人妻 その仰天レシピとは?≫
◆空手家 ウルリカさん

≪ダーリンは温泉宿の2m若旦那≫
◆亀清旅館 タイラーさん


2011年11月23日
「就活長い」「卒論書かせろ」 大学生ら100人がデモ



 就職活動に追われる大学生らが23日、東京・新宿駅周辺で「就活ぶっこわせデモ」をした。ツイッターやブログでの呼びかけに応じて集まった約100人が、「就活長いぞ」「卒論書かせろ」などと声を上げながら、約1時間練り歩いた

中国人留学生を誤認逮捕 不法残留容疑、20時間拘束
2011年11月21日
 在留資格があるにもかかわらず、警視庁が東京都北区の中国人留学生の男性(23)を出入国管理法違反(不法残留)の疑いで誤認逮捕していたことが21日、同庁への取材でわかった。男性は約20時間拘束された後、釈放されたという。

 新宿署によると、鉄道警察隊の警察官が18日午後2時すぎ、新宿区のJR新宿駅構内で男性を職務質問。外国人登録証を提示されたが、在留期限が先月18日だったため、引き継いだ新宿署員が同法違反の疑いで現行犯逮捕した。ところが、男性は在留の延長申請中だったため同法違反にはあたらなかった。申請中であることを同署員が見落としたという。法務省入国管理局からの情報で警視庁は延長申請中であることを把握していたという。

 及川浩志・新宿署長は「誤って逮捕し、拘束した方に心からおわび申し上げます。署員への指導、教養を徹底して再発防止に努めます」とコメントした。


来年1月「アイヌ民族党」結党大会 参院選に候補擁立方針
2011.11.20 18:30 [参院選]
 アイヌ民族らによる政治団体を結成するための準備会(萱野志朗代表)が20日、札幌市で開かれ、団体名を「アイヌ民族党」にすると決めた。来年1月21日に江別市で結党大会を開き、平成25年の参院選で候補を擁立する方針。

 基本政策として(1)アイヌの福祉充実(2)多文化・多民族共生社会の実現(3)自然との共生-を掲げた。具体的にはアイヌ民族庁や教育機関の設置、脱原発を訴える。

 アイヌ民族の元参院議員、故萱野茂氏の次男で、準備会代表の志朗氏は「国策によって自然から切り離され、アイヌのいろいろな権利が奪われてきた」と、権利回復を目指す考えを強調した。

2011年11月22日火曜日

カナダ


Almost half of Canadians feel racism on the rise: Survey


BY DEREK ABMA, POSTMEDIA NEWS JANUARY 24, 2011



Multicultural hatreds promoted in Canada
Author
- Dick Field Tuesday, August 9, 2011




・・・・・
How often I have tried to explain this to some naive person who writes or tells me, “Oh you don’t know what it’s like to be a woman, a black person or an Italian etc. coming to Canada or living here. How can you say we are all equal because I have been discriminated against again and again in jobs and promotions and been called nasty names.
・・・・・
The truth is that the vast majority of Canadians expect newcomers to respect the laws and culture they came to join. Immigrants are not welcome to impose upon us their peculiar alien laws, practices and anti-Canadian mores. Just ask the average Canadian that has had a couple of beers what is expected of immigrants and he or she will tell you bluntly that:

“I don’t care where they come from so long as they join with us, work hard and help build our country and if they can’t do that, then send them back to wherever they came from.” That’s what new immigrants swore to do when they took the oath of allegiance and that’s what we expect of them.
・・・・・




Alberta worries about becoming racist haven


By Robert Remington, Canwest News ServiceMarch 24, 2009



Blacks still victims of racism, former school trustee says

Black people in Canada experience almost the same level of racism and lack of economic and social security as aboriginal peoples, a former Vancouver school trustee said Tuesday.

BY VANCOUVER SUN FEBRUARY 16, 2011 4:33 AM





Prison term upheld in vicious racial assault
Attack sparked by African man's offer of cigarette
Last Updated: Monday, October 5, 2009 | 8:22 PM CT Comments15Recommend13.
CBC News




Court in uproar over racism sentence
Published On Sat Feb 13 2010

Emotions erupted in the Newmarket courthouse Friday as a Sutton man was sentenced to two years less a day in jail for a racist attack on Asian anglers, and one of the victims – upset at the light sentence – wound up handcuffed and arrested.

Justice Alfred Stong found that Trevor Middleton, 23, was motivated partly by racism when he and three truckloads of Georgina Township youths shoved Ruohang Liu, 24, and Charles Hogan, 24, into Lake Simcoe early in the morning of Sept. 16, 2007, in the type of attack some locals referred to as "Nip-" or "Nipper-tipping." One of their friends was left with permanent brain damage in the attack.



Tue, April 21, 2009
Violent white supremacist to be released from jail
By KEVIN MARTIN, SUN MEDIA

CALGARY -- An unrepentant racist who attacked a Japanese woman in downtown Calgary for no apparent reason won't have to serve any more jail.




Wed Aug 31 2011
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We must all be angered by local hate crimes

Pauline Morris woke up last week to some scary anti-Semitic words painted on her garage door in the quiet town of Dundas. Morris, who is Jewish, says she felt afraid and wondered aloud if she was being targeted.





JULY 23, 2011 · 2:43 PM
Montreal Cop Suspended For Racial Profiling, Falsifying Charges


Quebec’s police ethics commission has sentenced a St. Jérôme police officer to a six-month suspension for the racial profiling of a black man and falsifying criminal charges against him.



September 9, 2011 · 12:28 pm
Toronto Police Accused Of Racial Profiling


Nembhard, a 35-year-old Rogers customer service agent, is accusing Toronto police of racial profiling and discrimination after he was arrested in February for assaulting a police officer, a charge that was later dropped.

Nembhard believes he was targeted by police, slapped with a bogus charge and arbitrarily strip-searched because of his skin colour and the limp he has walked with since suffering a stroke 13 years ago.

Peel police accused of racial profiling
Published On Fri Aug 19 2011

A 60-year-old Brampton man is accusing Peel police of racial profiling after he says he was locked in the back of a police cruiser and “interrogated” last week.


September 17, 2011 · 10:17 am
Racial Abuse Of Canadian Teen Causes Concern


September 29, 2011 · 3:21 pm
Ottawa Teen Says He Has Suffered Racial Abuse While Playing Hockey


“He has taken so much bullying the past few years, his mother is afraid he is going to hurt himself or someone else.”

Brewster said the situation started when the boy attended St. Anne’s Elementary school and continued, with the same group of kids, through St. Michael’s Jr. High School and now Oceanview Education Centre.

She said lately the kids have been harassing him to fight.

“He said he was on the bus last week and they were going at him, he couldn’t take it anymore and he agreed to fight.”

“The boy ended up with injuries including two black eyes.”


A young player in Ottawa is speaking out on the racism he’s faced on the ice.

Nick Ngwafusi, 15, says he’s been the victim of racial slurs during minor hockey games on more than one occasion.

October 15, 2011 · 9:34 am
Study Reveals Racism Plays A Role In Canadian Job Searches


When employers were asked why they think people with foreign-sounding names were not contacted for a job interview, they typically cited concerns over language and social skills.


September 16, 2011 · 1:28 pm
Montreal Students Participate In Blackface Stunt



CANADA’S MACLEAN’S HAS A WHITENESS PROBLEM
By Guest Contributor Restructure!, cross-posted from Restructure!

While Maclean’s “‘Too Asian’?” is another manifestation of Canadian society’s stereotypes about and discomfort with Asians,




Racism alive in Canada
Published on April 13, 2010
Staff ~ The Coaster

If you thought racism was dead in Canada, you were sadly mistaken. The CBC National News recently carried an item that clearly demonstrated that racism and hatred are very much alive in our country.

The event involved an interracial couple who live in Hant's County, Nova Scotia.

After returning home one evening from a relative's birthday party, the couple, and their children, had retired for the night when they were suddenly awakened by a loud noise. An individual or individuals had placed a cross in the yard with a rope attached and had set the cross on fire.

2011年11月19日土曜日

投稿しようと・・・


Tens of thousands protest in Egypt
Rally called by both Islamist and secular groups aimed at pressing military rulers to hand power to civilian government.
Last Modified: 18 Nov 2011


軍部からの政権奪回デモ集会 エジプト



野生動物が毎日食べても…1年半でセシウム半減


 東京電力福島第一原発事故直後に野生動物に大量に取り込まれた放射性セシウム137の量は、動物が原発周辺の食物を摂取していても約1年半ごとに半減し、最初の5年間で8分の1以下になる可能性が高いことを大阪大学の中島裕夫助教が突き止めた。


 原発周辺地域の野生動物や住民の内部被曝の状況などを知る手がかりになるもので、17日、神戸市で開かれている日本放射線影響学会で発表した。

 中島助教は、マウスに半減期が約30年のセシウム137を含んだ水(体重1グラム当たり1キロ・ベクレル=1匹当たり28キロ・ベクレル)を一回だけ飲ませた後、時間経過とともに体内に残る量を調べた。

 心臓や腎臓など大半の臓器では、摂取後すぐにピークを迎えたが、1週間後には25分の1以下、2週間後には120分の1以下になった。

(2011年11月18日11時07分 読売新聞)



毎日社説
社説:TPPと政党 再燃する「小泉路線」闘争
 民主党は格差拡大など小泉改革のひずみを強調し政権を奪取した。だが、実際はその総括を民主、自民両党とも放置し、民主党政権は次第に規制改革、成長重視にかじを切った。2大政党が抱えている内部矛盾をTPPはあぶりだしているのだ。



毎日
余録:TPPの交渉力

必要なのは諸国が共に求める繁栄の力動に自らの国益を組み込む構想力なのだ。



産経社説
TPPと自民党 「反対」で政権を担えるか 2011.11.16

自民党を批判できたのはえらい。



河野太郎
スパコン 二番でもいいかもしれない
2011年11月13日


石破茂

2011年11月11日 (金)

三次補正可決

 石破 茂 です


自民党、頑張れよ。


別府女性強殺事件、取り調べ全過程を録音・録画

起訴状によると、安藤被告は昨年8月31日、別府市明礬
みょうばん
の山道で横手さんの首を手で絞めて殺害し、財布などが入ったバッグを奪い、遺体を投げ捨てたとされる。この事件で、安藤被告は今年8月31日に逮捕され、大分地検が9月22日に死体遺棄罪で起訴した。関係者によると、全面可視化は、安藤被告が強盗殺人容疑で追送検された同24日以降、被告の了承を得て始めた。起訴事実を認めている。

(2011年11月17日03時01分 読売新聞)

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16 November 2011 Last updated at 09:23 GMT Share this pageEmailPrint 247 ShareFacebookTwitter Obama visit: Australia agrees US Marine deployment plan
She said about 250 US Marines would arrive next year, eventually being built up to 2,500 personnel. The deployment is being seen as a move to counter China's growing influence. But Mr Obama said the US was "stepping up its commitment to the entire Asia-Pacific", not excluding China.
Hideously diverse Britain: racism rears its head on planet commuter One passenger, at least, was taken aback by an announcement made by a London tube train driver last week Hugh Muir guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 15 November 2011
Michael Stewart, a suited lawyer, was enjoying that space on the Northern line in south London a couple of weeks ago. He was reading the sports pages: the race row surrounding John Terry. And then that space was invaded. "The driver made two announcements. The gentlemen should watch their wallets, he said; the ladies their handbags." The second announcement pricked the bubble. "There are many pickpockets about," said the driver five minutes later. And, he said, there are many people "within this country" who come from "other European countries" who would be more than happy to relieve you of your possessions in the run up to Christmas. His warning transmitted, the driver clicked off his microphone and focused on driving his train.

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米海兵隊、豪に2500人駐留へ 中国軍にらみ同盟強化





「男の娘(オトコノコ)」になりたくて
 服装やメークは女の子。でも、中身は男の子を指すのに、「男の娘(こ)」という言葉が使われることが多い

「同性婚」権利認めて、支援団体に相談千件以上 via Mozu
 同性愛者や性同一性障害など性的マイノリティー(少数者)が、一緒に暮らすパートナーの遺産を相続できなかったり、病気の治療方針の相談に加われなかったりするなど、「家族」としての権利が保障されない悩みを抱えている。


 福岡、熊本両県には官公庁などへの書類作成業務を支援しているグループがあり、毎日のように相談が寄せられている。海外では異性でなくてもパートナーの法的保障を認める動きが広がっており、支援者らは国内での論議の活性化を期待している。

 憲法では、婚姻について両性の合意のみに基づいて成立すると規定し、同性同士や内縁関係の夫婦に遺産相続を認めていない。病院での治療方針の決定や葬儀の仕切りといった場面でも性的マイノリティーが想定されておらず、パートナーの入院や死別の際、「看護したい」「財産を残したい」と考える人は少なくない。

 熊本市の女性フリーライター(38)には、3年前から交際するパートナーの女性(32)がいる。東日本大震災をきっかけに、「この先、何があるか分からない」と、今春、福岡市内から、女性が両親と暮らしている熊本に移住した。

 ただ、女性の両親は2人の関係を知らない。このため、「相手が事故や病気で病院に運ばれ、面会を拒否されたり、看取
みと
れなかったりすることを考えると不安。家族としての法的な契約をしたい」と打ち明ける。

 福岡県内では2007年、北九州市若松区の中橋優さん(36)ら4人の行政書士が、書類作成業務などを代行する「レインボーサポートネット」を発足させた。

 これまで寄せられた相談は全国から1000件以上。年長者の戸籍に年少者を入れる養子縁組のほか、死亡後の財産管理などをパートナーに委任する公正証書遺言の作成などを代行している。熊本市の行政書士法人「WITHNESS」も、05年から同様の支援に取り組んでいる。

 ただ、中橋さんは「家族や周囲から認められていないケースが大半で、仮に遺言を作成しても相続の際にトラブルになる可能性はある」と言う。フランスやイギリス、米国では00年頃から、健康保険や年金などの社会保障を含め、同性同士でも婚姻した夫婦と同等の権利を認める制度が整備されつつある。

 性的マイノリティーの権利に詳しい大島俊之弁護士(大阪弁護士会)は「4月に同性愛者であることを公言した男性2人が東京都の区議選に当選するなど少しずつ理解が深まっている。国内でも法整備に向けた議論を進めるべきだ」と話している。(手嶋由梨)

(2011年11月16日17時47分 読売新聞)

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Income segregation growing in many U.S. cities
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November 16, 201

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Male university students 'sell sex to pay bills'


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Young men are increasingly considering selling their bodies to help them pay for the rising cost of studying at university, a charity claims.


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David Cameron's Australian accent during City speech


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A Korean nip and tuck to look like a film star


韓国スター アジア席巻

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ブラジル 人種問題




The return of the neo-Nazis
Chilling details are emerging about a German neo-Nazi group allegedly involved in a string of murders.
Inside Story Last Modified: 16 Nov 2011




11/17/2011

Latent Racism
Neo-Nazi Killings Expose Broad German Xenophobia

A Commentary by Stefan Kuzmany



The scene of a 2006 execution in Kassel. German police went looking for the usual suspects: foreigners.



The discovery of a neo-Nazi terror cell in Germany has many concerned about the country's reputation. With good reason. Racism and xenophobia have deep roots in German society -- and the vocabulary used to describe the right-wing extremist crime spree is telling.


Two months before the games kicked off, Halit Y. was murdered in his Internet café in the central German city of Kassel, executed with two shots to the head. Nobody at the time -- neither investigators, nor politicians nor journalists -- wanted to view the crime as a possibly extreme expression of xenophobia.
Y.'s killing was the ninth in a series of murders across Germany between 2000 and 2006 that had left no trace of its culprits. All of the victims were shop owners, eight of them of Turkish descent and one of them Greek. They included a tailor, a kiosk owner, a key cutter, a grocer and a flower seller. Only two of the victims operated doner kebab shops -- but the German media, SPIEGEL ONLINE included, dubbed them the "doner killings." Many have continued to use the term.

Virtually Unfathomable

The phrase "doner killing" is a sad indication of the degree of latent racism permeating German society. By calling the murder spree "doner killings," the victims are condescendingly dehumanized, as if they had no names or occupations. Imagine if it had been a series of murders involving primarily Italian victims. Would we have then called them the "spaghetti murders"? And imagine the uproar you would hear among German politicians and journalists were there a series of murders of German citizens in Turkey and people there called them the "potato murders" or the "sauerkraut killings"? It's virtually unfathomable.

・・・・・

According to a 2010 study by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, a think tank with ties to Germany's center-left Social Democrats (SPD), more than a third of Germans believe that the country is in "serious danger of being overrun by foreigners." A similar number also believes that, when the labor market gets tight, "foreigners should be sent back to their home countries," and that they many immigrants only came to Germany "to take advantage of the social welfare system."
In discussing the murders on Tuesday, Chancellor Angela Merkel said it is a " disgrace" for Germany. And she's right. But it's also a disgrace that her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is in a governing coalition with the Christian Social Union (CSU), its Bavarian sister party, whose leader Horst Seehofer exhorted his followers in March that: "We will defend ourselves against immigration into the German social system -- until the very last cartridge."

Language defines thought, and thought gives rise to deeds. That makes thoughtless words dangerous. We now know who killed the nine men with roots in Turkey and Greece: The murderers were Germans and they were driven by their hatred of foreigners. Let's call their deeds by the correct name.


ドイツ ネオナチ問題


NOVEMBER 17, 2011 · 6:27 AM
Spokane Racist Had Terrorism Plans To Stop Obama Re-Election, Involved With Group That Practiced ‘Coon Hunting’


A white supremacist convicted last month of a gun charge related to a domestic terrorism plot has been indicted by a grand jury for an alleged identity theft scheme.


Wayde Lynn Kurt, 53, is accused of producing fraudulent identification cards for a “task” for which he had been preparing for years, according to a briefing federal prosecutors wrote for his gun trial last month.

Kurt likened the plan to the Oklahoma City bombing and said he would do everything in his power to stop President Obama from being reelected, prosecutors say.

Kurt said “he didn’t want innocent people to die but it was possible they would die,” according to the briefing. Kurt “stated that it would be an act of terrorism of the worst kind and would mean a death sentence if he was caught.”

Kurt wrote a letter to an FBI informant in May 2010 discussing the need to establish a white government based on the gold or silver standard, prosecutors say.

[Source: Spokesman]



白人至上主義者 テロ計画


If you protest racism during Black Face season in The Netherlands, you will be beaten up and arrested


[Image description: a group of eight White adults wearing multi-color satin and velvet costumes that imitate those of Colonial times. All people in the photo wear Afro wigs and make-up commonly known as “Black Face”]


“Black Face season” is not exactly the official name for what, in reality, is a children’s holiday known as Sinterklass. This is the time of the year when Dutch people carelessly don black face and speak in a faux Surinamese accents. This is the time of the year when, if you venture the streets, you are likely to encounter sights like these:


オランダ ブラックフェイス 


Posted at 11:57 AM ET, 11/17/2011
Multiracial: Are you black, white or what?
By Bethonie Butler

I passed a man I’d never met while walking to the metro the other day. “Buenos dias,” he said. “Como estas?”

I rolled my eyes. But I understood: I’m multiracial -- half black, a quarter Mexican and a quarter white. And, like many multiracial Americans, people always question me about my background. In college, a stranger approached at a bus stop and blurted out “What’s going on here? Are you black? Are you white? What?”

Talk to the hand.

I know I don’t owe anyone an explanation but I usually stutter something about being black and white (adding in the Mexican part really throws people off).

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Updated: 11:47 PM Nov 16, 2011
Roane County lawsuit claims 6 years of abuse in school
Shocking abuse allegations out of Roane County. One family says their son has been beaten almost daily by classmates, and teachers and principals not only knew about the violence, but ignored it.
Posted: 11:39 PM Nov 16, 2011
Reporter: John Treanor



KINGSTON, Tenn. (WVLT) -- "These people have their jobs, they're supposed to be there to protect your children and they aren't doing their job."

Melissa Hunka is talking about her son. His problems started in kindergarten.


Jonathan Holloman's classmates made him very aware he was different.

Jonathan is bi-racial. His skin color became a bullseye, and what started as verbal attacks have gotten violent.

Jonathan had two bladder surgeries because of beatings. He's been stabbed, had a rib broken and two surgeries for broken noses.

His mother Melissa Hunka has tried to stop the abuse but has gotten nowhere.

The family doctor even recommended a transfer because of his injuries, in a letter saying: "I feel it is the best thing for him to be relocated to another school."

Now Hunka filed a federal lawsuit against the school board, its Director, the principal of Walnut Hill Elementary and the county.

In it she says requests for parent teacher conferences were denied. The School Director told her she'd take the word "of my teachers or principal any day over the word of a parent".

The suit even claims Jonathan tried telling his teacher what was happening but was told the school "had a no tattle-tale policy" and he was punished.

Hunka believes the only hope her son has is now in the court system.

"How would you feel if you had to send your child to school everyday, everyday and you know. You know when you send him there's going to be an injury. There's going to be something that happens to your child everyday ."

The school district did not return any calls. The Roane County Executive refused to comment on the lawsuit.



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Pittsfield couple claims racial discrimination


Monday, 10.24.2011
"Girls were pulled aside and told they knew what they had to do if they wanted to win - we all knew they meant sex." - Amy Willerton, Miss Wales


NOVEMBER 18, 2011 · 8:15 AM
Video: Pittsfield Couple Claims Racial Discrimination In The Workplace

[Source: ConnectTriStates]




A Pike County couple has filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging racial discrimination in the workplace.


John and Hope Mizell say it’s a case that would make Abraham Lincoln roll over in his grave.

The interracial couple moved to Pittsfield from North Carolina with their two children last February.

They came from a small rural community, similar to Pittsfield.

John was hired to manage Motel Pike.

Before Hope arrived to the area, John spoke with a manager at the Hardee’s restaurant about Hope’s six years of experience as a biscuit maker.

The manager told John the business needed a biscuit maker and to send her right over as soon as she arrived in Pittsfield.

What the manager didn’t know was that Hope was black, which Hope says changed everything.

Hope Mizell said, “So I’m thinking, “I’ll move up here. Lincoln! I mean come on, this is the town of Lincoln. I get here, and she looks me up and down, and I’m like, ‘okay, this might not be the best.’”

After Hope had been on the job for 3 hours, Hope claims her supervisor said, “I don’t like Martin Luther King. There’s blacks and there’s n’s and I wish they’d all go back to where they came from.”

国際結婚






What Is A ‘Magical Negro’ And Why Are They In So Many Films?
Tuesday, November 15 by Penn Collins


While perusing some recaps of this season’s Dexter, I came across a fascinating concept: the construct of the Magical Negro in fiction. While the term might not be familiar to you, its presence probably is.

The Magical Negro is a black character introduced in a work of fiction that finds a white protagonist in his moment of doubt, and teaches him a lesson or offers up some grand revelation, only to disappear the second their purpose has been served.


Dick Hallorann – The Shining

Cash – The Family Man

John Coffey – The Green Mile


Louise – Sex and the City

Lamont – American History X

Brother Sam – Dexter

”黒人” 固定観念





NOVEMBER 16, 2011 · 2:11 PM
Report Reveals Asian & Black Students In London Outnumber White Students


There are now more black and asian pupils in the British capital’s secondary school system than white children, according to a landmark report.

The study, which is the most definitive study of its kind, found 53 per cent of secondary pupils in London are now from an ethnic background, and warned of ‘very high’ levels of segregation.

It is the first time that the number of black and asian children has outstripped white pupils.

There has also been a huge rise in other towns and cities with large ethnic minorities, notably Slough, where non-white children now make up 64 per cent of the numbers, Leicester (58 per cent), Birmingham (52 per cent) and Luton (51 per cent). Manchester and Bradford are not far behind with 43 per cent.

It comes after David Levin, head of the fee-paying City of London School, claimed pupils are being ‘taught in ghettos’ as inner-city schools become increasingly divided along racial lines, and warned that London is ‘sleepwalking’ towards apartheid.

[Source: Daily Mail]


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NOVEMBER 16, 2011 · 2:12 PM
Update: UK Soccer Player Charged For Racially Abusing Opponent



Liverpool striker Luis Suarez was charged Wednesday with racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra.

Evra, who is black, made the allegations last month after United’s 1-1 draw at Liverpool in the Premier League.

“It is alleged that Suarez used abusive and/or insulting words and/or behavior towards Manchester United’s Patrice Evra contrary to FA rules,” the English Football Assocation said in a statement. “It is further alleged that this included a reference to the ethnic origin and/or color and/or race of Patrice Evra.”

Suarez has denied the allegations and has been backed by his club throughout the investigation.

[Source: Sports Illustrated]



サッカー 差別



Sunday, 1 May 2011

Mike Havenaar Racially Abused by Kashiwa Fans
Barry writes:

Disappointing news emerged from Chiba this Golden Week weekend as Kashiwa Reysol fans dragged the good name of the J. League through the mud.

It's being reported that the Japanese striker of Dutch parentage Mike Havenaar was subjected to various abuse, including kuso hakujin (lit: shit whiteman) during Kofu's match in Kashiwa on Friday. It might not sound much, but can be equated to someone shouting fucking Jap.

Who knows if Bosnar and Brosque were given the same abuse in March? Unlike Havenaar, neither were born and raised in Japan, so may not have picked up on it as the Kofu forward would have.

Either way, way to go Kashiwa fans; dragging Japanese football into the dark ages. The incident is being investigated by the J. League.

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なお、「糞白人」という表現に、?と違和感を感じたのでサッカーファンの一人に聞いたら、たぶん、デマだろう、という意見だった。真相はわからない。







NOVEMBER 16, 2011 · 6:24 AM
Las Vegas Police Believe Shooting Of Hispanic Couple Was Racially Motivated


A random and brutal murder at Lake Mohave is now being called a hate crime and the man accused of pulling the trigger is still on the loose.

[Source: 8NewsNow]

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Fort Dix Five: 'If they did something, punish them. But they're innocent kids'
The FBI claimed it had exposed a dangerous group of men in a massive 'entrapment' operation over an alleged plot to attack a US army base in New Jersey. But were they really terrorists?



Paul Harris in Cherry Hill, New Jersey
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 16 November 2011


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Police arrest suspect in White House shooting
US officials arrest 21-year-old man thought to be linked with an alleged shooting on the White House on Friday.
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2011


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Most religious hate crimes are against Jews
About 1 in 5 hate crimes are religiously motivated, and American Jews continue to be the victims in the majority of those incidents, according to figures released Monday by the Federal Bureau of Investigations.

反ユダヤ主義






Muslim graduate ‘beaten by racist police in Birmingham’
A Muslim law graduate alleges he was attacked by two police officers in a ‘racially motivated’ attack.


Khurum Ali Khan, 23, claims he was held hostage for 90 minutes after he was pulled over in his car and given an £80 fine for possessing one cannabis joint.
He also says he ‘feared for his life’ when he was beaten by the male and female officers.
Mr Ali claims he was pulled over as he drove home and bundled into a police car where a female officer knelt on his neck.
He then says he was driven around the city at high speed before being dumped on a road out of sight from CCTV cameras and repeatedly kicked and punched.
Community leaders fear the attack could re-ignite racial tensions with police after claims officers failed to protect ethnic minorities during the summer riots.

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2011年11月10日木曜日


Internet spreading anti-Semitism
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In his annual report on an anti-Semitism in Australia, Jeremy Jones has reported 517 incidents of “anti-Jewish violence, vandalism, harassment and intimidation in the last year…38% higher than the 21 year average of the database’s history and 31% higher than the previous 12 months.

Jeremy Jones
On the subject of targeting the Internet as a tool to disseminate hatred against Jews, Jones writes: “As more of the communication media moves to on-line platforms, there is more space available for individuals without qualifications to promote views and opinions. Particularly when the site hosting comments is moderated, there is a prospect that antisocial, prejudice-promoting comments are accorded a modicum of respectability as constituting part of public discourse. There is little indication that the number of anti-Semites is increasing, but no question that the reach of their voices is now magnified.”






'Only Way Is Essex' James Argent apologises for 'racist' gaffe
Published Monday, Nov 28 2011, 10:08 GMT | By Daniel Sperling | 5 comments


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The Only Way Is Essex star James 'Arg' Argent has apologised for describing a mixed-race comedian as having a "spray tan" look on a BBC radio show.

Argent made the gaffe during an interview with actor Al Pillay on The Late Show with Joanne Good last week.

Cabaret performer Pillay, 52, has an Irish-Jamaican mother and his father is of South African, Indian and Spanish descent.

"Have you ever been to Essex before?" Argent asked while co-hosting the BBC London programme. "I think you'd fit right in. You've got this whole spray tan thing going on. You're browner than me."

Even after Pillay informed Argent that he was "born brown", the reality star continued: "The girls would love you with that tan."

Pillay later urged his Twitter followers to listen again to the show and help him clear up Argent's motive for the remarks.







PART II: 142 Dead, and Rising
Critics demand action, not talk, about disproportionate number of blacks shot by police
BY ALAN MAIMON
© 2011, LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Posted: Nov. 28, 2011 | 12:00 a.m.





How a far-right party came to dominate Swiss politics
Published: 07 Oct 2011 17:45 GMT+1
Updated: 10 Oct 2011 14:45 GMT+1

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It has become the biggest party in Swiss politics and one of the most talked-about far-right parties in Europe. Meritxell Mir looks at how the SVP became so successful.

With a strident anti-immigration stance and provocative campaigns, the far-right Swiss People’s Party (SVP) has become one of the most successful right-wing populist parties in Europe. It now looks set to repeat its success in October’s federal elections.

For decades, the SVP seemed to be little more than a curiosity in Swiss politics, winning about one in every ten votes in elections. However, since the early 1990s its popularity has rocketed, its share of the vote doubling in 12 years. In the 1995 federal elections, the far-right party got 14.9 percent of the votes. By 2007, its support had risen to 28.9 percent.

“It has become the strongest and most stable extreme-right party in Europe,” says Georg Lutz, director of Swiss Electoral Studies at the Swiss Foundation for Research in Social Sciences in Lausanne.

Today, it’s as strong as ever. The latest poll, published on September 9th and conducted by pollster gsf.berne, showed the SVP way ahead of its opponents, with the support of 28 percent of respondents. The Socialist Party ranked second with 20.5 percent of the vote share, followed by the Free Democratic Party (15.6 percent), the Christian Democratic Party (14.5) and the Greens (9.5).





Armed neo-Nazi scene embraces violence
Published: 28 Nov 11 10:57 CET

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The rise of the National Socialist Underground (NSU) has focused attention on Germany's neo-Nazi scene, which experts say includes violent militant cells with professional weapons training. Ben Knight reports.



The worst ever terrorist attack on German soil was carried out by a neo-Nazi at the 1980 Oktoberfest in Munich. That was when 21-year-old Gundolf Köhler detonated a pipe bomb in toilets near the main entrance to Germany’s biggest festival, killing 13 people, including himself, and injuring over 200 others.

In light of this, it seems hard to believe that authorities could have underestimated the threat of far-right terrorism in Germany. But instead of rooting out extremist right-wing networks, intelligence agencies stepped up their efforts against Islamist terrorists over the past decade.

However, for the people whose work brings them close to far-right circles – in many cases helping reformed neo-Nazis to escape the scene, the latest revelations about the terrorist cell known as the National Socialist Underground (NSU) did not come as a shock.

“We weren’t surprised at all,” explained Reinhard Koch, director of ARUG, an initiative based in the western city of Wolfsburg that provides counselling for young people exposed to right-wing extremism. “There have long been signs that at some point such groups would form, and not only for us - it should have been clear to the authorities too.”

On top of that, “It can’t be ruled that there are other such groups,” Koch told The Local. “Weapons caches were constantly being found in this scene or that scene – it happened so often that people stopped even wondering what these weapons were for.”

Training camps

As far as Koch is concerned, the distance between the ‘ordinary’ neo-Nazi scene and the ‘hardcore’ element prepared to commit murder is very small. “You shouldn’t imagine that there are these nationalist gangs like the Kameradschaften, and then there’s a huge gap and then there’s a terrorist scene,” he said. “It all blends seamlessly together.”




NOVEMBER 28, 2011 · 8:09 AM
Oregon Memorial To Honor Butchered Chinese Miners


It may be too late to seek justice for the 19th century massacre of nearly three dozen Chinese gold miners by white frontiersmen, but one group of friends says it’s never too late to honor their memory.

The friends, who call themselves the Chinese Massacre Memorial Committee, plan to bring a monument to the Snake River cove where the gold miners were robbed and killed on May 25, 1887.

The killers were believed to be a gang of Oregon horse thieves, ranch hands and a 15-year-old schoolboy. They could have robbed the unarmed miners without killing them, said R. Gregory Nokes of West Linn, author of a book about the massacre .

“It was really a savage act of racial hatred,” Nokes told The Oregonian.

The memorial committee plans to have a helicopter deliver the 4-foot-by-5-foot granite monument to the cove for a ceremony commemorating the killings .

The monument will be engraved in English, Chinese and Nez Perce with the words: “Chinese Massacre Cove. Site of the 1887 massacre of as many as 34 Chinese gold miners. No one was held accountable.”


[Source 1: Register Guard]




NOVEMBER 28, 2011 · 8:10 AM
‘U.S. Will Never Be Race Blind’, Says Condoleezza Rice


“It is a birth defect with which this country was born out of slavery; we’re never really going to be race blind,” she said.


[Source: CBS]






NOVEMBER 28, 2011 · 9:29 AM
White Communities In UK Are ‘Forgotten’, New Study Says

People from white working class areas feel they are a “forgotten” community according to a new report.

The report found white people living in those communities felt unfairly treated and “last in line”.

Community cohesion: the views of white working-class communities was published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
[Source: BBC]

November 27, 2011 8:01 PM
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'World fears US as a war-hungry drunk' - ex-Senator

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The US is like a drunkard who charges to war with anyone who might pose a threat, ex-Senator and former US presidential candidate Mike Gravel say



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Court finds Bush and Blair guilty of war crimes
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Published: 23 November, 2011,


Those who lobbied to have George W. Bush and Tony Blair tried for their role in the Iraq War have finally got their wish. Though the verdict of the court carries no legal weight, its supporters believe its symbolic value is beyond doubt.
The court in Malaysia where the trial took place may not have the power to convict, but the verdict against the former British and American leaders was unanimous.

“War criminals have to be dealt with – convict Bush and Blair as charged. A guilty verdict will serve as a notice to the world that war criminals may run but can never ultimately hide from truth and justice,” the statement from the Perdana Global Peace Foundation read.
The foundation was set up by former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed, who was always a staunch opponent of the war against the regime of Saddam Hussain in 2003. He previously branded Blair and Bush “child-killers”.

Hungry Americans Occupy Turkey Giveaway
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Published: 26 November, 2011




Canadian shopper says he was accused of smuggling drugs, “abused” by U.S. customs for being black
DETAINED FOR HOURS: Canadian was heading to Watertown to shop
By JAEGUN LEE
TIMES STAFF WRITER
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2011






11/25/2011

Racism in Germany
A Story of Death Threats and Casual Insults

By Anna Reimann

Racism in Germany: "I feel the presence of an unpredictable threat."

Germany was shocked to learn the extent of the crimes committed by a recently uncovered right-wing extremist group. But racism is hardly an anomaly in Germany. One family's experience shows just how widespread prejudice and hate really is.

Four weeks. Even the timing itself seemed calculated for maximum intimidation.

Four weeks are long enough to begin forgetting, to regain a certain amount of calm. To begin thinking that maybe it was just a bad joke. But four weeks is too short to completely overcome the fear.
Four weeks was the amount of time that passed between the two death threats the Krause family (eds. note: not their real name) found in their mailbox. The first letter came in August 2011. The sender had cut letters out of a newspaper to form a message warning that Mr. Krause and his family would be killed if they didn't leave Germany.

Why? Because Mrs. Krause and the couple's two children have dark skin. Because Mrs. Krause comes from East Africa.

The second letter came in September, and the sender spent far less time on it. He simply drew four crosses on a sheet of white paper -- one for each member of the family. For the son, for the daughter, for Mr. Krause and for Mrs. Krause.

Mr. Krause, a middle-aged professor, had long promised himself not to take occasional incidents of hostility too seriously. He wanted to avoid overreacting, to prevent those who would sow fear from feeling the satisfaction of success.

The second threat letter, however, made stoicism impossible. And since news broke of the neo-Nazi group that apparently killed nine immigrants over the course of several years, his composure has completely evaporated. The perpetrators of the killing spree purposefully chose victims who did not originally come from Germany.

"I am afraid," says Krause. "I feel the presence of an unpredictable threat."

Concerned about Consequences

Krause is not the kind of person who would normally shy away from openly speaking out. He embraces his civic responsibility. "I won't accept insults," he says. But now, Krause is extremely wary of seeing his name in print -- and doesn't even want it known where he is from. He is afraid for the lives of his wife and children, and for his own.

German authorities asked him to keep his story as quiet as possible and to only share it with his closest friends. They were concerned, they said, about the consequences should news of the threats become widespread. The letters are now in the hands of law-enforcement officials.

They have, however, refused to actively pursue the case, says Krause. No guards or police have been posted in front of his house. Krause claims the authorities made it clear to him that he simply wasn't prominent enough for such measures. Instead, he is to follow a few simple rules: Only go to places that are well-lighted and where there is plenty of human activity. And to always monitor his rear-view mirror when driving. They also assured him that threats such as the ones he received aren't particularly rare and that it was probably just some crank.



Arab students demand apology after being hauled from flight on Thanksgiving following 'security alert'
Passengers travelling from Charlotte to Washington delayed four hours
U.S. Airlines said it was 'out of an abundance of caution'
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Last updated at 3:44 PM on 26th November 2011



November 25, 2011

Elimination of Violence Against Minority Women





NOVEMBER 26, 2011 · 10:13 AM
Immigrants In Ireland Are ‘Under Siege’, Say Black Community Leaders


Leaders of the black community in Ireland have said that immigrants here are “under seige” – and that there is evidence of “widespread” attacks against them.

Community leaders described a “regime” of “verbal, physical and psychological attacks on immigrants and Black Africans in particular”.



A recent Gallup survey found that 73 per cent of black Africans in Ireland believed that discrimination based on ethnicity or immigration was widespread in Ireland.

[Source: The Journal Ireland]

Too-white TV must tune in to the real Team Australia
November 26, 2011


MORE than 2 million Australians were born in Asia and our Indian-born population has more than trebled in a decade, but mainstream television, other than SBS, rarely reflects this fact.
Newsreaders and current affairs show hosts are almost exclusively white. And while The Slap was hailed for mirroring contemporary life, the average family drama is still palely Eurocentric. Is this an innocent case of the blonde leading the bland or a subtle form of racism?

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/national/toowhite-tv-must-tune-in-to-the-real-team-australia-20111125-1nz8l.html#ixzz1ewOnAlvK



NOVEMBER 26, 2011 · 10:13 AM
White Man Sues Houston Police Alleging Racial Profiling In Black Neighborhood


A northeast Houston man has filed a federal lawsuit, claiming he is the victim of racial profiling because he is white.

Kelly D. Allen was handcuffed and searched after being stopped near his home off Jensen in 2009, and he claims in a lawsuit filed this week that he was only stopped because he was driving through a black neighborhood.

In his lawsuit, which he filed without an attorney, he claims HPD officers stopped him because a drug informant had claimed a white man had purchased marijuana.

[Source: Examiner]





NOVEMBER 26, 2011 · 10:14 AM
Australian Police Face Racial Abuse Claims


Two African teenagers claim they were racially abused by eight police who unlawfully detained and assaulted them in a raid in search of two allegedly stolen packets of corn chips, according to court documents.


The boys claim police used capsicum spray while yelling that they were “black c—s”.



Lawyer Tamar Hopkins, the principal of the Flemington and Kensington Community Legal Centre, said she had seen similar cases.

“The pattern of excessive force and racial targeting claims made by members of the African community to community legal centres against members of Victoria Police is extremely concerning,” she said.

The family allege that the chip raid took place on April 28, 2009, when Zacharia, then 17, and Kot Gatlwak, then 16, were in a bungalow with several other minors and police raided it demanding “where did these chips come from?”.

They claim that Zacharia was sprayed in the face at close range without warning, then the whole bungalow was sprayed.

When his mother wanted to leave the main house to investigate an officer allegedly threatened to spray her, and then sprayed Zacharia’s brother Abraham.

A three-month-old baby inside the house vomited all night.

The court documents claim that Zacharia was hit with a baton, dragged, punched and handcuffed before being released.






NOVEMBER 26, 2011 · 10:16 AM
‘Black Peter’ Gets The Boot From Canadian ‘Sinterklaas Parade’


Organizers of New Westminster’s Dutch Sinterklaas celebrations will pull “Black Peter” from their traditional parade next weekend after com-plaints that the black-faced helper carries racist undertones.

Members of the African-Canadian community had complained that Zwarte Piet, or Black Peter, a young person in blackface makeup, is offensive and outdated and should not be included in the Dec. 3 event.

This will be the first time since 1985 that Black Peter will not accompany Sinterklaas as he heads to New Westminster Quay aboard a paddle wheeler boat.

“We will not have Black Peter,” organizer Tako Slump said Friday.”We did all our research and came up with the understanding that they do have a point. We can assure the African-Canadian community that there will not be any offensive black faces.”



・・・・・
Bernard Piprah, an organizer of the annual Black History Month symposium at Douglas College, had argued the Black Peter character comes loaded with offensive, racist stereotypes.

According to the Dutch tradition, Black Peter is responsible for carrying a book full of the names of naughty children, along with a rod and a sack to take the bad children away. He also scatters candy for children.

“[The character] is degrading, and it’s racist, and it’s incredibly outdated,” Piprah said. “You can’t erase that. You can go to your local library and read that this Black Peter was a slave. He beat children. He was dumb, and he spoke buffoonish Dutch. There are just so many insulting aspects to that character, and I can’t believe they’re celebrating it in New Westminster.”

[Source: Times Colonist]




Race variation in jail sentences, study suggests
• Minorities more likely to be jailed for certain crimes
• Differences remain the subject of contention


James Ball, Owen Bowcott and Simon Rogers
The Guardian, Saturday 26 November 2011

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The study of jail sentences was based on an analysis of more than one million court records. Photograph: Alamy
Offenders from ethnic minorities are more likely than their white counterparts to be sentenced to prison for certain categories of crimes, according to an analysis of more than one million court records.

The study, carried out by the Guardian, found black offenders were 44% more likely than white offenders to be sentenced to prison for driving offences, 38% more likely to be imprisoned for public disorder or possession of a weapon and 27% more likely for drugs possession.

Asian offenders were 41% more likely to be sent to prison for drugs offences than their white counterparts and 19% more likely to go to jail for shoplifting.

中国人投資家の土地買収拒否 アイスランド当局
中国人投資家の土地買収拒否 アイスランド当局
 アイスランド内務省は25日、中国人投資家による約300平方キロメートルの土地の買収提案を認めないと発表した。買収計画をめぐっては、北極圏の権益を狙う中国当局の意向が背景にあるとの見方が出ていた。

 ロイター通信などによると、アイスランド内務省は土地取得にあたって同国内に拠点を置くよう求めた法令に抵触すると判断した。経済危機からの回復途上にある同国のグリムソン大統領は「投資を歓迎する」としていたが、内務省は「法令に例外は設けられない」と退けた。

 中国人投資家はリゾート開発として、国土の0.3%に当たる北東部の広大な農地を880万ドル(約6億8千万円)で買収する計画だった。(ロンドン)



Iceland rejects Chinese tycoon’s land proposal
By Anna Andersen | ASSOCIATED PRESS NOVEMBER 26, 2011


REYKJAVIK, Iceland - A Chinese entrepreneur’s bid to create a vast nature retreat in Iceland was turned down by the north Atlantic island nation’s government yesterday, amid concern the deal would have handed a major chunk of territory to a foreign investor.

Iceland’s interior ministry said it had rejected an application by the Zyongkun Group, a company controlled by Huang Nubo, a 55-year-old former Chinese government official, in part because no foreign buyer had ever bought so much land in the country.

Iceland says no to Chinese tycoon's land purchase: ministry


(AFP) – 1 day ago

REYKJAVIK — Iceland on Friday denied a request by a Chinese property tycoon to purchase a large swathe of land in the northern part of the island for a tourist resort, Interior Minister Oegmundur Jonasson said

・・・・・
Huang's representative in Iceland, Halldor Johansson, expressed "disappointment" and said he was "astonished" by the decision, according to news website visir.is.
He said Icelandic legislation did not specify any restrictions on the size of land that could be bought.
Icelandic Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir also said she regretted the decision.
"The decision is a disappointment," she told visir.is, adding that the ruling had been based on "a very narrow interpretation of the law."
She stressed however that it was in Jonasson's power to make the decision, and that he had not sought out the government's opinion.
Friday's decision is final and cannot be appealed, Jonasson said.
Jonasson added that in his personal opinion, "I think we should put a halt to foreign ownership of Icelandic land", a reference to the uproar brought on last year when Canadian company Magma bought an Icelandic electricity producer, HS Orka.
Icelandic observers had suggested that Huang's purchase could help Beijing get a foothold in the Arctic region, as the melting ice cap means lucrative oil and gas deposits under the seabed could soon become accessible and shorter shipping routes open up.




日米地位協定 検察審が運用改善を促した(11月26日付・読売社説)


 日米地位協定は、米国軍人・軍属の公務中の犯罪について第1次裁判権は米国にあると規定している。だが、軍属は過去5年間、62件の交通事故を起こしたが、裁判にかけられた例はなく、「法の空白」と指摘されていた。


日米地位協定の第1次裁判権の規定は国際社会では一般的だ。自衛隊が海外に駐留、活動する際も、同様の協定を相手国との間で締結している。

 民主党は政権公約で、日米地位協定の改定を掲げているが、今回のように、運用見直しで実質的な改善を図る方が現実的だろう。



米軍属の犯罪―地位協定を直すべきだ

米軍属とは、米軍で働く米国籍の民間人のことだ。事故は今年1月に沖縄市でおきた。19歳の地元の青年が死亡した。

 米軍は軍属が「公務中」だとの立場をとったため、那覇地検はいったん不起訴にした。軍属への米国側の処分は5年間の運転禁止だけだった。


日米地位協定は、軍属が事件や事故を起こしても、米軍側が「公務中」と認定した場合は裁判権はまず米軍にあると定めている。

 日米両政府は今後、同じような状況で軍属が事件などにかかわったときは、米側が同意すれば、日本が裁判できるよう合意した。

 これまでと比べて、大きな前進といえるだろう。

 だが、米軍基地の外であっても、「公務中」の軍属の裁判権がまず米国にあることは変わらない。日本が起訴できるかどうかは米国の裁量による。

 2006年以降、「公務中」とされる米軍属が事件や事故を起こしても、日米どちらでも裁判にかけられない司法の空白状態が続いていた。

 米連邦最高裁に「平時に軍属を軍法会議にかけるのは憲法違反」との判例がある。このため米軍は、軍属を軍法裁判にもかけていないからだ。

 米軍の法務官は米最高裁判例をもとに、平時に軍属が罪を犯せば基地受け入れ国が裁判権をもつという見解を示して出版している。つまり、もともと日本側が起訴できるという考え方が米軍内にもある。


 米軍基地がある多くの自治体が長年求めてきたのは、同じような状況で日本が裁判権をもつ本来の姿だ。

 そのためには、地位協定の条文そのものを直す必要がある。

Nurse fired for treating Muslims
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former medic in Dearborn, Michigan is going after his old employers with a sex discrimination suit. According to John Benitez Jr, he lost his job with the city’s Department of Health because he provided medical care to Muslim patients.
Benitez, 63, has spent half his life as a registered nurse. In September 2010, he joined the ranks of Dearborn’s Health Department to assist patients in one of the largest Muslim communities in America. Even with a booming population of immigrants practicing Islam, the nurse says that his supervisor told him that they were off limits.
Benitez says that his former employer lectured him against providing care to female Muslim patients that sought help, and instead asked him to send them to her, a Muslim, for treatment. According to the suit recently filed, the Muslim supervisor told Benitez that “conservative” Muslims, specifically women garbed in hijab head scarves, would not want to be touched by a male nurse. Benitez followed the instruction until November 17, when according to the legal filing, a doctor questioned him "about the cumbersome and unusual practice of taking women wearing a head scarf to the nursing supervisor for care.” As a trained, licensed medical professional — and employee of the city — Benitez should have been providing care to anyone in need. After the doctor confronted him about it in November and said the supervisor’s instructions were “improper,” Benitez went back to treating everyone that came in.
Only two weeks later, Benitez was fired.



Hungry Americans Occupy Turkey Giveaway
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Published: 26 November,





On Police Brutality, Living While Of Color, & Why Brutality At OWS isn’t Shocking
Posted by: karnythia
November 23rd, 2011


I’ve seen a lot of posts talking about OWS, police brutality, race, gender, & intersectionality. Many of those posts include links to the famous stories of police brutality. And those stories are important & should be told. But, by only talking about those stories I worry that we’re giving the impression that police brutality is relatively rare in communities of color. I’ve posted in the past about the cop who called me a nigger when I was 12 & the time my (then) 13 year old husband was beaten up by a cop. But, those weren’t our only run ins with abusive police officers. Experience has taught me to worry about the cops. I think of them as a risk to navigate more than I think of them as people who are here to protect me or my family. My husband & I have already had the talks with our oldest son about how to act when he’s stopped by the cops. Notice I said when he’s stopped.

That’s because I have been stopped while doing everything from taking a walk to grocery shopping to helping someone move. My father in law runs a Medicar service that primarily caters to the elderly who need help getting from their homes to doctor’s appointments. My husband used to ride along to help him out, since it’s a family business. One day they were stopped by the police because some cop decided a white van leaving a hospital on the West Side of Chicago fit the description of a tan truck that had been involved in a robbery in the Loop. They forced them out of the vehicle at gunpoint while a bunch of elderly people watched & worried. When it became clear that they didn’t fit the description? The cops told them they were free to go and left. That’s it. No apology, no consideration for all the people in the vehicle, but then everyone involved was a POC.


Train passenger Tasered 'NINE times for carrying 99p toy gun' by police - and SURVIVED
By JAMES WHITE



Met police Tasered man carrying toy gun on train
Scotland Yard says stun gun used on Justice Livingstone following reports of a man waving a weapon


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Sandra Laville, crime correspondent
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 24



"So then they jumped at me and used the Taser four times at my chest. That did not have any effect, I felt no current. They then held me down, grabbed on to my head and pinned me down and shot me in the back of the head with the Taser three times and I felt the current.

"They tied my legs and took me off the train to the platform."

Scotland Yard denied any other firearm had been used.

Livingstone said he was taken to a police station in Victoria where he claims officers made fun of what he was wearing – a long trench coat and black hat. He was stripped naked, he said, and refused access to a lawyer.

He was eventually sent to Bethlem Royal hospital in Beckenham where he was sectioned under the Mental Health Act. But on Wednesday, after he made an appeal to the mental health tribunal, he was released and is now at his home in south London.




Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2065791/Train-passenger-carrying-99p-plastic-toy-gun-Tasered-times-armed-police.html#ixzz1eeN4bbpq




NOVEMBER 24, 2011 · 7:57 AM
Klan Symbols Target Mayor, Aldermen In South Arkansas Town


Hate Crimes Targeting Blacks in Huttig, AR


"The town of Huttig has been racially divided ever since January when their black mayor Tony Cole fired their white Police Chief, Byron Sartor. Since then, the police chief has been re-hired, but as of last month was fired again sparking hate crimes throughout the town."

"As mayor, it doesn't look good to see my citizens act this way." "Some folks don't know how to grow up."

He's referring to people who are posting signs like this that read "welcome the KKK." And the mayor has even received letters like this one that starts with to Tony the ape. Above all, Cole says he's mostly worried for his family.

"That's a big concern of mine is that our families are well and well protected."

"I'm standing in front of a sign that as you can see behind me has been spray painted. That's because the sign used to say the KKK is here-one of many hateful acts taking place in the town of Huttig."

Other signs include one like this that targets Cole and another black city council member. The sign was posted in a nearby alligator pond hinting where Cole should be.







NOVEMBER 24, 2011 · 7:57 AM
British Deputy Prime Minister Targets Racial ‘Ceiling’ In Banks And Sport

Nick Clegg says banks and football clubs must do more to end the “racial ceiling” and offer equal opportunities to the UK’s ethnic minorities.

[Source: BBC]



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British women are the fattest in Europe as a QUARTER are classed as obese
Obesity levels far worse than Germany, Italy and France
More than one in five British men classed as obese
By CLAIRE BATES
Last updated at 3:01 PM on 25th November 2011



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買収資金、群がる金融ブローカー 反社会勢力に流出か
2011.11.21

地続きの人脈

 「指定暴力団山口組を含む犯罪組織に流れた」

 オリンパスをめぐる一連の買収資金については、海外メディアでこう報じられるなど、暴力団の関与が取り沙汰されている。報酬を得たとみられるブローカーらは暴力団組員そのものではないが、反社会的勢力とともに経済活動を行う「共生者」とも接点があるとされる。このため、ブローカーの人脈をたどると暴力団組織と“地続き”といえる。オリンパスはこうしたブローカーらが実質支配するファンドの背後関係を知らぬまま、結果として資金提供をしていた可能性もある。
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何ともデタラメすぎる。第三者委員会、捜査当局による真相解明が待たれる。

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