To
Yemen UN Guterres
Proposing 75
Member Team As
He Quietly
Pulls Staff From
Somalia
By Matthew
Russell Lee, CJR PFT NY
Post List
UNITED NATIONS
GATE, January 9 – UN
Secretary
General
Antonio
Guterres on March
27 lavished
praised on
Saudi Crown
Prince
Mohammed bin
Salman now accused
with respect to
Jamal Khashoggi,
accepting
a $930 million
check from the
Saudis and UAE,
with not a
word of the
Saudi led
bombing
campaign that
has killed
civilians and
caused cholera
in
Yemen. Now Guterres
has proposed sending
and spending
on a "nimble"
75-monitor
team to Yemen,
saying it
would include "appropriate
resources and
assets will
also be
required to
ensure the
safety and
security of
U.N.
personnel,
including
armored
vehicles,
communications
infrastructure,
aircraft and
appropriate
medical
support." Sound
good - until
you consider
that, as Inner
City Press has
exclusively
reported,
Guterres' UN relocated
UN staff out
of Somalia after a
single attack
on its compound in
Mogadishu.
UN
staff in Somalia
have exclusively leaked
this
email to banned
Inner City
Press, saying
it shows how
Guterres' UN
has "lost the
plot." We have
voluntarily redacted
some from the
memo, as
noted: From: [REDACTED BY INNER
CITY PRESS]
Sent: Sunday,
January 6,
2019 2:30 pm
Subject:
Reduction of
staffing
footprint
Somalia
Dear
Colleagues,
Following the
mortar attack
on the UN
compound in
Mogadishu on 1
January 2019,
the Designated
Official for
Somalia has
decided, as a
precautionary
measure, to
limit the
staffing
footprint in
Mogadishu for
the immediate
future. Some
personnel who
were scheduled
to travel to
Somalia on
Sunday 6
January have
been directed
to temporary
remain in
Nairobi. Some
who are
scheduled to
travel on
Monday 7
January will
be
individually
contacted and
directed to
temporarily
remain in
Nairobi.
This measure
applies only
to personnel
assigned to
Mogadishu, and
not to those
in duty
stations in
the sectors
and
regions.
MovCon
colleagues
will vet the
manifest
during
check-in in
Nairobi, and
those who have
been asked to
remain will
not be checked
in. Those who
do not receive
any
notification
should proceed
to Mogadishu
as
planned.
Individuals
who have been
instructed to
remain in
Nairobi are
required to
report for
duty, and to
work from the
UNSOM or UNSOS
office in
Nairobi. They
will be
considered as
being on
official
business
travel status,
and entitled
to daily
subsistence
allowance in
Nairobi, on
the condition
that they
report daily
to the Nairobi
Office. They
should
register with
the colleagues
in Human
Resources
Management
Section below
upon arrival
at the office
in Nairobi, so
that work
spaces can be
identified for
them:
Ms. Teresa
Benedict on
extension [REDACTED
BY INNER CITY
PRESS],
mobile [REDACTED BY INNER
CITY PRESS].
Mr. John
Wachira on
extension [REDACTED BY INNER
CITY PRESS],
mobile [REDACTED BY INNER
CITY PRESS].
Those who have
any difficulty
in accessing
the UNON
compound
should also
contact the
same HR
colleagues.
Persons held
back in
Nairobi may
choose to
remain on
leave, and not
to report to
work. In that
case they will
not be
entitled to
DSA."
Because
that, of
course, is the
concern, as
Guterres'
administration
engages in DSA
(Daily
Subsistence
Allowance)
scams all over
the world.
Guterres'
friends and
supporters and
sycophants can
use public
funds as they
choose. Nimble
indeed.
On
December 21 the
UN Security
Council
approved 15-0
a stripped
down Yemen
resolution.
Inner City
Press put it
online here
on
Scribd.
Now a
detailed NYT report
of how
Guterres'
smiling Saudi
friends used
child soldiers
(paid through
Faisal Islamic
Bank of Sudan,
partly owned
by Saudis) from
Darfur
in Sudan,
where Guterres remains
quiet on Omar
al Bashir's
crackdown on
the protests
against
him. Inner
City Press has
previously
reported on
the UN's
fraudulent use
of the Bank of
Khartoum. The
UN cannot be
believed. On
20 December
2018, banned
Inner City
Press asked
Guterres and
his spokesman
Stephane
Dujarric and
Farhan Haq,
"December
20-2: On
Sudan, what is
the SG's
comment and
action on the
anti-government
protests that
started on
Wednesday in
northern Sudan
and have been
spreading to
other cities?"
Even now with
more
journalists
arrested in
Sudan, for
example Ahmed
Younes from
Al-Sharq
Alowsat
newspaper and
Maha Al-Tilib
from Attayar
newspaper,
both just for
reporting on
the protests
in Wad Nubawi,
Omdurman,
there has been
no answer at
all for eight
days, nor to
46 other
questions
Inner City
Press has
submitted
including on conflicts
of interest
by Guterres.
It turns out
the UN has
become so
corrupt under
Guterres that
one of lead
Spokesman
Stephane
Dujarric's
Associate
Spokespeople Ms Keishamaza
Rukikaire who
actually seems
to care or at
least re-tweet
about Sudan
has been
ordered not to
answer banned
Inner City
Press' written
questions
about Sudan,
etc, see here.
At
the cusp of
December 29 to
30 the UN sent
out this: "The
opening of the
Hudaydah–Sana’a
highway as a
humanitarian
corridor to
deliver
humanitarian
assistance, as
agreed during
the first
Joint meeting
of the
Redeployment
Coordination
Committee, did
not take place
today [29
December]. In
a meeting with
Houthi
representatives
to the RCC at
the Hudaydah
port, the UN
appointed
Chairman of
the RCC,
General
Cammaert,
expressed his
disappointment
at their
missed
opportunity to
build
confidence
between the
parties.
While at the
port, the
Houthi
representatives
of the RCC
informed the
Chair of
redeployment
measures at
the port. He
welcomed the
effort to
start
implementation
of the
Stockholm
Agreement.
However, he
noted that
implementation
of
confidence-building
measures and
the Agreement
should be
concurrent and
emphasized
that any
redeployment
would only be
credible if
all parties
and the United
Nations are
able to
observe and
verify that it
is in line
with the
Stockholm
Agreement.
The Chairman
intends to
convene on 1
January 2019,
the next
meeting of the
RCC to discuss
the
redeployment
plans of the
parties and
the liaison,
monitoring and
coordination
mechanism that
will be
required to
monitor the
ceasefire and
ensure that
credible
redeployment
is achieved.
Stephane
Dujarric
Spokesman for
the
Secretary-General
New York, 29
December 2018"
On 20 December
2018, banned
Inner City
Press asked
Guterres and
his spokesman
Stephane
Dujarric and
Farhan Haq,
"December
20-2: On
Sudan, what is
the SG's
comment and
action on the
anti-government
protests that
started on
Wednesday in
northern Sudan
and have been
spreading to
other cities?"
Even now with
more
journalists
arrested in
Sudan, for
example Ahmed
Younes from
Al-Sharq
Alowsat
newspaper and
Maha Al-Tilib
from Attayar
newspaper,
both just for
reporting on
the protests
in Wad Nubawi,
Omdurman,
there has been
no answer at
all for eight
days, nor to
46 other
questions
Inner City
Press has
submitted
including on conflicts
of interest
by Guterres.
It turns out
the UN has
become so
corrupt under
Guterres that
one of lead
Spokesman
Stephane
Dujarric's
Associate
Spokespeople Ms
Keishamaza Rukikaire who
actually seems
to care or at
least re-tweet
about Sudan
has been
ordered not to
answer banned
Inner City
Press' written
questions
about Sudan,
etc, see here.
On
December
26, after
asking Guterres
seemingly also
absentee
Spokesman
Stephane Dujarric
why even
the day's UN "highlights"
were not online as
of 12:07 pm,
Inner City
Press in
writing asked:
"December
26-4: On
Yemen, what is
the SG's
knowledge of,
comment and
action on
report that
clashes
erupted
Wednesday (Dec
26) in Yemen's
Hodeida. The
sound of heavy
artillery
could be heard
to the east of
the Red Sea
city, with
clashes
stopping after
a few hours.
An official
for the
Saudi-led
alliance said
on Tuesday
that 10
pro-government
troops have
been killed
since the
ceasefire went
into force,
accusing the
Huthis of 183
violations.
The rebels, in
turn, said on
the same day
that they have
recorded at
least 31
violations in
the past 24
hours by
pro-government
troops. What
is the UN
doing?" While
still
declining to
answer any
specific Inner
City Press questions,
including about
Guterres' conflicts
of interest,
the Office of
the
Spokesperson
now past
noon on December
28 has put
online this: "The
first Joint
meeting of the
Redeployment
Coordination
Committee
convened in
Hudaydah City,
from 26 to 28
December 2018.
The committee
discussed the
first phase of
the
implementation
of the
Stockholm
Agreement
which is based
on three
priority
areas:
Ceasefire;
confidence
building
measures to
deliver
Humanitarian
Assistance;
and
redeployment.
The three-day
meeting was
carried out in
a constructive
and cordial
manner and the
Chair
commended the
parties for
the goodwill
demonstrated
to implement
the Stockholm
agreement.
The parties
are now
preparing to
provide the
Chair with
detailed plans
for full
redeployment
which will be
discussed at
the next
meeting of the
RCC, scheduled
for 1 January
2019, in
Hudaydah. In
the meantime,
the
implementation
of the terms
of the
Stockholm
Agreement are
ongoing.
In the
interim, as a
confidence
building
measure, the
parties have
agreed to
begin opening
blocked
humanitarian
corridors,
starting with
the
Hudaydah-Sana’a
Road, followed
by other
routes, in a
phased manner.
A humanitarian
convoy is
expected to
move from the
Hudaydah port
along the
Hudaydah-Sana’a
Road on 29
December.
The UN Special
Envoy for
Yemen Martin
Griffiths
today welcomed
President Abed
Rabbu Mansour
Hadi's
decision to
instruct the
payment of
salaries for
all civil
servants in
the Hodeidah
governorate,
starting this
month. The
Special Envoy
said President
Hadi's
decision is an
important step
towards
improving the
economic
situation, and
alleviating
the
humanitarian
suffering of
the Yemeni
people, adding
that he hopes
there will be
more steps in
this
direction." Inner City
Press has
also twice now
asked:
"December
24-1: Beyond
the 35
questions from
Inner City
Press you
refused to
answer last
week, still
set forth
below for
promised
answer, this
is a
reiterated
request past
deadline that
you (1) state
when SG
Guterres left
his position
on the
Gulbenkian
Foundation,
(2) state why
Gulbenkian was
not listed on
SG Guterres'
public
financial
disclosure
which covered
2016; (3)
explain how it
is not a
conflict of
interest for
SG Guterres to
have refused
to start an
audit of CEFC
in the UN, as
requested by
Inner City
Press in
January 2018,
given CEFC's
bid for the
oil business
of Gulbenkian.
Also, again,
state why
under SG
Guterres there
have been no
updates to the
UN public
financial
disclosures
since those
filed for
2016. Also,
again, explain
your refusal
to answer any
of Inner City
Press'
questions this
week despite
USG Smale's
statements to
GAP, me and
UNSR David
Kaye."
From December
23 email
without location:
"General
Patrick
Cammaert and
his advance
team arrived
in Hudaydah
this evening
(23 December).
Prior to his
arrival in the
city, he met
with the
Houthi
appointees to
the
Redeployment
Coordination
Committee in
Sana’a, where
he was
reassured of
their
commitment to
the
implementation
of the
Stockholm
agreement.
General
Cammaert is
encouraged by
the general
enthusiasm of
both sides to
get to work,
immediately.
One of the
priorities in
the coming
days will be
the
organization
of the first
joint RCC
meeting, which
is projected
for 26
December. Stéphane
Dujarric,
Spokesman for
the
Secretary-General
23 December
2018." On
December 22
from the same
spokes- / hatchetman,
still
with a dateline -
note that neither
he nor Guterres has
made
even
canned comment
on the
Saturday night
budget marathon
that Guterres
skipped but
banned Inner
City Press covered, here:
"Retired
General
Patrick
Cammaert,
Chair of the
Redeployment
Coordination
Committee
(RCC), landed
in Aden,
Yemen, this
afternoon (22
December),
where he held
a face-to-face
meeting with
the Government
of Yemen
appointees to
the RCC
mechanism.
During the
discussion,
General
Cammaert
stressed that
the success or
failure of the
Stockholm
Agreement
rested solely
with the
parties. He
urged the
Government of
Yemen and
Coalition
forces to
uphold the
ceasefire,
which came
into effect on
00:00 18
December, and
sought their
commitment and
cooperation to
secure the
unhindered
flow of
humanitarian
aid into and
across the
country as a
matter of
urgency. He
also discussed
modalities for
the convening
of the first
joint RCC
meeting in
Hudaydah or
environs as
early as 26
December.
General
Cammaert will
travel to
Sana'a
tomorrow to
meet with the
Houthi
appointees to
the RCC to
convey similar
messages,
after which he
and his team
will depart
for Hudaydah.
New
York, 22
December 2018.
New York, 22
December 2018.
Stéphane
Dujarric,
Spokesman for
the
Secretary-General."
This is the
spokesman who
did not answer
a single one
of Inner City
Press' 35 written questions
this week,
including this
one on
Guterres'
conflict(s)
of interest.
We'll have
more on
this.
after many
more deaths it
seems it will
happen
again -
Guterres' UN
is preparing to
smiling
take another
$500 million
and keeps partnering
with MBS' MiSK
Foundation. Now
with the UK
draft UN Security
Council
resolution on
Yemen stalled
like
the African
Union's,
exclusive here,
now on
whether or not
to include
Iran in
Operative
Paragraph 9 as
a violator of
the
arms embargo
- US says yes,
Russia says no
-- US
Secretary of
State Mike Pompeo met
his counterpart
from Oman on
December
19, triggering
this read out
from his
deputy
spokesperson
Robert
Palladino:
"Secretary
Michael R.
Pompeo met
today with
Omani Minister
Responsible
for Foreign
Affairs Yusuf
bin Alawi bin
Abdullah.
The Secretary
thanked the
Minister for
Oman’s
positive
engagement on
many regional
issues,
including its
role in
helping
facilitate UN
consultations
on Yemen in
Sweden.
The Secretary
and the
Minister
agreed on the
importance of
parties
building upon
momentum from
the
consultations
by
implementing
agreements,
continuing
engagement,
de-escalating
tensions, and
ceasing
ongoing
hostilities.
The Secretary
and the
Minister
underscored
their support
for UN Special
Envoy Martin
Griffiths and
the next round
of Yemen
consultations.
The Secretary
and the
Minister
discussed the
January 1
elimination of
B-1 visa
reciprocity
fees and
increased visa
validities in
A, B, and G
classifications,
which will
benefit U.S.
and Omani
travelers, and
promote trade
and
investment." UK
Foreign
Secretary
Jeremy Hunt on
December
19 bragged
to the Parliament "I
have
instructed our
mission in New
York to resume
working on our
draft
Resolution
with Security
Council
partners, with
a view to
adopting it
later this
week. We will
ask the
Security
Council to
vote on the
draft within
the next 48
hours... Britain
has been able
to play this
role because
of our network
of
friendships,
including our
partnership
with Saudi
Arabia and the
UAE, and
because we are
a country that
steps up to
its
responsibilities."
Not on FOIA -
the UK mission
has withheld from
Inner City Press
nearly all
requested
documents on
Yemen, all on
Cameroon and
on the UK
Mission's role
in UK USG
Alison Smale's
now 168 day ban
on Inner City
Press. Asking about the UK
Yemen draft at
the UN
Delegates Entrance
gate, UK
deputy
Ambassador
Jonathan Allen
refused any
answer to
Inner City
Press, as he
hand slapped
with UN
official
Mladenov. On
December 19 at
the UNSC
stakeout Smale
- and the UK?
- ban Inner
City Press
from, Allen
stopped and
serviced Gulf
media and
waved away
UNTV, a
boom-mic man
from a
previous
UN(CA) bribery
vehicle, so
that no one
else would
hear. This is
today's UK,
and UN. v. On
De
Watch this
site.scl
Mhnaer
Despite Guterres'
British envoy
Martin
Griffiths
posting that the
parties in
Sweden agreed on
"An immediate
cease-fire
shall enter
into force in
the city of
Hodeidah" and
publications
like the Los Angeles
Times reporting
it as such, the air
strikes
continue. And
not a peep out of
Guterres, on
a murky
junket
trip to
Qatar.
On December
17, Inner City
Press at the
UN Delegater Cates
Gate asked
diplomats fs
from Swedeen,
Russia and Kaaazakstan
about it.
Periscope
video here.
Later after a
noon briefing
from which
Inner City
Press wwas
banned, the UN
sent this out:
"Statement on
the
Implementation
Of The
Agreement On
The City Of
Hudayda And
Ports Of
Hudayda,
Salif, And Ras
Isa
- -
Amman 17
December 2018
- The
ceasefire in
Hudayda shall
enter into
force at 00:00
on 18 December
2018, local
time. The
Redeployment
Coordination
Committee
(RCC), the
joint
committee in
charge of
implementing
the Hudayda
Agreement, is
expected to
start its work
swiftly to
translate the
momentum built
up in Sweden
into
achievements
on the
ground." by
GuterresWe'll
see - watch
this site." say
Lowcock
and Fore
should tell
their Boss
Antonio
Guterres to at
least stop
partnering
with MBS' Misk
Foundation -
and to stop censoring and
banning the
Press. On
November 19 Inner
City Press asked
questions of
five
other Security
Council
members at the
gate to which
it is
confirmed by
UN censorship,
inside Kuwait's
UN Ambassador
Mansour
Al-Otaibi told
scribes that
"some Council
members don't
see this is
the right time
to table a
draft
resolution," said
he has "many
problems" with
the draft. Asked if
there could
be a vote this
week he said "I
doubt it."
MBS is riding
high, with
UN Secretary
General
Antonio
Guterres still
partnering with him
and saying
though
his censoring
spokesman
Stephane
Dujarric that
no formal
request
to probe the
murder of
Jamal
Khashoggi has
been received,
even after his
"pull aside"
meeting with
Turkey's
foreign
minister. Pull
aside
indeed.
Earlier on
November 19,
Inner City
Press on November
19 asked five
UN Security
Council
ambassador if
it the draft
had been
circulated to
the Council's
ten elected
members. Kazakhstan's
Permanent
Representative
and Sweden's
Deputy Carl
Skau politely said
no. The UK's
Jonathan Allen
did not
answer; the
Netherlands'
Karel von
Oosterom won't
even
turn. US Ambassador
Nikki Haley, out by
the end of the
year, passed
by with entourage
and no answer.
Video here.
This
as Inner
City Press, banned
from
the UN now 138 days
by corrupt
Antonio
Guterres, is
informed by
those who've
seen it that
Griffiths
has a "pathetic"
page and a
half document,
which would have
the the
Houthis
handing over
all heavy weapons
to... Hadi, in
his Saudi
hotel. "Fat
chance," these sources
says, adding
"fat Hadi" and
others above
named. On
September 8
Guterres' envoy
Martin
Griffiths
lavished
praise on the
government /
Hadi
delegation he
spent three
days with
in Geneva, in
a press
conference
featuring
qestions cut
off by the UN
and
from which though
in Geneva
Inner City
Press was banned
from by New
York-based,
Moscow
junketing Alison
Smale for
Guterres, soon
to be Lisbon
bound. After
Griffiths,
Hadi's Foreign Minister
Khaled Al
Yahami took
over the UN room to
denounce coup
plotters
and deny that
Sudan and Egypt
wouldn't open
their air
space. What
about the
injured
being able to
get to Oman?
Griffiths,
vetted by the Saudis before Guterres
gave him the
post
ostensibly for
the Brits,
wouldn't say.
He said every
action has a
repercussion.
We'll
have more on
this. The UK
and France are
both complicit
in the killing
of civilians in
Cameroon by
Paul Biya -
and in the
lifetime ban
Guterres'
Alison Smale
imposed on
Inner City Press on
August 17. On
August 13,
for a UN noon
briefing
Inner City remained
banned from, it e-mailed
the spokesmen
for Antonio
"$930 Million
Guterres this
question:
"August 13-2:
On Yemen, what
is the comment
of the SG and,
separately,
his envoy
Griffiths on
reports that
Saudi and
Emirati Led
Coalition-backed
militias
actively
recruit
al-Qaida
militants, or
those who were
recently
members,
because
they’re
considered
exceptional
fighters. One
Yemeni
commander who
was put on the
U.S. terrorism
list for
al-Qaida ties
last year
continues to
receive money
from the UAE
to run his
militia,.
Another
commander,
recently
granted $12
million for
his fighting
force by
Yemen’s
president, has
a known
al-Qaida
figure as his
closest aide.
In one case, a
tribal
mediator who
brokered a
deal between
the Emiratis
and al-Qaida
even gave the
extremists a
farewell
dinner. What
does the UN
know / say /
do about this?" Even when
Inner City
Press submitted the
question
again, to Guterres'
email address
and that of his
Deputy SG and
Communicator
UK USG Alison
Smale, there
has been no
answer more
than two days
later, in the
face of this:
"A senior US
official says
the UAE paid
money to
tribal leaders
in Yemen to
rout al-Qaeda
from its
strongholds.
Wednesday's
remarks
followed AP
investigation
outlining how
Emirati forces
cut secret
deals with the
militants to
get them to
abandon
territory. The
official says
money "has
exchanged
hands" and
that it often
went to
"sheikhs in
areas that
have
collaborated
or allowed
al-Qaida to
exist." He
didn't
elaborate on
how much was
paid, but says
the Emiratis'
payments to
tribal sheikhs
allowed them
to 'ally
themselves to
the Emiratis.'" One wag
might note the
handed
$930 million
check, half
Emerati, to
Guterres; the UAE
already bought the
UN's
Bernardino
Leon and, some
say, Ghassam
Salame. Today's UN
under Guterres
is corrupt,
and censors.
On
August 9, for
a UN noon briefing
Inner City remained
banned from, it e-mailed
the spokesmen
for Guterres
this question:
"August 9-3:
On Yemen, what
is the SG's
comment and
action on 'airstrikes
in northern
Yemen have
targeted a
busy market
and a bus,
killing at
least 20
people,
including
children, and
wounding as
many as 35.
ICRC said a
hospital
supported by
the
organisation
had received
dozens of
casualties
after the
attack at a
market in
Dahyan in
Sa’ada
governorate.'"
At the UN
Security
Council, from
which Guterres
has
also banned Inner
City Press, UK
Deputy
Ambassador
Jonathan Allen
was asked "the
reaction to
the bombing of
a school bus
in northern
Yemen? Dozens
of very young
children,
videos showing
many under the
age of ten
injured and/or
killed in a
strike that
the Saudis say
was justified. Allen: Well,
we've seen
those reports.
It's very
important as
we've said
repeatedly
that all
parties to the
conflict in
Yemen adhere
to
International
Humanitarian
Law. Where
there is an
incident of
this sort,
it's important
this
investigated
thoroughly and
the
conclusions of
that
investigation
are shared and
are learned
from and we'll
be calling for
that in this
incidence as
well. As
President, I'm
afraid I don't
have anything
to say on
that. This is
not something
that the
Council has
discussed
recently. Q: Has
anybody asked
the Presidency
to discuss it
in AOB?
Allen: As
of this
moment, I am
not aware of
any such
requests." At
the beginning
of the month the
UK prepped the
correspondents
it feeds cake to,
as it
sells bombs to
Saudi
Arabia -
while refusing
to answer questions
from Inner
City Press on
Yemen, Western
Sahara and Cameroon.
On
July 30 Guterres'
sleazy basis
for roughing
up and banning
Inner City
Press for 27
days and
counting was reported
in the Columbia
Journalist
Review: Guterres'
spokesman Stephane
Dujarric has
gone
further, in an article
published July
30 by the
Columbia
Journalism
Review. Dujarric - who
Inner City
Press
directed to
the CJR
reporter to -
is quoted
that " Lee
Periscoped
while
shouting, 'Fuck
you!'
repeatedly.
(Lee says he
was
complaining
that Dujarrac
had given the
Al Jazeera
crew a private
interview, and
excluded him.)
'He
creates an
atmosphere of
incivility
within our
working
environment,'
Dujarrac says."
This is a lie.
Inner City
Press on June 19
when Dujarric
gave a "private
briefing" to Al
Jazeera about
Nikki Haley
and Mike
Pompeo
announcing the
US pull out
from the UN
Human Right
Council said
in the hall
that is was a
"sleazefest."
After closing
the door of
the focus booth
it has been
confined to work in
for two years
by
Dujarric, and long
after the Al
Jazeera trio
including
James Bayes
and Whitney
Hurst were
done, said on
Periscope, F-You. Periscope
video - still
online
during this 27
day "investigation" -
here.
So
Dujarric is a
censor,
justifying the
beating up and
banning of a
journalist for
something he
broadcast in
a soundproof
booth to his
audience. As
Inner City
Press has reported,
Dujarric told
an
interlocutor
on June 20,
before the two
beat-downs of
Inner City Press,
that things
would be worse
for it. On
Yemen, the CJR
article quotes
Inner City
Press: "The
Saudis buy UK
weapons to
bomb Yemen—but
the UN envoy
to Yemen is
British." All
true.
On July 5,
hours before
Guterres' (and
the UK's and
Saudis') envoy
Martin Griffiths briefed
the UN
Security Council,
Guterres' UN
banned Inner
City Press
from entering,
and it has
been banned
for 12 days
and counting
since. Fox
News story here
("UN roughs
up, ejects,
bans reporter
from
headquarters:
Caught on
tape");
petition to
Guterres here;
GAP blogs I
and II (“Harassment
of US
Journalist
Intensifies at
the
UN”). Dujarric
spoonfeeds sound
bytes to Al
Jazeera and is
working with
them to try to
further restrict
Inner City
Press, here -
Inner City
Press was in
fact ousted on
June 22, video
here,
story here.
And then the
further rough
up and ban on
3 July
2018 and
since.
We'll have
more on this.
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