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Emrah Erken criticized the UN Human Rights Council and Navi Pillay. He wrote that the body had condemned Israel for human rights violations a total of 116 times since its founding in 2006, while China, Turkey, and Qatar had not been condemned even once. The United Nations, he claimed, had turned human rights into a weapon against the West, particularly Israel. Pillay served as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2008 to 2014. During this time, the Human Rights Council never condemned China, Erken wrote. UN Watch and former UN employee Emma Reilly accused Pillay of having passed the names of more than 50 dissidents, including Uighurs, to China under her leadership. Additionally, Pillay stayed away from the Nobel Prize ceremony in 2010 in honor of the imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. Erken further wrote that Pillay later led a UN commission of inquiry that accused Israel of genocide and previously signed calls for sanctions against Israel. In 2012, she criticized the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo for its Muhammad cartoons, describing the drawings as malicious and intentionally provocative. Critics also accused her of opting for appeasement and restrictions on freedom of expression rather than defending it in the debate over Muhammad cartoons. Erken called it a shame that Pillay would receive this year's Nobel Peace Prize, and expressed opposition to post-colonialism, the "Woke Left," and Pillay. #Menschenrechte #UN #Israel (translated)

Lars Winkelsdorf wrote that he had spoken a few months ago at a personal meeting with August Hanning about Hanning's financial situation. Hanning had brought up the topic himself. The current media coverage does not adequately represent the situation from Winkelsdorf's perspective, as it appears as an exposure of the motives behind Hanning's alleged actions. According to him, Hanning explained that he had entered the supervisory board of the Latvian PNB Bank through Anders Rasmussen. An oligarch then plundered the bank, stripping it of about 30 million euros. In a civil proceeding under Latvian law, Hanning was held liable; the judgment was later enforced in Germany, and a significant portion of his pension was garnished. Winkelsdorf described Hanning as an indirectly harmed party of criminal acts and wrote that his attempts to get out of the situation had failed. It was not about losses from risky investments but rather that Hanning had been "taken advantage of," he wrote. Rasmussen has not had to pay anything so far; Winkelsdorf added that Denmark may have better laws than Germany. https://t.co/KJQ6fW9Au0 #Finanzen #Medien #Justiz (translated)

Three years after the devastating Hamas massacre in Israel on October 7, 2023, Israelis are commemorating the over 1200 victims with moving ceremonies and symbolic representations of the ongoing pain and trauma that has shaped those affected and their families. #HamasMassaker #Gedenken #Trauma (translated)

The appearance of climate change denier James Taylor at a FPÖ event in the Vienna City Hall underscored that even the FPÖ cannot escape the issue of climate change, despite the bizarre portrayal and the overrepresentation of older men in the audience. #Klimawandel #FPÖ #Klimaleugnung (translated)

Seven students at Cornell University are accused of raping a 20-year-old woman in connection with alcohol and drug abuse, while the defense relies on an earlier consensual account from the plaintiff and triggers protests at the university. #Vergewaltigung #CornellUniversität #Proteste (translated)

Ulrich Vosgerau wrote that, in his view, senior officials should represent the government's line in Parliament due to their civil service obligations. However, public broadcasting presents them as independent and objective experts, solely committed to the common good. In his opinion, this reverses the actual power relations: it appears as if politics must follow the recommendations of impartial experts. Vosgerau described this as "faux expert rule" and compared it to a practice where the government funds NGOs that demonstrate for politically left causes, initiate petitions, and engage with the media. This creates a simulated political pressure emanating from the population, which, he wrote, politics in a democracy supposedly cannot ignore. Meanwhile, "the real people" are at work, paying taxes and social contributions. #ÖRR #Demokratie #Expertenherrschaft (translated)

Emanuel Boeminghaus wrote that he has long warned of increasing poverty and referred to a warning from portfolio manager Andreas Beck about a significant loss of wealth in Germany. Beck criticized the rising national debt in a conversation with Apollo News and stated that by 2026, about a third of the federal budget would already be financed by debt. Since 2019, in his estimation, there has been no productivity growth; moreover, the gap in economic performance and income is widening. Cities like Stuttgart and Munich are also increasingly under budgetary pressure, according to Beck. Boeminghaus described the contribution as an important indication. https://t.co/FVgupyiotu #Deutschland #Wohlstand #Wirtschaft (translated)

Emanuel Boeminghaus wrote that the Halensee beach resort is facing closure shortly after its reopening despite millions in investments. According to the operator, jobs had been created, but 19 employment contracts have since been terminated. Since 2024, extensive planning, renovations, building applications, and documentation have been incurred for the project. Boeminghaus stated that the beach resort is in his neighborhood and criticized that, in his view, much of what makes life in Berlin worthwhile is destroyed by regulations. According to the information he provided, an official inspection took place on July 16, 2026; five days later, the beach resort was certified to be in a well-maintained and good condition. Nevertheless, further procedures, additional requests, and an additional noise protection report followed. Due to a lack of planning security, the operator finally announced the abandonment of the project. Boeminghaus referred to the Berliner Zeitung. https://t.co/NdD6oT97Fo #Berlin #Bürokratie #StrandbadHalensee (translated)

In a further escalation of violence between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Pakistan has again carried out attacks on alleged terrorist camps in Afghanistan, with reports of civilian casualties on the Afghan side and conflicting accounts regarding the purpose of the attack. #Pakistan #Afghanistan #Konflikt (translated)

According to the Russian representation, it was the German side that did not want to allow press questions and audio recordings at the meeting #Wadephul-Lawrow. I asked @AuswaertigesAmt for confirmation. I also wanted to know when evidence of Russia's role in the Leipzig drone incident would be presented. The responses: First a denial, then a relativization of the denial and, surprise, surprise, there would be no new evidence... (however, there have also been no "old" ones so far...). #Politik #Außenpolitik #Deutschland (translated)

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 Bitte achten Sie die Würde der Verstorbenen und die Gefühle ihrer Angehörigen. Liebe Mitmenschen, seit unserer Trauerwache Deutschland in Frankfurt werden wir zunehmend in Videos markiert oder über Hashtags verknüpft, in denen Todesopfer mithilfe künstlicher Intelligenz animiert dargestellt werden. Für Angehörige, Freunde und Bekannte kann es ein schwerer Schock sein, einen geliebten Menschen plötzlich künstlich bewegt oder scheinbar lebendig zu sehen. Solche Darstellungen können schmerzhafte Erinnerungen aufreißen und die Trauer zusätzlich belasten, auch wenn sie als Zeichen des Gedenkens gedacht sind. Wir bitten Sie deshalb eindringlich: Verzichten Sie auf KI-generierte oder animierte Darstellungen der Todesopfer in Fotos und Videos. Bitte markieren Sie unsere Trauerwache auch nicht in solchen Beiträgen. Hinter jedem Bild steht ein Mensch, der fehlt. Hinter jedem Namen stehen Menschen, die mit diesem Verlust weiterleben müssen. Ihre Gefühle und Grenzen verdienen Schutz. Gedenken braucht keine künstliche Inszenierung. Es braucht Mitgefühl, Anstand, Respekt und Würde. Danke 🖤 #Trauer #Würde #Respekt

Prinz William und Harry zeigen ähnliche Reaktionen auf Fragen zu dem neuen Buch von Charles Spencer über ihre Mutter Diana, während Spencer schwere Vorwürfe gegen König Charles III. erhebt, und beide Prinzen äußern Besorgnis über die Darstellung ihres Vaters in dem Werk. #PrinzWilliam #PrinzHarry #Diana

Entgegen der Darstellung in🇩🇪Medien, hat Russland nicht vor, Europa anzugreifen. Der🇷🇺Außenminister Lawrow hat dies gestern noch einmal wiederholt und darauf hingewiesen, dass falls Europa Russland angreift, es ein kurzer, völlig anderer Krieg wäre als in der Ukraine,🇩🇪Ton: https://t.co/vctl6U57DL #Russland #Europa #Ukrainkonflikt

Der österreichische Kabarettist Günther Paal, bekannt als „Gunkl“, zeigt sich selbst an und gesteht den sexuellen Missbrauch eines Kindergartenmädchens sowie den Besitz von fast 1000 Dateien mit Darstellungen von sexuellem Kindesmissbrauch, während gleichzeitig die Mutter des Opfers und ihre Frau wegen mutmaßlicher Erpressung angeklagt sind. #Kindesmissbrauch #Gunkl #Österreich