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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)

Communication scientist Nadia Zaboura warns that many German-speaking media are poorly prepared for right-wing extremist communication strategies and criticizes the inadequate categorization of anti-democratic actors as well as the media double standards in handling different political groups. #Medienkritik #Rechtsextremismus #Journalismus (translated)

Dr. David Lütke wrote that the sabotage of Nord Stream has destroyed the German business model since 1945. Germany is now paying for US LNG, while Russia and the USA are negotiating a restart of Nord Stream without Germany. As a result, Germany is losing out on both fronts, he summarized. https://t.co/nabTqvEEar #Energiepolitik #NordStream #Deutschland (translated)

A new study sheds light on Rosalind Franklin's early insights into DNA structure, which were crucial for the Nobel Prize awarded to Watson and Crick in 1962, and questions her often praised but controversial contributions to deciphering the DNA double helix. #RosalindFranklin #DNAStruktur #Wissenschaftsgeschichte (translated)

The truth is: Since my return to the White House after the birth of my daughter, I have felt in my heart that I cannot be the best mother my two small children deserve if I constantly spend the time, energy, and attention that the role of White House Press Secretary requires. Leavitt also cited the dual burden of being a mother of two small children and White House Press Secretary as justification. #KatieZacharia #Trump #WeißesHaus (translated)

"The truth is: Since my return to the White House after the birth of my daughter, I have felt in my heart that I cannot be the best mother my two little children deserve if I constantly devote the time, energy, and attention that the office of White House Press Secretary requires." Leavitt also cited the dual burden of being a mother of two small children and White House Press Secretary as justification. #Trump #KatieZacharia #WeißeHaus (translated)

After a shocking incident in which a man in Berngau shot two employees of the district office and then barricaded himself, heavily armed special forces stormed the perpetrator's apartment for hours, leading to a dramatic and nerve-wracking operation. #PolizeiEinsatz #DoppelKiller #Berngau (translated)

Julius Böhm described Chancellor Merz's statement as a double threat: it was directed at the SPD, which Merz believes he would throw out of the government if necessary, as well as at the country and somewhat at the Union with 17.5 percent. Regardless of whether the SPD leaves, Merz wants to remain Chancellor, Böhm wrote. #Merz #SPD #Politik (translated)