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Swedish Foreign Affairs Ministry Backs Ship to Gaza’s Opposition to Gaza Blockade | Just Foreign Policy
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/1322

The Swedish Government and the EU insist that there is a severe humanitarian situation in Gaza and that the border crossings must be opened; this is a position that happens to coincide with the “Ship to Gaza” position. Given that we believe that the blockade should be broken, it would have been reasonable that the boat should have been allowed to proceed, says MFA’s press officer Anders Jörle to DN.se.

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Bahrain rights defender Maryam Al-Khawaja pulls out of UNESCO ceremony over honor to Israel’s Peres
Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Sun, 10/21/2012

http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/bahrain-rights-defender-maryam-al-khawaja-pulls-out-unesco-cerem

Bahrain human rights defender Maryam Al-Khawaja has pulled out of a UNESCO human rights conference that is honoring her father, political prisoner Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, because the same event is honoring Israeli President Shimon Peres.

Amnesty International considers Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and other Bahrain rights activists held in prison “to be prisoners of conscience, held solely for peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of expression and assembly” and has called for their immediate, unconditional release.

Maryam Al-Khawaja was scheduled to speak in her father’s place at the 13th Annual UNESCO Chair & Institute of Comparative Human Rights Conference at the University of Connecticut on 23 October, titled “Legacies Of Human Rights Leadership And Struggles.”

“Whilst I am honored that you chose my father, I am also utterly disappointed that you would honor him alongside a person who has been responsible for many human rights violations and should be put on trial, not honored,” Al-Khawaja wrote in an open letter to UNESCO, in her personal capacity, announcing her withdrawal, a copy of which she sent to The Electronic Intifada.

Sex, Lies and Julian Assange - Four Corners
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2012/07/19/3549280.htm

When Julian Assange arrived in Sweden in August 2010 he was greeted like a conquering hero. But within weeks there was a warrant out for his arrest and he was being investigated for rape and sexual molestation. Today he is taking sanctuary in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, arguing he won’t receive justice if he’s taken to Sweden and that US authorities are building a case for his extradition.

#wikileaks #suède #justice

Julian #Assange told to turn himself in at London police station | Media | guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jun/28/julian-assange-london-police-station

A spokesman for the Metropolitan police service said: “The MPS have this morning, Thursday 28 June, served a surrender notice upon a 40-year-old man that requires him to attend a police station at date and time of our choosing. This is standard practice in extradition cases and is the first step in the removal process.”

He said Assange remained in breach of his bail conditions, adding: “Failing to surrender would be a further breach of conditions and he is liable to arrest.”

Earlier this week, a letter signed by leading US figures in support of Assange’s application for political asylum in Ecuador was delivered to the country’s London embassy. Among its signatories were Michael Moore, Oliver Stone, Noam Chomsky and Danny Glover. Others who put their names to it included the author Naomi Wolf, comedian Bill Maher and Daniel Ellsberg, the former US military analyst turned whistleblower, who leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971 and has been a long-standing supporter of Assange.

Robert Naiman, policy director at the Just Foreign Policy campaign group, delivered the letter to the embassy on Monday, along with a petition signed by more than 4,000 Americans urging President Rafael Correa to approve Assange’s request for asylum.

#wikileaks

Cable Reveals Extent Of Lapdoggery From Swedish Govt On Copyright Monopoly - Falkvinge on Infopolicy
http://falkvinge.net/2011/09/05/cable-reveals-extent-of-lapdoggery-from-swedish-govt-on-copyright-monopol

Among the treasure troves of recently released #WikiLeaks cables, we find one whose significance has bypassed Swedish media. In short: every law proposal, every ordinance, and every governmental report hostile to the net, youth, and civil liberties here in Sweden in recent years have been commissioned by the US government and industry interests.

#cablegate #propriété_intellectuelle #suède #etats-unis

File sharing is now an official religion in Sweden
http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-pick/file-sharing-is-now-an-official-religion-in-sweden-2012014

Yes, file sharing has been officially recognized as a religion by the Swedish government. The Church of Kopimism is the fruit of philosophy student Isak Gerson’s efforts. After two unsuccessful attempts to convince authorities to recognize the religion (its methods of praying or meditiaton were deemed too informal), Kopimism was finally granted religious status.
(...)
copying of information is ethically right
spreading information is ethically right
* copying or remixing information from another person is an act of respect and an expression of faith
(...)
Most religions have a formal set of symbols, and Kopimism is no exception. It appropriately uses Control-C and Control-V (keyboard shortcuts for copy and paste) as sacred symbols.

http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/meditating-on-utorrent.png
#religion #pirate pour @baroug

Robert Fisk : It’s his fast-disappearing billions that will worry Assad, not words from Washington - Robert Fisk, Commentators - The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-its-his-fastdisappearing-billions-that-will-worry-assad-n

If “strong economic sanctions” mean a mere freeze on petroleum products of Syrian origin, the fact remains that Syria can scarcely produce enough oil for itself, let alone for export. A Swedish government agency recently concluded that Syria was largely unaffected by the world economic crisis – because it didn’t really have an economy.

L’idée qu’un pays de plus de 20 millions d’habitant n’aurait « pas vraiment d’économie » est une simplification qui sent bon le racisme orientaliste.

Dans la version anglaise d’Al-Akhbar aujourd’hui, un article décrit à peu près exactement le contraire :
Syria’s Banks : Boom or Bubble ? | Al Akhbar English
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/syria’s-banks-boom-or-bubble

In the past decade, the private banking sector in Syria grew visibly. Based on a recent report prepared by UK-based consulting firm Deloitte and obtained by Al-Akhbar, total assets in Syrian banks almost doubled between 2007 and 2010. This expansion was the result of the open-economy policy adopted by the regime at the beginning of the new millennium. But the current uprising across Syria has cast fresh doubts over the country’s financial future.

Intéressante également, la question de la dette :
Economy of Syria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Syria#Foreign_Debt

Syria has made progress in easing its heavy foreign debt burden through bilateral rescheduling deals with virtually all of its key creditors in Europe.In December 2004, Syria and Poland reached an agreement by which Syria would pay $27 million out of the total $261.7 million debt. In January 2005, Russia and Syria signed a deal that wrote off nearly 80% of Syria’s debt to Russia, approximately €10.5 billion ($13 billion). The agreement left Syria with less than €3 billion (just over $3.6 billion) owed to Moscow. Half of it would be repaid over the next 10 years, while the rest would be paid into Russian accounts in Syrian banks and could be used for Russian investment projects in Syria and for buying Syrian products. This agreement was part of a weapons deal between Russia and Syria. And later that year Syria reached an agreement with Slovakia, and the Czech Republic to settle debt estimated at $1.6 billion. Again Syria was forgiven the bulk of its debt, in exchange for a one time payment of $150 million. Syria has also settled its debt with Iran and the World Bank.

Robert Fisk aurait peut-être plutôt dû supposer que la Syrie n’a pas été très affectée par la crise des dette publiques parce que elle n’a pas réellement de problème de dette :
– dette extérieure :
http://www.indexmundi.com/g/g.aspx?c=sy&v=94&l=fr
– dette publique :
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_de_pays_par_dette_publique

WikiLeaks: Swedish government ’hid’ anti-terror operations with America from Parliament - Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8202745/WikiLeaks-Swedish-government-hid-anti-terror-operations-with-America-fr

Swedish officials wanted discussions about anti-terrorism operations kept from public scrutiny.

They describe how officials from the Swedish Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Foreign Affairs had a “strong degree of satisfaction with current informal information sharing arrangements” with the American government.

#Sweden #cablegate