person:elias murad

  • Still no good life for refugees in Bulgaria

    The situation for refugees in Bulgaria still exhibits extreme social vulnerability. As the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (BHC) and the European Council on Refugees (ECRE) pointed out in a report from January 2015 the push-backs, the lack of integration and discrimination against asylumseekers in Bulgaria are continuing. Meanwhile, the Bulgarian Defense Ministry deployed troops on the Bulgarian-Turkish border and Boyko Borisov, Bulgaria’s Prime Minister announced the extension of the fence project, which will now comprise 331 km.

    Violent #push-backs at the border are still taking place. One such violation of international norms took place on March 25 as a result of which Mohammed Jawad Kadima (30) and Elias Murad (35) died after freezing to death because of their impossibility to move while sustaining severe injuries on their limbs. A witness of the incident says the following about his experience with the Bulgarian Border Police:

    We were 12 people. At the border we got arrested. They beaten us, massively. The bulgarian police took our mobiles, our money that they could find and all objects of value. One of the refugees was not able to walk and his legs couldn’t carry him anymore. The police called us to go back to Turkey. We returned to Turkey.

    We remind our readers that violent push-backs often take place at the border. For more information, read our report from July 2014.

    http://bulgaria.bordermonitoring.eu/2015/03/24/still-no-good-life-for-refugees-in-bulgaria
    #Bulgarie #asile #migration #réfugiés #barrière_frontalière #mur #refoulement #Turquie

  • Press sources and methods on Syria
    http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2012/02/press-sources-and-methods-on-syria.html

    This is what you read in the Western press: “Communication between Syrian Army officers intercepted by Lebanese intelligence staff has revealed that direct orders were issued to target the makeshift press centre in which Colvin had been broadcasting. If journalists were successfully killed, then the Syrians were told to make out that they had died accidentally in fire fights with terrorist groups, the radio traffic revealed.” First of all, which “Lebanese intelligence staff”? This story did not even appear in the most biased Hariri media. I mean, if the source is Lebanese it would have been in the Lebanese press opposed to the Syrian regime. Secondly, which Lebanese intelligence branch? There are tons of them: some are loyal to Syria and some are opposed. And those who are opposed, will produce to you “interception” that can prove that Ahmadinajad personally shelled Homs and killed the journalists. Thirdly, are there any serious and professional standards left in Western coverage of Syria? Fourthly, let us say that the criminal Syrian regime deliberately killed those journalists (although it never knew that they were there), they would make sure to issue orders by radio KNOWING THAT THE ENTIRE WORLDS IS LISTENING ON? I mean, how dumb can Western media be? (thanks Badis)

    • À l’inverse: Syrian regime justifies the killing of Western journalists
      http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2012/02/syrian-regime-justifies-killing-of.html

      Elias Murad (an old time Ba`thist who now is dean of the press syndicate in Syria) appeared on Dunya (regime) TV and spoke about the murder of Western journalists. He questioned whether they were really journalists and clearly implied that they were part of a Western military expedition. He was so flippant in his remarks. He expressed not the slightest remorse or regret. Not the slightest. Such are the personalities of the lousy Syrian regime.