The most disturbing aspect is the total impunity given to Israel by the international community – Israel’s Western allies in particular – for the genocide in Gaza and ongoing attacks in the occupied West Bank, he added.
“What they’re lacking is the political will to act and the moral courage to act, and that’s really shameful,” said Parnes.
Die sächsische Polizei soll Menschen, die beim Autofahren ihr Handy bedienen, mit Drohnen jagen. Doch das ist nur ein Hammer im Polizeigesetz-Entwurf: Die Polizei soll in Zukunft auch Verhaltensscanner, Palantir-Datenanalyse, Live-Gesichtserkennung, Gesichter-Suchmaschinen und Staatstrojaner nutzen dürfen
Sehen Sie Deutschland, Europa und die Vereinigten Staaten auf dem Weg zum Totalitarismus oder Faschismus?
Es gibt den Begriff des umgekehrten Totalitarismus, und ich glaube, das trifft es in Europa eher. Die Institutionen bleiben formal bestehen, wir gehen wählen, aber das Meinungsspektrum wird immer weiter eingeschränkt, Berufswege von Menschen, die widersprechen, werden zerstört. Die Repression nimmt zu. Das kann natürlich auch in offenen Totalitarismus kippen, wie wir das in den USA bereits sehen.
In just three days, Israel has carried out strikes in Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Tunisia, Qatar and Yemen.
Der Angriff auf Doha ist ein Beispiel dafür, wie Kriege entgrenzen und eine kriegsführende Macht die Kontrolle über die Folgen verliert. Man erlebt eine Steigerung dessen, was in den vergangenen zwei Jahren nicht mehr steigerbar erschien
At least nine people have been killed after Israel carried out air strikes in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and al-Jawf governorate, a day after targeting Hamas leaders in the Qatari capital, Doha.
Yemen’s Ministry of Health said on Wednesday that 118 people were wounded in Israeli aggression on Sanaa and al-Jawf. It described the figures as a preliminary toll, warning the number could rise as rescue teams continue to search for victims.
(June 19, 2025)
In a letter addressed to the Federal Minister of the Interior of Germany published today, Commissioner O’Flaherty raises concerns about restrictions to freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful assembly of persons protesting in the context of the conflict in Gaza, as well as about reports of excessive use of force by police against protesters, including children.
Commissioner O’Flaherty also observes restrictions on events, symbols, or other forms of expression in this context. He recalls that member states have little scope to impose restrictions on political speech or on debate on matters of public interest, in line with the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights and the Council of Europe standards on freedom of expression, hate speech and hate crime. He urges the German authorities to be vigilant that the working definition of antisemitism of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance is not distorted, instrumentalised or misapplied to stifle freedom of expression and legitimate criticism, including of the state of Israel.
Recalling that member states have legal obligations to refrain from undue interference with human rights and to ensure the effective enjoyment of the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly for all, the Commissioner asks the German authorities to avoid taking measures that discriminate against persons based on their political or other opinions, religion or belief, ethnic origin, nationality or migration status.
(June 27, 2025)
As Zohran Mamdani wins the Democratic primary in mayoral polls in New York, some Republicans are calling on Donald Trump’s administration to revoke his citizenship and deport him from the country or use the Communist Control Act of 1954 against him. Mamdani became a US citizen in 2018.
(July 1, 2025)
Trump threatened to arrest Mamdani if as mayor he follows through on pledges not to assist federal officials enforcing immigration laws.
“Well then, we’ll have to arrest him,” Trump told reporters on July 1 while visiting a detention center in Florida. Trump said that he would “be watching over him very carefully on behalf of the nation.”
Trump also said „a lot of people are saying he‘s here illegally,“ which is false. Mamdani is a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Uganda, who immigrated to the United States with his parents − film director Mira Nair and Columbia University professor Mahmood Mamdani − at the age of seven.
(June 6, 2025)
It is my understanding that since February 2025, the Berlin authorities have imposed restrictions on the use of the Arabic language and cultural symbols in the context of the protests. In some cases, such as an assembly in Berlin on 15 May 2025, marches have been restricted to stationary gatherings. Furthermore, protestors were allegedly subject to intrusive surveillance, online or in person, and arbitrary police checks. I am also concerned by reports of excessive use of force by police against protesters, including minors, sometimes leading to injuries.
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I understand that restrictions have been justified on the basis that events, symbols, or other forms of expression “disrupt public order” or “disturb public peace”. The case-law of the European Court of Human Rights’ (the Court) establishes that freedom of expression “applies not only to ‘information’ and ‘ideas’ that are favourably received, regarded as inoffensive, or which leave one indifferent […] – it implies pluralism, tolerance and openness, without which there is no ‘democratic society’”. In assessing the necessity of the interference, member states have little scope to impose restrictions on political speech or on debate on matters of public interest, unless the views expressed comprise incitements to violence, and must always carry out such an assessment case by case.
I observe that other justifications invoked for the restrictions on rights include the prevention of antisemitism. I note with concern reports indicating that the working definition of antisemitism of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) has been interpreted by some German authorities in ways which lead to the blanket classification of criticism of Israel as antisemitic. In that regard, I urge you to be vigilant that the IHRA working definition is not distorted, instrumentalised or misapplied to stifle freedom of expression and legitimate criticism, including of the state of Israel
(June 19, 2025)
In a letter addressed to the Federal Minister of the Interior of Germany published today, Commissioner O’Flaherty raises concerns about restrictions to freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful assembly of persons protesting in the context of the conflict in Gaza, as well as about reports of excessive use of force by police against protesters, including children.
Commissioner O’Flaherty also observes restrictions on events, symbols, or other forms of expression in this context. He recalls that member states have little scope to impose restrictions on political speech or on debate on matters of public interest, in line with the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights and the Council of Europe standards on freedom of expression, hate speech and hate crime. He urges the German authorities to be vigilant that the working definition of antisemitism of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance is not distorted, instrumentalised or misapplied to stifle freedom of expression and legitimate criticism, including of the state of Israel.
Recalling that member states have legal obligations to refrain from undue interference with human rights and to ensure the effective enjoyment of the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly for all, the Commissioner asks the German authorities to avoid taking measures that discriminate against persons based on their political or other opinions, religion or belief, ethnic origin, nationality or migration status.
Der Menschenrechtskommissar des Europarates, Michael O’Flaherty, hat in einem am 19. Juni veröffentlichten Brief an Bundesinnenminister Alexander Dobrindt seine Besorgnis über Einschränkungen der Meinungs- und Versammlungsfreiheit in Deutschland zum Ausdruck gebracht. Explizit verweist er in dem Schreiben auf die behördliche Repression von Protesten gegen Israels Vorgehen in Gaza sowie eine Instrumentalisierung des Antisemitismusvorwurfs, „um legitime Kritik, auch am Staat Israel, zu unterdrücken.“
(Today)
Department of Justice has argued Posse Comitatus does not apply to the military’s current actions in Southern California — and even if it did, the soldiers deployed there haven’t violated the law. It also claimed the 9th Circuit decision endorsing Trump’s authority to call up troops rendered the Posse Comitatus issue moot.
Some experts feel California’s case is strong.
“You literally have military roaming the streets of Los Angeles with civilian law enforcement,” said Shilpi Agarwal, legal director of the ACLU of Northern California, “That’s exactly what the [act] is designed to prevent.”
But Nevitt was more doubtful. Even if Breyer ultimately rules that Trump’s troops are violating the law and grants the injunction California is seeking, the 9th Circuit will almost certainly strike it down, he said.
“It’s going to be an uphill battle,” the attorney said. “And if they find a way to get to the Supreme Court, I see the Supreme Court siding with Trump as well.”
(June 14, 2025)
On the streets of Los Angeles, protesters will continue to be met with platoons of armed soldiers. State and local officials remain in open conflict with the president. And in the courts, Trump administration lawyers are digging deep into case law in search of archaic statutes that can be cited to justify the ongoing federal crackdown — including constitutional maneuvers invented to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
(June 23, 2025)
“Member states in favour of suspending the agreement must use all their diplomatic weight to ensure that opponents of the suspension, including Germany, fully understand the risk of complicity and the cruel toll on Palestinian lives of continued EU inaction. If the EU fails to live up to these obligations as a bloc, and seeks to shield itself from its clear legal obligations, its member states must unilaterally suspend all forms of cooperation that may contribute to violations of international law.”
Germany has led member states in blocking action throughout the war, as others express anger.
Die bisherigen Vorgaben waren verfassungswidrig. Das hatte das Bundesverfassungsgericht letztes Jahr festgestellt und eine Änderungsfrist bis Juli gegeben. Es fehlten etwa klare Vorgaben, ab wann und wie lange Daten gespeichert werden dürfen. Anfang Juni verlängerte das Gericht die Frist bis zum 31. März 2026. (…)
Die Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte, die gegen das alte BKA-Gesetz geklagt hatte, kündigte bereits Anfang Juni an, die neuen Gesetze zu prüfen und „gegebenenfalls erneut Verfassungsbeschwerde erheben“ zu wollen.
(August 16, 2022)
The Director of National Intelligence publishes what is described as an annual report, “Security Clearance Determinations,” although the most recent one I could find was from 2017.
In it, more than 2.8 million people are described as having security clearance as of October 2017 – more than 1.6 million have access to either Confidential or Secret information and nearly 1.2 million are described as having access to Top Secret information.
(June 11, 2025)
Of 39 allegedly fraudulent investigations Nousheen Qureshi carried out over the course of more than a year for the Defense Counterintelligence Security Agency, at least a half-dozen included fabricated “interviews” with people who later said they had never even heard from her at all, according to a plea agreement obtained first by The Independent.
(June 20, 2014)
Ich lebe in einem Land ohne Verteidigung. Weder verteidigt es einen einzigen seiner Menschen, noch sich selbst. Dieses Land ist ein Land der Opfer und der Untertanen. Und als Ausgleich wird ihm regelmäßig irgendetwas gegeben, woran es sich abreagieren kann. Irgendein Nächstschwächerer. Oder so ein Nörgler, wie ich zum Beispiel.
Vertun Sie sich nicht.
Es besteht für mich zwar keine Möglichkeit mich gegen alle diese Maßnahmen juristisch zur Wehr zu setzen, noch diese Maßnahmen überhaupt von den Behörden bestätigen oder dementieren zu lassen. Doch lebe ich nicht im rechtsfreien Raum. Ich lebe nur in einer Republik, in der das Recht dem Staat nichts mehr zählt. Aber auch gar nichts.
Doch nicht nur das. Ich lebe in einer Republik, in denen den Menschen ihr eigener Verstand fast nichts mehr zählt.
Netanyahu’s claim that the attack was about preventing an immediate threat to Israeli national security is not just facetious, it’s fictitious. I think it was really an attempt to realign the world behind Israel.
The reason Netanyahu felt he had to do that, even at the cost of starting a full-fledged war, was that Israel had exhausted pretty much all of its options in Gaza after a nearly two-year long genocidal campaign. From military action that has failed to return the hostages, to the new Gaza Humanitarian Foundation “aid centers” [that have so far failed to facilitate widespread ethnic cleansing] — nothing Israel was doing in Gaza seemed to catch on. So Netanyahu did what he has done throughout the past two years: open up another front.
Iran was much easier for him [than other fronts] because the idea that the Islamic Republic must be dealt with using military means is perhaps the broadest, most solid consensus in Israeli politics. I think Netanyahu wanted to make political gains and ensure his personal status and future — above all, postponing his trial — as well as try to drag the world into this conflict by forcing, at the very least, the United States to side with Israel.
Beim aktuellen Gesetzentwurf geht es unter anderem um die Ausweitung der Wohnraumüberwachung. So sollen Wohnräume in Zukunft einfacher überwacht werden dürfen. So ist die Passage des alten Gesetzes, dass diese Form der Überwachung nur zur „Spionageabwehr und des gewaltbereiten politischen Extremismus“ erfolgen darf, gestrichen worden, genauso wie der Zusatz, dass diese Maßnahme nur „im Einzelfall“ erfolgen darf.
Zudem will Schwarz-Rot nun dem Verfassungsschutz die weitreichendste Form des Staatstrojaners, die „Online-Durchsuchung“, sogar ohne explizite Zustimmung der G10-Kommission ermöglichen.
June 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
June 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Lauren Tomasi, a 9News correspondent, was reporting live on Sunday when an officer behind her suddenly raised their firearm and fired a nonlethal round at close range, video shows. Tomasi, who doesn‘t appear to be wearing personal protective equipment, cries out in pain and clutches her lower leg as the cameraman quickly pans away and they move away from the police line.
„You just (expletive) shot the reporter,“ a voice off-camera can be heard shouting.
(December 28, 2017)
Einer der treffendsten Belege dafür, dass wir Alle in einem Polizeistaat leben, ist das vor offiziell dreizehn Jahren erfundene Konstrukt des „Gefährders“. Ohne gesetzliche, parlamentarische oder gerichtliche Grundlage und Kontrolle nimmt sich der Staat heraus, jedwede beliebige Zielperson nach eigenem Ermessen totaler Spionage zu unterziehen, sie zu beobachten, auszuspionieren und – auch und gerne in Kooperation mit dem verschmolzenen internationalen geheimdienstlichen Komplex – selbst über alle ihre Bekannten, Verwandten und ahnungslose „Kontaktpersonen“ jedwede „sonst nicht beschaffbare Information“ (Executive Order 12333, Ronald Reagan, aus 1981) zu beschaffen.
Und den Persilschein für dieses Konstrukt lieferte, wer auch sonst, das Bundesverfassungsgericht. Und zwar bereits vor bald zehn Jahren.
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– das Geheimgericht
Es ist der Traum jedes Funktionärs, jedes Spitzels, jedes Spanners, jedes Voyeurs und Soziopathen: in einem Sessel zu sitzen, sich jede Email, jedes Bild, jede Ton- oder Bildaufnahme die er kriegen kann auf seinen Schirm schicken zu lassen und sich dann mit den lieben KollegInnen darüber das Schandmaul zu zerreißen. Machen wir doch mal eine Prognose……
(May 16, 2025)
On May 15, Police without badge numbers escalated violence in Berlin Südstern making numerous dubious arrests detaining journalists and protesters.
The escalation of state sponsored repression in Berlin is a worrying sign of the fascist policies and measure being built to repress opposition in Germany.
(April 9, 2025)
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ro Khanna (CA-17), and Val Hoyle (OR-04) are expressing major concerns over the lack of Congressional approval for U.S. military strikes in Yemen.
“The U.S. Constitution is clear: Congress holds the sole power to authorize offensive military action,” wrote the Members. “While we share concerns about maritime security in the Red Sea, we call on your
Administration to immediately cease unauthorized use of military force and instead seek specific statutory authorization from Congress before involving the U.S. in an unconstitutional conflict in the Middle East, which risks endangering U.S. military personnel in the region and escalating into a regime-change war.”
(April 8, 2025)
American Presidents have struck Yemen before, often pointing to the Authorization for the Use of Military Force, a joint resolution passed after 9/11, which gave the President the power to attack terrorist targets in foreign countries without a formal “declaration of war.” But Trump hasn’t invoked the A.U.M.F.; instead, he echoed aides who say that it is within the President’s constitutional power to launch attacks for defensive purposes. His predecessors, too, seemed to operate with that license: most recently, the Biden Administration continued to strike Houthi targets, without Congressional approval, even after taking the Houthis off the list of foreign terrorist organizations.
Bargeldbeseitigung bedeutet nicht nur mehr Transparenz für die Steuerbehörden. Es bedeutet, dass alle Bürger finanziell in jeder Hinsicht gläsern werden, jedenfalls gegenüber Banken und Behörden, die in die Bankkonten schauen können. Das Bankkonto wird zum detaillierten Logbuch des gesamten Lebens.
Die Kritik an dem Urteil hat übrigens nichts mit der mir fernen politischen Heimat des „Delinquenten“ zu tun, hier geht es ums Prinzip: Ein solches Vorgehen wie das gegen Bendels wird Regierungskritiker jeder politischen Couleur treffen, wenn gegen eine solche übergriffige Praxis nicht jedes Mal und grundsätzlich eingeschritten wird.
Die ganze Situation ist zusätzlich absurd, weil es in dem „strafbaren“ Bild ja ausgerechnet um die Meinungsfreiheit geht: