Who is sabotaging EU - Russia Energy links via Ukraine, ...in order to impose f.ex. Turkey ?
*Strasbourg/News-Viewpoint/- An astonishing revelation made Today, just after the Deadlock in the Ukraine - Russia negotiations for Gas supplies, is that EU Commission reportedly stood closer to Moscow's alleged efforts (by offering price reductions, debt facilities, etc) to save this relationship, (which is of a strategic importance for EU's own Energy supplies from Russia), than to the new Kiev Government's reported desiderata, (that Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev denounced as "destructive", and driven by some other, non-european interests).
By a coincidence, almost at the same time, an obscure so-called "Independent Committee", INGO chaired by the Socialist former president of Finland Ahtisaari, asked to DIVERT a previously planned Israel - Cyprus - Greece new Gas supply strategic link which is due to head DIRECTLY towards the EU, by obliging them to extend it longer by a useless ZIG-ZAG to and from ... Turkey, notoriously full of Earthquake-prone unstable soils, a persisting and worsening Kurdish Conflict, recent anti-Syrian Islamic Extremists' armed Terrorism, in addition to a currently deepening Economic Crisis !
What for ? Except from all the above-mentioned disadvantages, the notoriously undemocratic and oppressive Turkish regime has nothing more to offer to anyone involved, except, perhaps, of the fact that it's the only eventual Transit Country to host a heavy .. .USA Military Base...
Adding even another "coincidence", this same Mr. Ahtisaari, reportedly reiterated even in public, his "socialist" pals' insistance to accept Turkey's controversial and unpopular EU entry bid, which is notoriously rejected by a huge Majority of French People and an even more growing Majority of German People, to which has recently been added even a Majority of Brittish People, (to take just the 3 Biggest EU Countries, with the most numerous population).
Moreover, these same days, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, (who is the main inceptor of the Israel - Cyprus - Greece direct Energy transport link towards the EU, to which Bulgaria wants also to be added now), faces a Tragic Challenge by the unprecedented Kidnapping of 3 Youngsters, reportedly including even two 16 years old Children, at the occupied West Bank. But the Palestinian movement is Not used at all in such Methods, which have just been condemned also by the Palestinian President Abbas, while, on the contrary, Kidnapings and even Killings of even fragile Innocent People reportedly is a usual method frequently used by some other Islamic Extremist Terrorist Groups as that which recently attack Syria and now even Iraq, in both cases, close to Turkey's borders.
In parallel, elsewhere, others Dissuaded Azerbaidjan/Georgia and Romania/Bulgaria etc. Black Sea - Danube/Rhine Rivers' plan for Ship Transports of Gas Directly towards the EU, (known as "AGRI") , pushing to Deviate by an Expensive and Dangerous U-turn via Turkey, while, recently, the emergence of Strange, atypical "Islamic" Extremist Terrorism spreading in Western Africa, starts to Block another EU - Directed huge Pipeline project to Transport Energy towards Europe from Nigeria's Huge deposits (currently the Biggest findings in the World) in the forseeable Future..
=> Taken together, all these and even more such unquestionable Facts, obviously raise the following Question :
- Whose shady Interests may be exploiting the recent Tragic Killings even of innocent and defenseless Civilian People, (including Elders, Women and even Children), added to many Destructions of Family Homes, Factories, Civilian Administration Buildings, etc., in the Dissident regions of South-Eastern Ukraine, recently attacked by a heavily armed Military of Kiev's new rulers, which reportedly abuses of Tanks, AirPlanes, Helicopters, Missile Launchers and other Deadly Weapons of a whole Army, without any tangible result until now, except even Soldiers' losses ?
Why Divide a previously Peaceful Ukraine and make its People Kill eachother, while also Blocking EU's DIRECT ENERGY SUPPLIES from Russia, almost at the same time that, elsewhere, others Dissuaded Azerbaidjan/Georgia and Romania/Bulgaria etc. Black Sea - Danube/Rhine Rivers' ENERGY SUPPLIES DIRECTLY TOwards the EU, obliging to Deviate by an U-turn via Turkey : the same Dangerous Deviation that some search to impose also to EU's DIRECT ENERGY SUPPLIES from Israel (which might, in the Future, even Help solve the thorny Middle-East problem by developing the Economy of the area), in parallel to others' attempts to Block a planned Gas Pipeline from Nigeria's huge deposits DIRECTED TOWARDS the EU, at this Crucial moment of getting Out of the recent Global Economic Crisis, in the middle of an intensifying International Competition ?
Will the New European Leadership, due to emerge after the May 2014 EU Parliament's Elections during this crucial Summer/Autumn 2014, for the next 5 Years, become fully Conscious of what is really at stake around Europe's Needs and Potential for Autonomous Energy Supplies, simply by taking a look at a GeoPolitical Map of Today's World ?
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ECHR's President to "EuroFora" on Journalists Gongadze and Adali murders : Principles must apply to all States, without discrimination.
+ ECHR's Statistics on Freedom of Expression (See below).
European Court of Human Rights' President, Jean-Paul Costa, questioned by "EuroFora" on Journalists' murders, as in Gongadze and Adali's cases etc., strongly stressed all CoE Member States' obligation to make efficient Investigations to find and punish those responsible, and underlined that ECHR's case-law's principles must apply to all without any discrimination.
His call was clearly supported by various Top MEPs who denounced a risk of "Double Standards" if some Journalists' murders are investigated, while others don't.
To avoid such risks, CoE's Parliamentary Assembly adopted a Resolution, on the occasion of Ukranian Journalist Gongadze's murder, "stressing", as a matter of general Principle, "the importance it attaches to the safety of Journalists and political activists, especially those linked to opposition groups, in ALL member states of the CoE". All "crimes against journalists and political activists must be investigated ... as a matter of priority, without political interference".
Costa was replying to "EuroFora"s question on the fact that, after CoE's Committee of Ministers, also CoE's Assembly had just adopted a Resolution on Gongadze murder case, based on an ECHR's judgement of 2005, asking a full Investigation from Ukraine, who has found and condemned in 10 years of jail 2 executants, but not yet the instigators.
While nothing similar was yet done for dissident Turkish Cypriot Kutlu Adali's murder, with 5 bullets shot at his head out of his Family's home in the territories of Cyprus occupied by Ankara's army, despite another ECHR's judgement of the same year 2005, and despite Turkey's claim that nobody was found among those responsible for the murder, and that there was nothing more to do..
In order to be credible and efficient, CoE's mechanisms shouldn't find a way to at least ask for full investigations of all Journalists' murders anywhere they might be committed, without exceptions ?
- "On the larger question that you raised, I'd like to say, since we are in a period of stock-taking on ECHR's 50 Years, that the Court's case-law developed certain concepts ....such as the Positive obligations of States, part of which are also the procedural obligations", started to reply ECHR's President.
- "Whenever Journalists, Lawyers, Defenders of Human Rights, or even simple Citizens are murdered, the States are held responsible, not only if its their own security forces' agents who committed these murders, but also if they didn't make sufficiently substantial and efficient Investigations", he stressed.
- "I want to strongly underline that we (ECHR) have found in many cases numerous violations of Articles 2 and 3 against States, ....(about) murders or torture, ...because they didn't make enough Investigations in order to try to find and punish those responsible".
- "We (ECHR) do that vis-a-vis all 47 (CoE) Member States, without any discrimination".
"Naturally, the circumstances in each particular case may be differend, and we can't ommit to apply the rules of proof, or the rules of criminal procedure".
"But we try, by all means, to apply these principles of our case-law, to all States", he concluded.
Costa's call was strongly supported by several Top CoE MEPs, from various Political areas
- "To investigate the murder of one Journalist, and not of another, looks like Double Standards", denounced the President of EuroLeft Group in CoE's Assembly, Dutch MEP Tiny Cox.
- "What is the reason ? Politics or specificity of a case ? Of course, if Cyprus and Turkey are involved, it's always a Political case"..
- "Murders of Journalists should always be fully investigated, because killing Journalists is not only killing persons, but also killing Free Press". "We (CoE's Assembly) should do our outmost to help People who are working on Free Press and they are under threat or murdered".
Because for Free Politics, Free Press is a pre-requisitive : Parliamentarians cannot function without a Free Press. Not investigating, is not protecting ourselves".
So we should investigate all Journalists' murders : We are talking about Gongadze, about the Cypriot man (Adali), about the Journalist murdered in Moscow one week ago, etc", Cox concluded
- "CoE can' look at these cases differently. CoE can't wear Blinckers !".
- "If the one is investigated, so has to be also the other. Why there wasn't full investigation ? Why's that ?", wondered British Socialist MEP, Alan Meale.
- "A good idea" would be to "make a Motion for Resolution", and "join all Journalists' murders. Adali and Gongadze etc", said to "EuroFora" EU Parliament Political affairs Committee's President, Goran Lindbland, ChristianDemocrat MEP from Sweden.
(See also earlier News at "EuroFora" on similar issues).
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ECHR's Statistics on Freedom of Expression :
Almost Half of condemnations by ECHR for violations of Freedom of Expression in 2008, concern Turkey : 20 out of a total of 48 for all CoE's Member States.
Russia, Poland, France and Moldova were condemned only 3 times. Romania, Greece, Portugal, 2 times, and the other CoE Member States only 1 time, or none.
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During the last Decade : 1998 - 2008, Turkey was condemned for violating Freedom of Expression in ..169 cases, while Austria only in 24.
France and Moldova in 14 and 13, respectively, closely followed by Russia and Poland with 11 and 10, respectively. The rest of CoE Member States had less than ten condemnations.
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