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As UN Bans Inner City Press E-Asks Spox Dujarric of Honduras Zambia China Moz Town Hall Cameroon UN Rape Cambodia Fleming Bans Press 900+ UNanswered

By Matthew Russell Lee, CJR Letter PFT Q&A, NY Post

UN GATE, Dec 23Inner City Press on 5 July 2018 was banned from entering the UN, the day after it filed a criminal complaint against UN Security for physically removing it from covering the meeting about the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres' $6.7 billion peacekeeping budget, as witnessed and essentially cheered on by senior UN official Christian Saunders, tearing its reporter's shirt, painfully and intentionally twisting his arm and slamming shut and damaging his laptop. On August 17, Guterres' Department of Global Communication issued a letter banning Inner City Press from the UN - for life. With no due process.

Guterres has put the UN in the US Press Freedom Tracker, here. The head of the UN Department of Global Communications said, again, that the UN would answer Press questions to the Spokesman Stephane Dujarric and his Office; Dujarric said the same on camera. On December 23 before a noon briefing by Spokesman Stephane "French Whine" Dujarric in which he in essence apologized for two UN military observers in Western Sahara briefly stopping at a POLISARIO congress, after the July 26 noon briefing had no questions at all, video here, Inner City Press submitted 1412 questions, including why it continues to be lawlessly banned from entering to ask questions in person: "There are more than 900+ questions UNanswered. Just recently, Nov 1-11, 13-29, Dec 2-20 many questions. No answers at all during the four days of the US v Ho trial showing corruption in the UN says it all; no answers during the Honduras narco-president trial while UN bragged about taking his money, nor on OneCoin. This ban is just censorship - and Inner City Press must be allowed back into the noon briefing to ask its questions in person and follow up on them.

December 23-1: On Honduras, on which you have refused to answer a single Inner City Press question this year, what are the belated comments and actions if any of SG Guterres on the murder of 18 more in Honduran prisons, after a witness to Presidnet JOH taking $1 million from El Chapo was killed? What did SG Guterres and JOH discuss during the 2019 UNGA week you banned Inner City Press from? What is the report from SG Guterres' 4 person panel sent to back up JOH? 

December 23-2: On China and the Uighurs, what is SG Guterres' response to the letter from U.S. Senators Marco Rubio of Florida, Josh Hawley of Missouri, Senators John Cornyn of Texas, Rick Scott of Florida, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts, Ted Cruz of Texas, and Todd Young of Indiana? 

December 23-3: On Mozamique, what are the comment and actions if any of SG Guterres on the credible reports of electoral fraud? 

December 23-4: On Saudi Arabia and scapegoating and the death penalty, what are the comments and actions if any of SG Guterres and separately USG Melissa Fleming on that Saudi court has sentenced five men to death and three others to prison for the gory murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi last year, the country’s public prosecutor said Monday.  But the ruling appeared to clear senior officials tied to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who the CIA said ordered the dissident journalist’s killing in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Human rights groups are already decrying the outcome of the secretive, yearlong trial as a sham? 

December 23-5: On UN sexual exploitation and abuse - alleged - as I asked at 4 pm on December 20 wihtout response, this is a request that you immediately provide the "if asked" information about the new (Dec 19)r ape case by a UN Volunteer in DRC in June 2019 - what nationality? What's been done for the victim(s)? and the Dec 9 sex abuse cases in CAR by Gabon, DRC and Morocco UN "peacekeepers, and the Dec g  about the Office of the Special Envoy for the Sahel, and the two more November 26, 3 pm cases of sexual exploitation in CAR by Cameroon troops in September 2019 (!) and 2018, and those of November 21 from 2017 and 2016, released an hour before UNSG Guterres met Cameroon FM, without readout or access or even response to request for access, on top of the November 11 case of rape in Liberia, and by a Cameroon "military observer" in Mali, UNanswered with Inner City Press blocked from noon briefing and only 2 questions inside

December 23-6: On Zambia and freedom of expression, what are the comments and actions if any of SG Guterres and separately USG Melissa Fleming on that opposition politicians in Zambia have condemned the arrest of a prominent musician and anti-corruption campaigner.  Police say Chama Fumba, who performs under the name Pilato, was arrested on Saturday for addressing an unauthorised rally in the southern city of Livingstone. 

December 23-7: On SG Guterres' Town Hall in Geneva, on which you refused Inner City Press' Dec 20 question, what is your summary of what SG Guterres said given that Inner City Press will be publishing more of it?

December 23-8: On Cambodia and freedom of the press, what are the comments and actions if any of SG Guterres and separately USG Melissa Fleming on the 2 former Cambodia Daily reporters, on December 13, the Rattanakiri provincial court set December 25 as the first trial date for Aun Pheap, 55, and Zsombor Peter, 41.

September 4-8: Immediately explain the single lawless line from MALU on 30 August 2019: "Greetings Matthew Lee from Inner City Press, Your media accreditation request, with reference no: M5413398, has been declined for the following reason: Media accreditation was withdrawn on 17 August 2018." This is a formal request for the UN's explanation of grounds for this denial. And a demand for answer to these questions, which MALU has declined to answer:  Who made the decision?  Where is the list of those accredited by [MALU]?  What and to whom is the process of appeal? 

September 3-19: On press freedom and Cameroon, on which you refused to answer on August 13 despite saying the office was staffed and answering, now more specific: what is the SG's comment and action if any, post golden statue, to that Paul Atanga Nji, territorial administration minister, says Cameroon's journalists are becoming highly unpatriotic.  "They have one main objective, just to sabotage government action, to promote secessionist tendencies," said Nji. "I urge them to be responsible. Those who do not want to respect the laws will be booked as being recalcitrant and will be treated as such"... Now that the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled against public officials blocking critics on Twitter even if the official claims their account is private [and AOC unblocking Dov Hikind], what is the justification for UNSG Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric, with the UN flag in his profile photo and Guterres promoting content, blocking Inner City Press? What is SG Guterres' response / reaction to UN DSS and Guterres' actions on Inner City Press being listed in the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, here.  In the UN, what has the accountability been for Lt Ronald E. Dobbins and those those refused on camera to give their names? What is each of yours - particularly the SG's - response to the letter written and sent by Burundi activist Manisha Lievin? Immediately explain the single lawless line from MALU on 30 August 2019: "Greetings Matthew Lee from Inner City Press, Your media accreditation request, with reference no: M5413398, has been declined for the following reason: Media accreditation was withdrawn on 17 August 2018." This is a formal request for the UN's explanation of grounds for this denied, and since SGcentral, the SG's chief of staff and Deputy SG and USG Fleming have not even responded... AGAIN, immediately explain how it is legitimate to ban from enter into the UN the media that has been asking about these and other questions, with no hearing or appeal - and respond that Inner City Press on August 24 applied like 100s or 1000s of others to cover the upcoming UNGA high level week, including now formally offering to answer any quesions the UN / DSS might have, having been vetted and accredited elsewhere since, as both USG DSS Michaud and MALU have formally been timely informed -- and how it is possible that a media that closely covers and uncovers the UN could be denied entry, other than (SG) censorship.

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