UN GATE, Jan 24
– Inner 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 January
24 before another
lame Q&A
by Deputy Spokesperson
Farhan
Haq (who claimed
to invite
"all" to an
annual event
Guterres has previously
tried
to get Inner
City Press
banned from)
and not
Stephane "French
Whine"
Dujarric after
the July 26
noon briefing
had no
questions at all,
video here,
Inner
City Press submitted 1517
questions,
including why
it continues
to be
lawlessly banned
from entering
to ask
questions in
person:
"There
are more than
1000+
questions
UNanswered. 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.
January
24-1: On
Rwanda and
Uganda, what
are SG
Guterres'
comments and
what if any
are he and the
UN doing about
The diplomatic
feud between
Rwanda and
Uganda has
spilled over
to Twitter
where top
government
officials have
exchanged
tough
words.
The two East
African
neighbours are
locked in a
row over
security and
spying
allegations.
Both countries
had agreed to
resolve all
issues between
them in an
agreement
signed in
August 2019 in
Angola's
capital,
Luanda. But
subsequent
talks have
been pushed
back a few
times.
On Thursday,
Uganda's
Minister for
Regional
Affairs
Philemon
Mateke tweeted
that "nothing
good comes
from signing a
pact" with its
neighbour.
Rwanda closed
its border
with Uganda in
March 2019 and
has restricted
movement of
goods and
people between
the two
countries. It
recently gave
Uganda a list
of 200 names
of citizens
who it says
are illegally
detained in
Uganda and
should be
released in
order to ease
tensions
between the
two
countries.
Uganda accuses
Rwanda of
deploying
intelligence
agents in
Uganda and
infiltrating
Uganda's
security
services.
Uganda has
continued to
arrest and
deport dozens
of
Rwandans.
January
24-2: On human
rights and
Turkey, what
are the
comments and
actions if any
of SG Guterres
on that as
Turkey is set
to hand its
Universal
Periodic
Review to the
United Nations
Human Rights
Council by the
end of this
month, an
Egyptian human
rights groups
called on
international
community to
hold the
Turkish regime
accountable
for “terrorist
acts”.
In a letter to
the OHCHR, the
rights group,
known as
“Hoqeqeiat”
presented a
monitoring
report that
documented the
Turkish
regime's
“practice of
state
terrorism” and
the extension
of human
rights
violations
from inside
Turkey to
abroad,
especially to
the
neighboring
countries.
January
24-3: On
Uganda, what
are the
comments and
actions if any
of SG Guterres
on reports
from
Ugandathat
Omara Bonny,
an ally of
@HEBobiwine
and People
Power
organizer, has
been murdered.
He was found
with hands
bound and his
body "bore
marks of
severe
torture."
Family and
colleagues
believe this
was
politically
motivated
January
24-4: Again in
light of SG
Guterres'
Geneva Town
Hall
statements,
what is your
response to
For a young
adult at the
beginning of
her/his
career,
working with a
prestigious
body like the
United Nations
(UN) would be
a dream come
true.
And every
year, the UN
plays host to
thousands of
interns around
the world. But
how is a
person
supposed to
survive for
two, three,
even six
months without
any pay?
Unpaid
internships
are
exclusionary
and classist
January
24-5: On
corruption and
Angola, on
which you
refused to
answer
yesterday,
what are the
comments and
actions if any
of SG Guterres
on the Luanda
Leaks exposure
of Isabel dos
Santos of
Angola, and as
Inner City
Press has
repeatedly
asked, what
are his
comments and
action on the
repeated
retweeting of
Isabel dos
Santos'
denials by his
close staffer
Aguinaldo
Baptista?
After, for
example,
exposure of
the corrupt
urban
development
project near
Luanda for
which some
3,000 families
were driven
from their
homes to make
way for the
development?
And now after
The Portuguese
bank EuroBic
has announced
it will end
its business
relationship
with Africa's
richest woman,
Isabel dos
Santos.
The bank said
the board of
directors had
decided in a
meeting on
Monday to
"terminate the
commercial
relationship
with entities
controlled by
the universe
of the
shareholder
Isabel dos
Santos and
people closely
related to
it", adding it
would
investigate
transfers
worth tens of
millions of
dollars made
by Ms dos
Santos. PwC
chairman Bob
Moritz wasn’t
the only
person to
respond to
Luanda Leaks
in the past
two days. The
board of
Portuguese
bank Eurobic,
in which dos
Santos holds a
42.5% stake,
has ended its
commercial
relationship
with the
businesswoman
and “people
closely
related” to
her. In
Angola, the
prosecutor
general said
it would use
“all possible
means” to get
dos Santos
back to the
country. Other
countries are
now poring
over our
investigation.
And she has
been charged
in Angola.
Now, A banker,
Nuno Ribeiro
da Cunha, who
was named as a
suspect was
found dead in
his house in
Lisbon,
Portugal. He
managed the
account of oil
firm Sonangol,
formerly
chaired by Ms
Dos Santos, at
the small
Portuguese
lender
EuroBic.
January
24-6:
Immediately
describe the
role of Angola
and the dos
Santos family
in the
campaign of
Antonio
Guterres to
become
UNSG.
January
24-7: On UN
sexual
exploitation
and abuse -
alleged - as
Inner City
press asked in
writing in
2019 without
response, this
is a request
that you
immediately
provide the
if-asked
information
for the report
of UN rape in
Darfur data
dumped to
Conduct and
Discipline
website on the
morning of
January 17 and
the "if asked"
information
about the two
new cases of
sexual
exploitation
in CAR by
Cameroonian UN
"Police" that
were put
online after 5
pm on December
30 (a day when
you refused to
answer 7
questions
including on
previous UN
rapes), and
the (Dec 19)
rape 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
(!)
January
24-8: 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 has now
publishing
more of it?
Please explain
SG Guterres'
statement that
interns should
not (ever) be
paid, and how
this is not
create unfair
advantage for
the most
affluent?
January
24-9: As
previously and
repeated
asked, where
has UNSG
Antonio
Guterres been
for the past
week(s), and
how much
public money
has he
spent?
January
24-10: On
press freedom
and Benin what
are the
comments and
actions if any
of SG Guterres
and separately
USG Melissa
Fleming on
that a radio
station in
Benin
belonging to
an exiled
opponent of
President
Patrice Talon
has sacked all
its staff
after
authorities
stopped it
from
broadcasting,
employees said
Wednesday.
Soleil FM
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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