| As Antonio
Guterres Bans Press To Get 2d Term His UN
Security Intimidates Media Stand-Up
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
BBC
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UN GATE, May 18 –
While blocking at least seven
opponents from even having
their applications circulated,
Antonio Guterres on May 7 held
a ghoulish one-man "debate" on
the road to stealing a second
five-year term as UN Secretary
General. Inner City Press live
tweeted it, here.
On June 1,
after incoming UN Security
Council president Estonia,
through Ambassador Sven
Jurgenson, said the ghoulish
one-man election is fine and
will be pushed forward, Inner
City Press in the morning went
to film a stand-up outside the
UN on the topic ("ACT is an
act").
It began
on the west side of First
Avenue - but still, the UN
Security guards in the booth
on 43rd Street took to
pointing, then hiding. It was
like in Myanmar, the
allegation it is illegal for a
journalist to film security
forces.
Then one of
Inner City Press' co-founders
of the Free UN Coalition for
Access waved for it to come to
the east side of the street,
and began to recount how dead
the UN has been. During this
conversation, suddenly a
suited UN Security official
with a walkie-talkie came out.
It's an abuse of public money,
attempts to intimidate
journalists and opponent of a
Guterres second term. This is
UN Security under Gilles
Michaud, who never answered
Press inquiries and allows his
"security" force to be used to
ban Press. We'll have more on
this.
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