Tampere: Center of Chinese Propaganda
Libyan Minders Snatch Rape Victim
A shocking scene occurred in Tripoli on Saturday when a gun was pointed at Sky News after a woman tried to tell foreign journalists about being raped and tortured by Libyan officials.
A visibly very distressed woman burst into the breakfast room of the hotel where we are staying and attempted to speak out about an ordeal at the hands of Gaddafi supporters.
We were having breakfast in our hotel when the woman broke in and said she'd been picked up at a checkpoint in the city. She claimed she had been held for two days, and that she had been raped and tortured.
As journalists tried to speak to her, things got out of control and the police minders waded in, trying to physically shut her up and stop her talking. The woman was gagged by hand and taken away by minders.
In the commotion a gun was pointed towards the Sky News team in an attempt to stop them filming. A team from another news organisation had their camera smashed in front of them.
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A year after entering the Swat Valley, Pakistan's army has begun to scale down its operations in the region. One of the big challenges they face now is to reintegrate some of the men, who were once considered the enemy, back into mainstream society. Al Jazeera's Kamal Hyder reports from Swat Valley.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/02/2011223183136464957.html
The Pied Pipers of Putinism
Four civic activists and Russia experts in Finland have published a statement condemning the actions of the so-called Finnish "Anti-Fascist" Committee (SAFKA) and Kremlin's parallel propaganda campaign against Finland. The statement's signatories call on Finnish public opinion to give its assessment of the committee's actions. The authors state that Russia's habit of doing politics on the situation of distressed people living in Finland is unacceptable.
Diktatuurin kärpäset politiikan tunkiolla
Chinese Propaganda Made in Finland
The People's Republic of China has strengthened its communications foothold in Europe. A 30-person team in Tampere broadcasts multilingual state-sponsored programming throughout Europe. Experts say the Chinese government is attempting to exert influence with non-critical programming. Chinese-funded Radio86 in Tampere produces radio shows and online content in ten different languages, including Finnish, English, Estonian, Danish, Russian, German, and French. Listeners around Europe can tune into the station at Finnish broadcaster YLE's former medium wave frequency of 963 kHz. The station is run in cooperation with FutuVision Media, a company based in the Finnish city of Tampere. Programme makers have had no problem recruiting people to help produce the multilingual programming, as Tampere is a vibrant university town with many international students. Radio86 fails to take a critical look at events in China, such as human rights abuses. Instead, the station focuses on culture and travel. Some of the station’s programming comes from state-run China Radio International, which also funds the station. Station head Jutta Valkeinen insists no media is objective.
Kiinalaista propagandaa Tampereelta
Kiinan valtio vahvistaa propagandatoimintaansa Euroopassa, kertoo YLE Uutiset. Suurvallan maksamaa ohjelmatoimintaa tehdään Suomessa. Ohjelmat tuottaa tamperelainen FutuVision Media. Haastattelussa Radio86:n päätoimittaja Jutta Valkeinen.
"Iran's government about to collapse"
Mohammad Reza Madhi, a former intelligence officer in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is on the verge of collapse. Speaking in an interview with the Bangkok Post, Mr Madhi described Mr Ahmadinejad as "crazy" and unfit to lead his country.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/30386/ex-spy-chief-says-iran-government-about-to-collapse
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