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Congo rape crisis ‘increasing’
— Daily Telegraph: “As many as 14 women are raped every day in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, almost half of them in broad daylight and more than half in their own homes, according to a study published on Thursday.”
UK media are reporting about a white supremacist, Neo-Nazi teenager Nicky Davison, being charged with plotting terrorism along with his father Ian Davison.
Police Oracle: “Milkman Accused Of Terrorism”
— Police Oracle: “White supremacist father and son plotted terror attacks, court hears. Nicky Davison, 19, joined his father in the creation of Aryan Strike Force, a website demonstrating an apparent obsession with Zionist domination, a jury at Newcastle crown court was told. Computers seized in a police raid on a house in Annfield Plain, County Durham, last year yielded data showing that “ops” involving bombs were in the early stage of planning.”
— “Ian Davison has already pleaded guilty to preparing for acts of terrorism and producing a chemical weapon, using homemade ricin. The poison extracted from castor beans is deadly and has been at the centre of several terrorism scares.”
— “Nicky Davison denies three charges of possessing material useful to a terrorist while helping to run the Aryan Strike Force website. The jury was told that the group had been established in January 2008 and at the time of the police raid last June was ‘in the early stages of becoming active'”
— “The website was not merely a propaganda vehicle for supporters, who also called themselves the Wolfpack and Legion 88. It showed interest in “violence in different forms to advance the aims of white supremacy in these islands”.
— “Shortly before the raid, Nicky Davison had posted messages on the site saying he was ‘concerned about the risk of detection and arrest”. His on-screen name, Thorburn1488, was an obscure code relating to the work of an American white supremacist and shorthand for ‘Heil Hitler'”
— Prosecutor Andrew Elis: “They wanted to resist what they called ZOG, which stood for Zionist-occupied government. They were fighting against the government because they believed it has been taken over by Jews, so it had to be resisted by those interested in white supremacy.”
— London Times: “Teenager in white supremacist group plotted to overthrow Government”
— “A teenage former milkman helped his father to run a white supremacist movement that plotted to overthrow the Government, a court was told yesterday.”
— “Police also discovered copies of The Anarchist’s Cookbook and the Mujahideen Explosives Handbook, along with several other digitalised manuals on a computer at the home Nicky Davison shared with his mother and younger brother in Co Durham.”
— “The teenager is accused of helping to maintain the Aryan Strike Force website, which declared its mission ‘to bring all national socialists, nationalists, racists and fascist together or people who consider themselves national socialists.'”
UK Guardian: White supremacist father and son plotted terror attacks, court hears
— “Shortly before the raid, Nicky Davison had posted messages on the site saying he was ‘concerned about the risk of detection and arrest’. His on-screen name, Thorburn1488, was an obscure code relating to the work of an American white supremacist and shorthand for ‘Heil Hitler'”
— “Davison and his father, Ian, 41, were not simply ‘keyboard warriors’, said Andrew Edis, prosecuting. “They made a distinction between people who were associated with the group they were forming – who were just supporters who might hand out leaflets – and members, who were to be of a different category, more interested in action,’ he said.”
UK The Sun: Teen’s ‘Nazi Plot with ricin dad’
UK Mirror: Son ‘plotted neo-Nazi terror acts’
On April 11, 2010, per our previous report, volunteers in Washington DC held a “March for Remembrance” to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah). The event was led by event representative Ted Pearce, who sought to have such a march with Christians, Jews, and others in solidarity together to show united remembrance of the Holocaust.
Ted Pearce has led similar marches in Germany and in Texas. He stated that “if only Jewish people remember the Holocaust, then I fear that in some ways the Holocaust has already been forgotten by some,” which is why he organized this latest “March for Remembrance” in Washington DC.
TOS Ministries, based in Germany, has led such events in the past. TOS Ministries-Germany Pastor Jobst Bittner is the founder of “The March for Life,” and spoke at the Washington DC event in German with an English translator about confronting and challenging anti-Semitism in Germany. TOS Ministries’ Pastor Bittner spoke about forming a church with a mission to confront and change attitudes on anti-Semitism in Tubingen, Germany, which had a past in the Nazi regime. Pastor Bittner spoke about the efforts to combat anti-Semitism and to speak out about the Holocaust in Germany, including holding public Hanukkah services and holding marches in Germany to remember the Holocaust, like the march that was now being held in Washington DC on April 11, 2010.
Other speakers at the March for Remembrance included Avi Mizrachi (Foundation for Holocaust Education Projects), Paul Argiewicz (Holocaust survivor, liberated from Buchenwald, April 11, 1945), Peter Loth (born in Stuttot concentration camp), and David Goldkorn (survived death march from Dachau).
Holocaust survivor Paul Argiewicz spoke of his time in Nazi concentration camps and urged the world never to forget the Holocaust. Paul Argiewicz was a Polish Jewish teenager who was forced to leave his home, schooling, and family due to Nazi anti-Semitism and spent five years in Nazi forced labor camps from Auschwitz to Buchenwald as Number 176520.
The message was reinforced by all attendees that the Holocaust would be remembered, and that it would be each of the attendee’s responsibility, whatever their religion, to ensure that the world will Never Forget, so that we can all be responsible for ensuring “Never Again.” Organizer Ted Pearce stated that that the event would be continued as an annual tradition on Yom HaShoah in Washington DC. After the speakers, there was a lighting of 6 candles in memory of the 6 million who were killed in the Holocaust. At a separate event that night, Immanuel’s church in Silver Spring, Maryland held a “Concert of Remembrance.”
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Multiple media sources have reported on the attack on the Bilal Ibn Rabah mosque in the village of Huwwara and the Israeli military state that is investigating the attack and will bring the perpetrators to justice.
Ma’an News reports:
— “After the Bilal Ibn Rabah mosque in the village of Huwwara, south of Nablus, was vandalized by anonymous suspects late Wednesday night, the Israeli military expressed condemnation and vowed to bring those responsible to justice.”
— “The army said in a statement that the Star of David symbol and the caption ‘Muhammad’ in Hebrew were among the graffiti painted on the wall of the mosque. In addition, two vehicles owned by Palestinians were reportedly set on fire in the village.”
— “‘The Commander of the IDF Judea and Samaria division, Brig. Gen. Nitzan Alon ordered an immediate investigation into the incident, condemned the acts and said that those responsible should be brought to justice,’ the statement noted.”
— “‘The IDF conveyed a message to the Palestinians through the Civil Administration to reassure them that the IDF takes the matter of harming or vandalizing of holy sites very seriously. It should be noted that the Civil Administration erased the graffiti this morning.'”
Jerusalem Post reports:
— W. Bank mosque vandalized, cars torched
— Jerusalem Post states that: “On another apparent act of settler violence as part of their ‘price-tag’ campaign, a West Bank mosque was vandalized overnight Tuesday.”
— “The IDF said that graffiti, including a Star of David and the name Mohammad, was sprayed on the Bilal Ibn Rabah mosque in Hawara, south of Nablus, while two vehicles were torched in the village.”
— “‘Price-tag’ is a term used by settlers either to retaliate against government decisions which curb settlement activity or in response to Palestinian attacks.”
— “Brig.-Gen. Nitzan Alon, commander of the Judea and Samaria Division, ordered an immediate investigation, saying in a statement that the vandalism was ‘unacceptable’ and that the perpetrators must be brought to justice.”
— “The army passed on messages via the Civil Administration to reassure the Palestinians that the military viewed damage to holy places very severely.”
Ethiopian Review and Reuters reports:
— “Palestinians accuse Jewish settlers of mosque attack”
— “The Israeli authorities have launched investigations into at least two other attacks on Muslim sites in the Nablus area since December. They could not immediately say whether either probe had resulted in charges being brought against suspects.”
— “Palestinians believe Jewish settlers were behind both the December arson attack on a mosque in the village of Yasuf and acts of vandalism in a cemetery in the village of Awarta in January.”
— “The Israeli police arrested one teenager from a Jewish settlement in connection with the Yasuf mosque attack. He was questioned and released without charge.”
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Press Release from North Korea Freedom Coalition
North Korea Freedom Week to Be Held in Seoul April 25-May 1
— see also Human Rights Group Launches “North Korea: 50,000 for 50,000” Campaign
(Apr 14 2010) Seoul…North Korea Freedom Week will kick off on April 25 as a week to promote the freedom, human rights, and dignity of the North Korean people. The event, which has been organized by the North Korea Freedom Coalition annually since 2004 in Washington, D.C., will be held for the first time in Seoul, South Korea. North Korean defectors and South Korean leaders and activists are organizing exhibits, a major rally, seminars, press conferences, prayer vigils and other events all focused on highlighting the misery the Kim Jong-il regime has inflicted on the people of North Korea, as well as citizens of South Korea, Japan and other countries.
NKFW 2010 will begin with a prayer service hosted by the North Korean defector churches and the opening of the North Korea Genocide Exhibit and will conclude with a balloon launch from the DMZ which will include radios, money, and a special message about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The message will point out that the same year the United Nations adopted this declaration in 1948 was the same year that Kim Il Sung came to power to ensure that North Koreans were denied every single one of these universally accepted rights.
“With the increasing ability for North Koreans to learn about the outside world, it is fitting that North Korea Freedom Week will be held in South Korea for the first time,” said Kim Seung Min of Free North Korea Radio. “North Koreans are increasingly finding out that their misery is a direct result of the Kim Jong-il regime, not South Korea and America as we were brainwashed from birth to believe.”
Special events during the week will focus on the North Korean gulag, the trafficking of North Korean women, the abduction by the regime of South Korean and Japanese citizens, and other topics.
Dr. Hyunuk Kim, who is chairing the Rally for North Korea Freedom Week, added, “Our songs and prayers for freedom and human rights in North Korea from Seoul will be heard around the world and in North Korea, leading to a dramatic change in North Korean society.” Describing North Korea as the world’s coldest land and the world’s largest gulag, Dr. Kim said, “We must keep moving forward and strong until we meet the day when the spring sunshine finally finds itself in North Korea.”
Warning that it was a crime to remain apathetic in the face of one of the world’s worst human rights violations in history, Professor Yon Hee Lee, who is organizing the NKFW prayer vigil, warned, “We cannot remain silent as this tragedy continues or we will face God’s judgment.”
“Our hope is that North Korea Freedom Week will empower the 17,000 strong North Korean defectors in South Korea, awaken the consciousness of the world that the human rights conditions in North Korea must be addressed, and inform all who are suffering north of the DMZ that we will work together until the day their freedom, human rights and dignity are realized,” said Seoul Peace Prize Laureate, Suzanne Scholte, who is Co-Chairing NKFW with Professor Hwang Jang-yop.
“We are very proud that so many defectors, who have been part of the North Korea Freedom Week delegations each year, are now taking the lead in sponsoring events throughout the week, and we are deeply grateful to the South Korean NGOs and leaders who are also organizing events,” she added.
Simultaneously with events being held in Seoul, Open Doors-USA, will be organizing prayer events for North Korea throughout the USA.
A complete list of events follows below.
NORTH KOREA FREEDOM WEEK 2010 SEOUL, KOREA
Sunday, April 25 – Saturday, May 1
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
[Week-long event] Sunday, April 24th to Saturday, May 1st
ALL DAY EVENT – North Korea Human Rights Exhibit
Every Day — 10 AM – 5 PM North Korea “Ah, the Warm Country in the South!” (The North Korea Genocide Exhibit)
Host: North Korea Genocide Exhibit, Moon Gook Han (sgf2002@hanmail.net)
Location: Seoul Gallery, Seoul Press Center 1st Floor
Transportation: Subway – Line 1 or 2, City Hall Station Exit 4; Line 5, Gwanghwamun Station Exit 5
[Week-long event] Sunday, April 25th to Saturday, May 1st
ALL DAY EVENT – North Korea Human Rights Photo Exhibit
Host: NKHR Young Adult’s Coalition, Han Nam Soo/Strategy Center Youth Group, Choi Young Jin
Location: Various colleges/universities in Seoul
[Throughout the week during NKFW2010]
Sunday, April 25th
2PM – 4PM Prayer Service led by North Korean Defector churches
Hosts: North Korean Church Coalition, Pastor Kang Cheol Ho of Saetu Church (kangch214@hanmail.net); Pastor Lim Chang Ho of Jangdaehyun Church (limchangho@gmail.com); New Pyongyang Full Gospel Church
Location: Saeteo Church, Shinjung-Dong 337 Mokdong 2Cha Woosung APT B-sangga 4th Floor
Transportation: Subway – Line 5, Mok Dong Station Exit 5; Line 2, Yangcheon-Gu Office Station and then Bus – no. 6617 Last Stop
3 PM – Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for North Korea Human Rights Exhibit
“Ah, the Warm Country in the South!” (The North Korea Genocide Exhibit)
Host: North Korea Geneocide Exhibit, Moon Gook Han
Location: Seoul Gallery, Seoul Press Center 1st Floor
Transportation: Subway – Line 1 or 2, City Hall Station Exit 4; Line 5, Gwanghwamun Station Exit 5
Monday, April 26th
10AM – NK Gulag Inmate List Press Release & Witness Testimony
Host: NK Gulag, Kim Tae Jin, Jung Gwang Il, Jee Hae Lee (jhlee.nkgulag@gmail.com)
Location: Seoul Press Center, 19th Floor
Transportation: Subway – Line 1 or 2, City Hall Station Exit 4; Line 5, Gwanghwamun Station
2PM – North Korean Human Rights Digital Screening
Host: Abductee & Defectors Human Rights Coalition, ICCNK, Do Hee Yoon
Location: Seoul Metro Art Gallery, Hyehwa Metro Station
Transportation: Subway – Line 4, Hyehwa Station
Tuesday, April 27th
ALL DAY 10AM – POW/Abductee, Abduction-related Conference
Host: POW/Abductee Int’l Coalition, Lee Mi Il (milee625@hanmail.net), Professor Nishioka
Location: NK Democracy Committee Office, Gang-Nam-Gu Nonhyeon-Dong 216-2 Harim B/D 4TH Floor
Transportation: Subway – Line 7, Hakdong station
Time TBD – Open Invitation Forum:
“Kim Jong Il Regime’s Inhumane & Savage Rule: Elite North Korean Defectors’ Testimonies”
Host: ICCNK, NK Intellectuals Solidarity, Do Hee Yoon (dhy21c@hanmail.net), Kim Heung Gwang
Location: Seoul Press Center, 20th Floor
Transportation: Subway – Line 1 or 2, City Hall Station Exit 4; Line 5, Gwanghwamun Station Exit 5
5PM – Suzanne Scholte’s Special Lecture at Sejong University
Host: Sejong University (w3@sejong.ac.kr)
Location: Sejong University, Seoul
Transportation: Subway – Line 7, Children’s Grand Park Station
Wednesday, April 28th
1:30PM – North Korean Women Defectors Human Rights Seminar
Host: CNKWR Coalition for North Korean Women’s Rights, Kang Su Jin (frogreen79@naver.com)
Location: National Assembly Building, Yoido
Transportation: Subway – Line 9, National Assembly Station
2:30PM – National Rally for North Korea Freedom Week 2010
Host: International Forum for Foreign Policy & National Security, Dr. Kim Hyunwook (khubosco@hanmail.net)
Location: Seoul Station
Transportation: Subway – Lines 1 & 4, Seoul Station
Wednesday, April 28th to Saturday May 1st
2PM – Reading the Names of 8,400 Abductee & POWs (Pep-Rally & Name Reading)
Host: Abductee & Defectors Human Rights Coalition, ICCNK, Do Hee Yoon (dhy21c@hanmail.net), Bae Jae Hyun (mission2china@hanmail.net)
Location: Pagoda Park, Jongno-Gu
Transportation: Subway – Lines 1,3,5, Jongno-3-ga Station
Thursday, April 29th
7:30AM – North Korean Human Rights Forum (Guest Speaker: Suzanne)
Host: International Forum for Foreign Policy & National Security, Dr. Kim Hyunwook (khubosco@hanmail.net)
Location: Karak Hotel, 2nd Floor
Transportation: Subway – Lines 8, Karak Market Station
1PM – Debate for Human Rights of North Korean Defectors: How Much Has Improved?
Host: Democracy Strategy Center, Kang Cheol Hwan
Location: Community Chest of Korea, Jung-Gu
Transportation: Subway – Line 1 or 2, City Hall Station Exit 3, 12; Line 5, Gwanghwamun Station Exit 6
8PM – North Korean Human Rights Prayer Vigil
Host: International Forum for Foreign Policy & National Security, ICCNK (khubosco@hanmail.net)
Location: Balsandong Catholic Church
Transportation: Subway – Line 5, Ujangsan Station Exit 3
Friday, April 30th
10AM – Protest at the Embassy of China in Seoul
Host: NKFW2010 Planning Committee
Location: Chinese Embassy, 54, Hyoja-Dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul
Transportation: Subway – Line 3, Gyeonbokgung Station
1PM – North Korea Human Rights Act-related International Conference
Host: PSCORE People for Successful COrean REunification , Kim Young Il (youngilkim78@naver.com)
Location: Seoul Press Center, 20th Floor
Transportation: Subway – Line 1 or 2, City Hall Station Exit 4; Line 5, Gwanghwamun Station
4PM – Crossing Screening & Lecture of NK Defector
Host: Student Group of Yonsei University (yeahys@hanmail.net)
Location: Yonsei University
Transportation: Subway, Line 2, Sinchon Station
6:30PM – Meeting with Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission of Korea, Byung-Chul HYUN
Participators: Suzanne and other 6 people
8PM – North Korea Freedom Week 2010 Prayer Vigil
Host: Esther Prayer Movement for North Korea, Professor Lee Yong Hee (yhlee@kyungwon.ac.kr)
Location: Shinil Church, Joong-Gu Shin-Dang 4-Dong, 347-298, Seoul
Transportation: Subway – Line 3, 6, Yaksu Station; Line 5, Cheonggu Station
Saturday, May 1st
Afternoon [Exact Time TBD] – Balloon Launch into North Korea
Host: Fighters for Free North Korea FFNK, Park Sang Hak (berojapark@hanmail.net)
Location: Freedom Bridge, Imjingak, Paju City, Kyonggi Province
Transportation: Gyeongui Rail Line, Imjingak Station
FOR USA – OPEN DOORS NKFW RELATED EVENTS, VISIT http://members.opendoorsusa.org/images/content/pagebuilder/NK2010/
FOR NKFW UPDATES VISIT WWW.NKFREEDOM.ORG AND HTTP://CAFE.NAVER.COM/NKFW
