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Public Inquiry
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

offsite link Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

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Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link The Four Rival Paradigms Shaping the Coming Age Mon Sep 15, 2025 07:00 | James Alexander
Four rival paradigms ? China, Islam, Christianity and Liberalism ? are shaping the world in very different ways, says James Alexander. But which one will come out on top?
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offsite link News Round-Up Mon Sep 15, 2025 00:57 | Richard Eldred
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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offsite link Britain Bans Israelis From Prestigious Military Academy Sun Sep 14, 2025 19:00 | Richard Eldred
In a move slammed as a "profoundly dishonourable act of disloyalty to an ally at war", Britain has banned Israelis from its top defence college over the Gaza conflict.
The post Britain Bans Israelis From Prestigious Military Academy appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Funerals Should Comply With Net Zero, Says Labour Sun Sep 14, 2025 17:00 | Richard Eldred
The cremation industry is facing millions in extra costs and doubled cremation times as Labour pushes eco coffins and no-gas ovens in pursuit of Ed Miliband's Net Zero dream.
The post Funerals Should Comply With Net Zero, Says Labour appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Is the Death of Reading Inevitable? Sun Sep 14, 2025 15:00 | Dr Nicholas Tate
Reading is slipping away from children and adults alike, with serious literature pushed to the margins; Dr Nicholas Tate argues we need schools, universities and classics to bring it back.
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Voltaire Network
Voltaire, international edition

offsite link Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?127 Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:38 | en

offsite link Disintegration of Western democracy begins in France Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:00 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?126 Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:39 | en

offsite link The International Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism by Amichai Chikli and Na... Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:31 | en

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UN's Afghan Human Right's Investigator forced out after he criticizes US

category international | rights, freedoms and repression | other press author Wednesday April 27, 2005 19:42author by AmericaWatch Report this post to the editors

Bassiouni given chop by UN

The Independent (UK) has a brief report on how the UN's chief human rights investigator for Afghanistan has had his "position eliminated" after he authored a detailed report on the torture and abuse of Afghans.

His report was based on a year of traveling around Afghanistan interviewing Afghans, international aid agency staff and others concluded that the US had been detaining and holding without trial. The detainees are thought to have been often tortured at the US airbases in Baghram and Kandahar

Related Link: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?story=632719
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