Kryon Berlin Tour & Seminar - Berlin, Germany, Sept 17-22 2019 (Kryon Channelling by Lee Carroll)

Kryon Berlin Tour & Seminar - Berlin, Germany, Sept 17-22 2019 (Kryon Channelling by Lee Carroll)
30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Council of Europe (CoE) - European Human Rights Court - founding fathers (1949)

Council of Europe (CoE) - European Human Rights Court - founding fathers (1949)
French National Assembly head Edouard Herriot and British Foreign minister Ernest Bevin surrounded by Italian, Luxembourg and other delegates at the first meeting of Council of Europe's Consultative Assembly in Strasbourg, August 1949 (AFP Photo)

EU founding fathers signed 'blank' Treaty of Rome (1957)

EU founding fathers signed 'blank' Treaty of Rome (1957)
The Treaty of Rome was signed in the Palazzo dei Conservatori, one of the Renaissance palaces that line the Michelangelo-designed Capitoline Square in the Italian capital

Shuttered: EU ditches summit 'family photo'

Shuttered: EU ditches summit 'family photo'
EU leaders pose for a family photo during the European Summit at the EU headquarters in Brussels on June 28, 2016 (AFP Photo/JOHN THYS)

European Political Community

European Political Community
Given a rather unclear agenda, the family photo looked set to become a highlight of the meeting bringing together EU leaders alongside those of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Britain, Kosovo, Switzerland and Turkey © Ludovic MARIN

Merkel says fall of Wall proves 'dreams can come true'


“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013. They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."
"Update on Current Events" – Jul 23, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: The Humanization of God, Gaia, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Benevolent Design, Financial Institutes (Recession, System to Change ...), Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Nuclear Power Revealed, Geothermal Power, Hydro Power, Drinking Water from Seawater, No need for Oil as Much, Middle East in Peace, Persia/Iran Uprising, Muhammad, Israel, DNA, Two Dictators to fall soon, Africa, China, (Old) Souls, Species to go, Whales to Humans, Global Unity,..... etc.)
(Subjects: Who/What is Kryon ?, Egypt Uprising, Iran/Persia Uprising, Peace in Middle East without Israel actively involved, Muhammad, "Conceptual" Youth Revolution, "Conceptual" Managed Business, Internet, Social Media, News Media, Google, Bankers, Global Unity,..... etc.)




"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Iraqi prisoners move closer to inquiry into mistreatment claims

UK military faces judge-led inquiry into detentions and interrogations after appeal court rules in favour of 140 Iraqis

guardian.co.uk, Ian Cobain and Richard Norton-Taylor,  Tuesday 22 November 2011

British troops round up suspected Ba'ath party activists in Basra,
south-eastern Iraq in 2003. Photograph: MoD/AP

More than 140 Iraqis who were imprisoned by British troops following the 2003 invasion have won a court of appeal battle for a new inquiry into their allegations that they suffered serious mistreatment.

Lawyers for the men successfully argued that a Ministry of Defence investigation now under way was substantially compromised because some of its investigators served with a military police unit responsible for their detention.

The decision could pave the way for a full public inquiry into the British military's detention and interrogation practices in south-eastern Iraq during the five years that troops were based there.

A previous inquiry into one detention operation that led to several men being tortured and one, Baha Mousa, dying after suffering 93 separate injuries, concluded there was "more than a hint" that mistreatment of detainees was more widespread among British army units in Iraq.

The MoD has accepted that the Iraqis who brought the appeal – most of whom were civilians – have an arguable claim that they were tortured or suffered other forms of inhumane treatment, and that this may have been in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights.

The court ruled that the defence secretary, Philip Hammond, must now find a way of meeting the government's obligations under the convention, which demands an impartial investigation of any systemic aspects of abuse.

An MoD spokesman said: "We note that the court of appeal has not ordered a public inquiry but has asked the defence secretary to reconsider how to meet the investigative obligations. We will examine the judgment very carefully and consider next steps." The MoD has until the end of the month to lodge an appeal with the supreme court.

The Iraqi men's solicitors, led by Phil Shiner, a Birmingham-based human rights lawyer, documented more than 60 allegations of detainees being hooded, 11 of electric shocks, more than 120 of sound deprivation through the use of earmuffs, more than 50 of sleep deprivation, 160 of sight deprivation – including 117 using blackened goggles – more than 130 of the use of stress positions, 39 of enforced nakedness and 18 that detainees were kept awake by pornographic DVDs played on laptops.

Many of the allegations centre on a secretive army Intelligence Corps interrogation centre known as the Joint Forward Interrogation Team (JFIT), where suspected insurgents or men thought to be loyal to Saddam Hussein's deposed regime were taken for questioning. Other allegations relate to detention facilities used by other military formations.

Some events at JFIT were captured on video after senior officers ordered in 2005 that interrogation sessions be recorded. More than 2,500 videos are thought to have been made, and at least three interrogators have been referred to military prosecutors with a recommendation that they consider war crimes charges.

There is some evidence that years after the death of Baha Mousa, JFIT was still training military interrogators in abusive techniques, including some that were in breach of the Geneva conventions.

In March last year, in the face of a legal challenge that threatened to force the MoD to mount a major public inquiry, it established a group of investigators known as the Iraq Historic Allegations Team (IHAT). The group, which is currently around 80 strong, is investigating a number of unexplained deaths in British military custody, as well as the torture allegations.

Around half are retired former civilian detectives, led by former head of Staffordshire CID Geoff White. The other half, however, are members of the Royal Military police, including members of a unit called the Provost Branch, which had been involved in detaining prisoners in Iraq.

The court said this meant that "Provost Branch members are investigating allegations which necessarily include the possibility of culpable acts or omissions on the part of Provost Branch members". Lord Justice Maurice Kay, the vice-president of the court of appeal's civil division, sitting with Lord Justice Sullivan and Lord Justice Pitchford ruled that as a result "the practical independence of IHAT is, at least as a matter of reasonable perception, substantially compromised".

Furthermore, IHAT answers to a panel that is headed by a senior MoD civil servant and includes individuals responsible for army discipline, and which is itself compromised, according to the court. "It comprises representatives of the three bodies – the Ministry of Defence, the army chain of command and the Provost Branch – which would be vulnerable to criticism if the case on systemic abuse is established."

Defence officials say the judgment has thrown into doubt the entire future of the military police, and that any future investigation into any allegation of abuse by British troops – in Afghanistan or elsewhere – will need to be carried out by another body.

The MoD is considering whether it can respond to the appeal court's judgment by reconstituting IHAT without any military police members.

However, if the future of the Royal Military Police, and the provost branches of all three of the armed forces were at stake, then it would appeal.

Shiner insisted that the only proper response would be a judicial inquiry into the UK's detention policy in south-east Iraq. "It is something we have been calling for since 2004," he said. "The MoD has deployed every dirty trick in the book to prevent accountability for the hundreds of torture and unlawful killings cases of Iraqi civilians. Now it has nowhere to hide."

Redress, a London-based NGO which helps victims of torture worldwide, was one of the interveners in the case and said the government would now have to decide how to comply with the need for an inquiry "which is independent, effective and reasonably prompt".

In a reference to the government's plans to introduce legislation that would result in evidence of the state's involvement in torture being heard by the courts only when sitting in secret, Shami Chakrabarti, the director of Liberty, said: "Yet again victims of torture look to our open and independent court system for answers and hope that others won't have to suffer in the future. British courts are admired the world over. The government should be proud of this and wary of doing anything that makes justice less transparent in national security cases."

Another public inquiry, which has still to get under way, is to look at allegations that up to 20 Iraqis were unlawfully killed or mistreated during one night in a detention facility in May 2004 – an allegation that the MoD denies.

Lead claimant

Ali Zaki Mousa, 31, a labourer from Basra, was the lead claimant on whose behalf the appeal court case was brought. According to his statement to the courts, he and his family were woken at 2am on 24 November 2006 by an explosion that blew his front door open.

The soldiers threw smoke grenades into the house – they later demanded the return of the canisters, and swapped them for items taken in the raid – and ordered Zaki to put his baby daughter down. "As soon as I laid my daughter down on the bed the soldier with a moustache kicked me really hard in the genitals."

He says one Arabic-speaking British interrogator, a thin man in his late 40s who called himself Colonel Mark – but was know as "the devil" – said they had detained his family, he was to be raped, and all would be killed and thrown in the Shatt al-Arab waterway.

After a medical examination he says he was taken to another detention centre, where he would spend long periods blindfolded or being run around an obstacle course by soldiers. At night, soldiers would play DVDs on laptop computers near his cell and bang on his door.

Zaki says he would be interrogated twice a day for a number of weeks. A year later an officer freed him saying he was no longer considered a threat. Four years later, he says: "I still feel broken."

After Tuesday's judgment he says his view of British society is changing. "We can see that there are the actions of the British soldiers and that is one thing; then there is British society and that is something else. It has restored confidence in the British people, he said."

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